Yahoo Mail

[digp]

Is anyone using Yahoo mail?

Views on it?

Thanks

[odedp]

Originally Posted by digp

Is anyone using Yahoo mail?

Views on it?

Thanks

A lot of spam.
Try to avoid...

[jeffpan]

try myyahoo.com ...
they use a new interface.

[TenFour]

I haven't used it in over a decade. Gave up due to endless spam. Maybe today's Yahoo is better?

[chrisretusn]

I use it, it does the job. It's my go to and main email service right now. I have two accounts, one yahoo.com, the other yahoo.com.ph.

I access Yahoo Mail with Claws Mail using POP3 protocol and the Yahoo Mail for Android app. I rarely use the Browser interface.

I don't see a very much spam. That said, my biggest complaint with Yahoo! Mail is it puts a lot of legit email in spam, an almost daily occurrence. I use Yahoo mail app to check Spam folder and use the useless "Not Spam" option to move them to the Inbox. I say useless because "Not Spam" does not appear to do anything other that move them to the Inbox. Outside of this I am satisfied with Yahoo Mail.

Addendum: To use POP3 with a third party client you need to setup an App Password.

[dojyx]

Yahoo is now simply a reminiscence for the early days of the internet, when I used it for Y! Messenger.

[Bamb0]

I email some on Yahoo....... Its always flagging stuff as spam that isnt!!

[dryoldlime]

Originally Posted by digp

Is anyone using Yahoo mail?

Views on it?

Thanks

Yes! Good Basic Email! Mostly for handling it on desktop and laptop computer.

[capybara]

I still own a yahoo account, plus another 1 aol account that also uses yahoo backend. They're fine for everyday use. Can't set app password on yahoo though, always error while i can set app password on aol. Been using aol as my contact and calendar provider via caldav and carddav.

[Bamb0]

I was just playing about with Yahoo and I noticed you dont need a # to sign up with..You can use another acct to get the code..


Thats nice!!

[dryoldlime]

Originally Posted by Bamb0

I was just playing about with Yahoo and I noticed you dont need a # to sign up with..You can use another acct to get the code..


Thats nice!!

I strongly believe that is not true. Giving a mobile number is a requirement; at least for the past year or so.

[Bamb0]

I just did it the other day as a test..

It let me enter another email acct to send the code to... (Ya gotta choose the sign up with email option)

[dryoldlime]

Originally Posted by Bamb0

I just did it the other day as a test..

It let me enter another email acct to send the code to... (Ya gotta choose the sign up with email option)

Make me wonder does this depend on device used, region where device is being used.

I tried testing the creation of Yahoo account some months ago and could not move past nor skip giving a mobile phone number.

[Bamb0]

Hmm maybe they added it back in??

Heres the address to use another email account

http://login.yahoo.com/account/create?intl=us&specId=usernameregsimplified&done=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.yahoo.com%2Fd

[dryoldlime]

Originally Posted by Bamb0

I was just playing about with Yahoo and I noticed you dont need a # to sign up with..You can use another acct to get the code..


Thats nice!!

Just in case I misunderstood something:
I believe signing in with username and password is still popular. I am only minimally aware of the idea of signing in to email account with mobile number. I am not completey sure how it works. I may confuse this with 2 factor authentication.