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Reader Reviews : Yahoo! Mail - Free Email Service

User Rating 1.5 Star Rating (133 Reviews)

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Outgoing Mail Server Intermittent

Outgoing Mail Server intermittentSMTP.mail.yahoo.com cannot be reached 25% of the time. So sending some e-mail gets delayed. Yahoo support claims that is a setup problem, but I have set it up new 3 t…More

Yahoo! Email System Blocks Sending Batches of Emails

I have been trying to use Yahoo Email for our local crime watch group. The Yahoo email system blocks sending batches of emails to those who have requested information.The source of information is fro…More

Very Poor Customer Service

This is very poor customer service. My account got hacked and they want $49.00 to active and give me access to my account. Now I can [not?] access any emails and I am looking for a new service. Every…More

Highly Unrecommended

Highly UNRECOMMENDED: In trying to create a new account, I keep getting error messages saying the user ID is not available. When I find one that apparently is available, I get "INTERNET PAGE NOT AVAI…More

Mailbox Disabled

Mailbox disabled. I think it's because of their new "improved" mail interface, I tried to test it and clicked on some old drafts. Instead of showing it, those drafts were sent somewhere and error ret…More

Unable to Log In

I am not able to log in to my yahoo email. I changed the password and now it wants me to answer the security question. Which I am answering and it still is not going to let me in to my email. Please …More

Yahoo! Mail Has Gotten Worse Over Time

It worked OK most of the time. However it has got worse over time. Now I can't access my mail. Sometimes it says, username and/or password incorrect, sometimes loops back to login, and sometimes, doe…More

If It Isn't Broken, Don't Fix It!

I have been using Yahoo email for fifteen years and today, I am looking for another service. IF IT ISN'T BROKEN, DON'T FIX IT! There are so many ads on my email, I can barely read it. I was upset abo…More

Cannot Get Into My Account

CON We're experiencing some technical difficulties...We’re sorry, but Yahoo! Mail can't load due to a temporary error. You can try back again shortly, or visit our help pages for ways to troubl…More

Yahoo! is Horrible, So Is Their Email's Beta Version

Yahoo not only being the worst mail — but Yahoo itself (!) is the scammer! — Yahoo is claiming that someone (always in a 3rd world country somewhere…) was hacking into my account. I…More

Why Did They Have to Wreck It?

Yahoo has made changes to their format and it ABSOLUTELY SUCKS!Can't read most email.Can't delete any messages without the display grays out.Locks up the browser and refuses to budge.Used to work oka…More

Can't Even Access My Account

Yahoo sucks! I can't even access my account because of there new check ins everyone switch to gmail it's way better and really rocks!…More

Slowest E-Mail in Town

You guys better be careful. The new homepage is mass confusion and unpleasent to look at much less figure out what you mean. Banners covering pictures etc. Slowest e-mail in town. You should have lef…More

The Changes in Yahoo!

My mom is a long time user of Yahoo email and she is stubborn about using it but it is annoying every time she comes over to use it and she gripes up a storm about it. She is so frustrated with the c…More

Password Troubles

I loved yahoo. Id had aol but yahoo was what I needed. And it was great until this past year when it read. Att.yahoo.com. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've logged in to be told my ac…More

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