Comments on: Blowing our own trumpet http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/ Weblog about all things Yahoo! Mail Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:51:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Don http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-8859 Don Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:15:08 +0000 http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-8859 PLOEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop send those dreadful advertisments in my BTYahoo! interface. They are distracting and annoying, and seem to do everything you warn us against when discussing spam mail. I pay a premium price to BT for a professional service. Your filling my screen with unwanted adverts is just not professional. Have you checked the safety of all the web sites that the adverts take us to? I note that some of the adverts are partly hidden appearing to be part of the system, but they still take us to unwanted other sites. An awful practice on your part. PLOEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop send those dreadful advertisments in my BTYahoo! interface. They are distracting and annoying, and seem to do everything you warn us against when discussing spam mail. I pay a premium price to BT for a professional service. Your filling my screen with unwanted adverts is just not professional. Have you checked the safety of all the web sites that the adverts take us to? I note that some of the adverts are partly hidden appearing to be part of the system, but they still take us to unwanted other sites. An awful practice on your part.

]]> By: Gwyneth http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-8439 Gwyneth Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:18:45 +0000 http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-8439 Can anyone help me with the following? In the last month, about 6 people with whom I regularly exchange emails have sent me emails which I simply haven't received. But I am still receiving emails from most other people.What could have gone wrong and what do I need to do? Can anyone help me with the following?
In the last month, about 6 people with whom I regularly exchange emails have sent me emails which I simply haven’t received. But I am still receiving emails from most other people.What could have gone wrong and what do I need to do?

]]> By: Nige http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-8423 Nige Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:39:38 +0000 http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-8423 Further to my previous comment, I also don't like the way that Yahoo censors comments that are critical of its "wonderful" service. --- Hi Nige, I read every comment that comes through the blog. I also approve a lot of negative comments that come in. If the comment is relevant - positive or negative - I usually approve. Overall, you have to trust me that most comments that come into the blog are positive. I believe that we have a great product here, and I feel that most of our readers feel the same way. Thanks, Andrew - Yahoo! Mail Team Further to my previous comment, I also don’t like the way that Yahoo censors comments that are critical of its “wonderful” service.

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Hi Nige,
I read every comment that comes through the blog. I also approve a lot of negative comments that come in. If the comment is relevant - positive or negative - I usually approve. Overall, you have to trust me that most comments that come into the blog are positive. I believe that we have a great product here, and I feel that most of our readers feel the same way.
Thanks,
Andrew - Yahoo! Mail Team

]]> By: Nige http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-8410 Nige Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:41:37 +0000 http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-8410 On average, it takes 6 hours for an email sent to my or my family's BT Yahoo accounts from certain networks, to arrive. That's if they arrive at all. Technical support is useless. Replies never display any technical knowledge whasoever. The Yahoo site, particularly the help section, is littered with broken links. Here's just one example - http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys My hosting company and myself have contacted Yahoo support repeatedly to solve the problem of failed mail. Yahoo do not respond. I'm not impressed at all. --- Hi Nige, Sorry that your experiencing delays in receiving your mail, and I'm sorry that you haven't had a good experience with technical support. You should also be looking at the UK anti-spam site here: http://uk.antispam.yahoo.com. I don't know where you got your link from, but checking out the UK anti-spam site, I can't find any broken links. Cheers, Andrew - Yahoo! Mail Team On average, it takes 6 hours for an email sent to my or my family’s BT Yahoo accounts from certain networks, to arrive. That’s if they arrive at all.
Technical support is useless. Replies never display any technical knowledge whasoever.
The Yahoo site, particularly the help section, is littered with broken links. Here’s just one example - http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys
My hosting company and myself have contacted Yahoo support repeatedly to solve the problem of failed mail. Yahoo do not respond. I’m not impressed at all.

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Hi Nige,
Sorry that your experiencing delays in receiving your mail, and I’m sorry that you haven’t had a good experience with technical support. You should also be looking at the UK anti-spam site here: http://uk.antispam.yahoo.com. I don’t know where you got your link from, but checking out the UK anti-spam site, I can’t find any broken links.
Cheers,
Andrew - Yahoo! Mail Team

]]> By: Ken http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-7699 Ken Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:02:49 +0000 http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-7699 I pay for the premium service, and am generally happy that it is value for money. The biggest issues for me however are the ability to download multiple attachments (mentioned by someone else above) - this would be a massive time saver. Also the ability to have pop access to all the folders, not just the inbox. How come you can pay other providers to give you pop access to your yahoo personal folders, but you cant do it direct as a premium subscriber to Yahoo? I pay for the premium service, and am generally happy that it is value for money.
The biggest issues for me however are the ability to download multiple attachments (mentioned by someone else above) - this would be a massive time saver.
Also the ability to have pop access to all the folders, not just the inbox.
How come you can pay other providers to give you pop access to your yahoo personal folders, but you cant do it direct as a premium subscriber to Yahoo?

]]> By: joe http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-7570 joe Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:41:15 +0000 http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-7570 I love Yahoo, and i pay the annual sub, but I'm not happy in that I don't think that those of us who do bpay the subscription are gettign value for money. yahoo need to look at this and create more benefits for those of us who do stump up. --- Hi Joe, You make a valid point. However, for the £11.99/year, you get no ads, you go straight to your inbox, bigger attachment size, no account expiration and you get spamguard plus. For me, no ads and going straight to your inbox is a pretty compelling offer. Maybe, if you sign up for a new free Yahoo! mail account, then you can compare and contrast the two versions. I think you just might stay a plus user :-). The choice is yours. Just something to think about. Thanks, Andrew I love Yahoo, and i pay the annual sub, but I’m not happy in that I don’t think that those of us who do bpay the subscription are gettign value for money.

yahoo need to look at this and create more benefits for those of us who do stump up.

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Hi Joe,
You make a valid point. However, for the £11.99/year, you get no ads, you go straight to your inbox, bigger attachment size, no account expiration and you get spamguard plus. For me, no ads and going straight to your inbox is a pretty compelling offer. Maybe, if you sign up for a new free Yahoo! mail account, then you can compare and contrast the two versions. I think you just might stay a plus user :-). The choice is yours.
Just something to think about.
Thanks,
Andrew

]]> By: Kam http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-7537 Kam Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:37:39 +0000 http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-7537 Yahoo mail is way better than google, but falls a little short when compared to BlueTie. Also the lack of Opera support annoys the hell out of me. Yahoo mail is way better than google, but falls a little short when compared to BlueTie. Also the lack of Opera support annoys the hell out of me.

]]> By: Marie http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-7431 Marie Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:55:15 +0000 http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-7431 I do like Yahoo, it is good for filtering and ordering emails, BUT , and it is a big BUT, the ad on the right is really really annoying! I keep closing the window,but it comes back everytime I open another email. Could you please make so that if I don't want to see the annoying ad, I can remove it for the whole session? And I also find it way too slow, it takes ages to load a page or message. Please do something! I do like Yahoo, it is good for filtering and ordering emails, BUT , and it is a big BUT, the ad on the right is really really annoying! I keep closing the window,but it comes back everytime I open another email. Could you please make so that if I don’t want to see the annoying ad, I can remove it for the whole session? And I also find it way too slow, it takes ages to load a page or message. Please do something!

]]> By: DD http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-7148 DD Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:11:54 +0000 http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-7148 I have just switched from Tiscali to Madasafish and because of the irritation of changing Outlook set up and email addresses I will no longer be using that format any more anyway. Instead I am only going to use Yahoo so if I change ISP again it does not matter. Will Yahoo mail always be around...? I have just switched from Tiscali to Madasafish and because of the irritation of changing Outlook set up and email addresses I will no longer be using that format any more anyway. Instead I am only going to use Yahoo so if I change ISP again it does not matter.
Will Yahoo mail always be around…?

]]> By: JO BLOGGS http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-7132 JO BLOGGS Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:49:48 +0000 http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/09/03/blowing-our-own-trumpet/#comment-7132 your new e mail is awful - far too full of obtrusive adverts. your new e mail is awful - far too full of obtrusive adverts.

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