Ding, Ding, Ding. Ding! Time's Up For Classic Yahoo Mail

[launderess]

Well folks, 19 September 2011 has arrived and while was able to log into my Yahoo.com classic mail account earlier today, my luck has run out.

One now is presented with a screen prompting one to upgrade no and,if's or but's much less delays.

L.

 

[rp2813]

Still enjoying Classic here.  I did that trick to fool Yahoo into thinking I had an old version of IE and have not been harassed about switching to the new version or given any deadlines since.

 

[bugsyjones]

It's strange because I have three separate e-mail addresses with yahoo and only one was forced into an upgrade.

The other two have stayed the same.

~Tim J.

 

[launderess]

Stranger Still

As of yesterday the Yahoo's system stopped asking me to upgrade and went straight to "classic" email.

Metinks Yahoo got the message it's customers weren't happy.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Kinahora, my classic is still working.

 

[lordkenmore]

I have a Yahoo account, and--so far--haven't seen any suggestion of upgrading. In my case, it may be because they don't support or want to support an obscure web browser on a minority OS.

At some point in the past (maybe 3,4 years ago?) they did some "new and improved" version which I tried. I disliked it. I can't say it was necessarily bad--but it was hideously slow on my computer. That may be because I have a PIII, and not entirely Yahoo's fault. But, being practically minded, it was too slow with what I had, so I reverted to what I'd been using.

 

[supersuds]

I was able to find a well-hidden option for keeping classic mail. Using IE 9, so don't think it's a browser issue.

So far!

 

[laundryshark]

Yahoo Classic and IE7

Still running that combo.--Laundry Shark

 

[toggleswitch]

Been using the new version for a while. Not thrilled.

Amazing to see how many Yahoo accounts are hijacked and used to send spam in the form of links.

 

[DADoES]

 
I've never understood why anyone would use any e-mail account only by web access, keep all their mail content on the server. In event of a hack or security breach into the account, ALL the mail content can be READ (or folded, spindled and mutilated) by the perp.

 

[revvinkevin]

I gave up on Yahoo a few years ago. While I still have(??) a Yahoo account, I have abanded it for the much better (in my opinion) Gmail.

Kevin

 

[lordkenmore]

I also have heavily moved to GMail. I've been happier with it overall. But I haven't completely phased out the use of my Yahoo account.

"I've never understood why anyone would use any e-mail account only by web access, keep all their mail content on the server. In event of a hack or security breach into the account, ALL the mail content can be READ (or folded, spindled and mutilated) by the perp."

Good points.

However, there are some valid reasons for using web based e-mail:
-Some computer users might find it easier to deal with than dealing with configuring an e-mail client. Configurations are easier than they have been. But not as easy as clicking "Sign up for new web based e-mail account now!!!!"
-People using multiple computer devices who need/want access to the e-mail archive on everything are likely to find a web based solution easier.
-Those web based solutions are likely to do backups. The same cannot be said for many computer users.

 

[earthling177]

I fell for the "you need to upgrade now" when the time was up, hated it, convinced Yahoo to let me back to Classic by having the browser lie to Yahoo (I told it I was running IE 6). Now I'm fine.

But it was an annoying process, and I was telling a friend that and he told me you don't need all of that, just turn off and apparently Yahoo will let you go back to Classic, and you can even turn back on. I haven't tested this yet, 'cuz I don't want to be on their "upgraded" system.

But just figured I'd let y'all know, just in case.