The Bottom Line
Yahoo! Mail is your ubiquitous email program on the web and mobile devices with unlimited storage, SMS texting, social networking and instant messaging to boot.
While Yahoo! Mail is generally a joy to use, free-form labeling and smart folders would be nice, and the spam filter could catch junk even more effectively.
While Yahoo! Mail is generally a joy to use, free-form labeling and smart folders would be nice, and the spam filter could catch junk even more effectively.
Pros
- Yahoo! Mail integrates email, instant messaging, social networks and SMS text messaging
- Keyboard shortcuts, a desktop-like interface and attention to detail make Yahoo! Mail a joy to use
- Yahoo! Mail comes with unlimited online storage
Cons
- Yahoo! Mail's spam filter could be more precise and its manual rules more flexible
- You cannot label messages freely (and with multiple tags) or set up smart folders
- Yahoo! Mail does not offer IMAP access for desktop email programs
Description
- Yahoo! Mail offers free email accounts with unlimited online storage at the yahoo.com, ymail.com and rocketmail.com domains.
- In addition to email, you can send SMS texts and instant messages to Yahoo!, Facebook and Windows Live contacts.
- Yahoo! Mail automatically collects junk emails in a "Spam" folder, and you can report unwanted emails the filter missed.
- Up to 15 filters automatically file incoming mail. You can also block email addresses and instant messaging contacts.
- Yahoo! Mail allows you to collect mail from additional POP accounts, and you can send from their addresses, too.
- Acting as a social network, Yahoo! Mail lets you connect to Yahoo! and Facebook users, whose mail then gets extra treatment.
- Virus scanning and Yahoo! Mail's not downloading remote images or other content in emails protects you from much online harm.
- Keyboard shortcuts, drag and drop, tabs, address auto-completion and more lend Yahoo! Mail desktop-like qualities.
- On mobile devices, Yahoo! Mail offers slick web-based (iPhone) or powerful native (Android) applications.
- Applications can expand Yahoo! Mail to let you edit pictures, for example, or send money and big files easily.
