EB and I have been around and on the Web since the days of Windows 95 when computers had 540 MEGABYTE hard-drives and 16 KILOBYTES of RAM. And Yahoo has been around as long as us or longer, but Yahoo Mail has been something we’ve never used — and never well. From security breech to security breech to its terribly bad spam filters, we’ve steered clear of it. Apparently, we’re right again: Yahoo can’t even get its own employees to use Yahoo Mail, though they were practically ordered to use it. That’s right, folks, you’re old buddies TC and EB were pretty much right again — this time about Yahoo Mail.
Let me ask you a question: Would you eat in a restaurant if you knew its employees would never eat there? They know something you don’t know, as do Yahoo’s employees. We have seen too many horror stories of database breeches and Yahoo turning over information to governments (including the Chinese government) without due process, without a warrant.
If you use Yahoo Mail and you’re comfortable with it, we’re not trying to change your mind. But staying informed is always the first step in being safe on the Web — I’m just sayin’.
Clinging to Outlook, Only 25 Percent of Yahoo Employees Willing to Eat Mail “Dogfood” (Best Memo Ever!)
As most know, I love a good internal memo from inside Yahoo and here’s a doozy related to a rather controversial topic of late: How badly the new version of Yahoo Mail has been received by consumers.
As has been widely reported, a relentless and vocal group of Yahoo Mail users have been complaining vociferously after the Silicon Valley Internet giant drastically revamped its popular Mail service in October. The ire includes a lot of distress over the removal of its tabs function and the addition of a multi-tasking feature in its place.
Although change is hard for many, I get buttonholed almost everywhere I go by users — including some prominent techies — who complain about the new version.
Apparently, some Yahoo employees agree, too, with only 25 percent of them heeding management pleas to move over from their longtime corporate email — Microsoft Outlook — to the new Yahoo Mail product.
To read the memo – read the rest of this article at All Things D
I was using computers when DOS was the operating system, and I never used Yahoo mail either. Later, once I got the internet I used the email provided by my ISP, and continued that way until the last few years using Outlook and gmail as well.
I have been a fan of yours for many years, I can’t actually remember how many, and although I am very familiar with computers, and work in support, I still enjoy your website and have it as my home page. You two are the best. Thank you for all the information you help many, many people.
Elizabeth Janice
I stopped using Yahoo mail years ago, and when my ISP, xtra.co.nz. shacked up with Yahoo and became Yahooxtra, I couldn’t wait to get rid of it. No regrets for that move.
Barb.
I do have Yahoo through ATT that is free. Don’t like it one bit and have had problems ever since ATT enlisted Yahoo as their email account carrier. What suggestions do you offer for another free web mail account? I also have a Gmail account but we all know that both of these can be read by them.
If you value your privacy then either you look into paid e-mail services or host your own. There is no such thing as free e-mail service that respect your privacy. There’s a reason why companies are offering free web mail services and they are not doing this out of generosity.
Exactly. It would be nice if e-mail service was ad-free and didn’t sell any of your info to advertisers, but someone has to pay for it. You can’t have it all.
Don’t CARE about “free”email only SECURE email (yahoo doesn’t comply … only LIE) MY problem is ridding myself of yahoo because it’s the email provided by AT&T (don’t like THEM either). Willing to subscribe to “Proton” or similar service but not certain IF “AT&T” will ALLOW another email provider since Bellsouth.net is current ISP. Was using Firefox’s “Thunderbird” email until it was totally corrupted by AT&T. REAL dilemma with establishing a REPUTABLE & RELIABLE email provider!
Just because AT&T forces you to use Yahoo, doesn’t mean you have to. You can use Outlook/Hotmail (Free), you can use Gmail (Free), and access them with any email client free of charge. You can use ProtonMail, but you’ll need to pay if want to use it with an email client like OE Classic, Thunderbird, EM Client, etc. Or you can use StartMail but it’s not free ($2.50/month) AT&T cannot corrupt Thunderbird. If you removed the ATT/Yahoo account from Thunderbird you can add any other accounts you have.
You have choices – you’re not stuck with AT&T / Yahoo for email.
I, too, have been linked with Yahoo Mail through Verizon, as you can see by my email address. How do I ditch Yahoo without ditching Verizon and the email address I’ve had for many years? Is it even possible?
Thanks.
Hi! I am one of the creators of Momentum. I came here to check out your coverage of us — thanks by the way!
Just wanted to point out–not to be pedantic, I hope–that would be 16 megabytes, not kilobytes. Kilobytes would be about a decade earlier. 🙂 There’s no way Windows 95 would have run on 16kb! 🙂
Cheers and thanks again! Hope you enjoy Momentum!
Levi
Hi Levi, well my brain is running on 8 KB. In 1995, when I first got a Windows computer, it ran on 4MB of RAM. I just checked 🙂 So you’re correct. It was 4MB of RAM with a 540MB hard drive. I upgraded the RAM to 16MB and it flew! I will never forget how frightened I was to open that case and install that RAM. There is something sweet about naivete, no? Anyway, I stand corrected, and I will fix the arrow of my whales.
Great job on Momentum — here’s a couple of words of wisdom for Momentum :
“Time flies like the wind, but fruit flies like bananas.” ~Unknown
“What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.” ~Seneca
Love the word “pedantic” by-the-way! I really don’t think your comments are pedantic though 🙂
Maybe you could answer Ron who says Momentum didn’t work for him; I think he’s a little mixed up. Here’s your chance to be pedantic again 🙂
I hate the new yahoo but my ISP provides it. What can I do? The backgrounds available are awful. I have to hit Compose not Reply as I hate attached emails going back and forth. I am using Outlet also and gmail but I have not been able to get Cloudeight stationery. My first computer supplied by our son had about a 9 inch screen, no color, he brought it from college (going to be thrown out). Also gave us a tutorial booklet and we sat for about 15 minutes each one reading the booklet the other doing. We are now on our own computers, hubby 85 and me 81.
As long as you have internet access you’re not locked into your ISP email. You can get a free Gmail account (or if you prefer, Outlook.com account). You can then set these up in your email program — both allow both POP3 and IMAP access. You are never obligated to use what your ISP provides, except the connection to the Internet.