Yahoo Mail & Securing Your E-Mail

[bej]

Does anyone know what Yahoo is doing playing the "We want to protect your e-mail from nasty people" game ? They want everyone to change their password, give them a mobile phone number and a
couple of other obscure requests.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I just ignore their requests for my mobile phone number (pretty much NOBODY gets that number!). The only time I change my password is when there is a possibility Yahoo and/or my password has been hacked.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Does anyone know what Yahoo is doing playing the "We want to protect your e-mail from nasty people" game ? They want everyone to change their password, give them a mobile phone number and a
couple of other obscure requests.

Yeah, Yahoo is ridiculous in nearly all respects--email, web site, "news" articles, and all the rest.

I just checked: it takes me 7 mouse clicks to get to view my incoming mail. Tell me that's not laughable. It's been that way for 3 or 4 years in my experience.

There's 3 or 4 of those mouse clicks that ask for mobile this and blah blah blah but you can just "skip for now" or "continue" and bypass them. I have a mobile-free household and if giving a mobile number ever becomes a true requirement, I'm gone.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Does anyone know what Yahoo is doing playing the "We want to protect your e-mail from nasty people" game ? They want everyone to change their password, give them a mobile phone number and a
couple of other obscure requests.

Yeah, Yahoo is ridiculous in nearly all respects--email, web site, "news" articles, and all the rest.

I just checked: it takes me 7 mouse clicks to get to view my incoming mail. Tell me that's not laughable. It's been that way for 3 or 4 years in my experience.

There's 3 or 4 of those mouse clicks that ask for mobile this and blah blah blah but you can just "skip for now" or "continue" and bypass them. I have a mobile-free household and if giving a mobile number ever becomes a true requirement, I'm gone.

Curious. I need only one click to get to my mail. In fact, when I first open my browser, it goes directly to my yahoo mail since I have it set as my home page. I have to relog in only around once a month.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Curious. I need only one click to get to my mail. In fact, when I first open my browser, it goes directly to my yahoo mail since I have it set as my home page. I have to relog in only around once a month.

When I open my browser, it's a blank page--by design. The less I see of Yahoo, the better, but I'm ashamed to admit I look at the "news" (you should pardon the expression) daily. The articles are hopelessly written and not proofread at all, but I can at least find out if the Martians have at long last landed without turning on the radio or TV.

I have a link to Yahoo at the top of my browser. It takes that click plus 6 more to see the list of incoming mails. I don't use the "keep me logged in" thingy.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Curious. I need only one click to get to my mail. In fact, when I first open my browser, it goes directly to my yahoo mail since I have it set as my home page. I have to relog in only around once a month.

When I open my browser, it's a blank page--by design. The less I see of Yahoo, the better, but I'm ashamed to admit I look at the "news" (you should pardon the expression) daily. The articles are hopelessly written and not proofread at all, but I can at least find out if the Martians have at long last landed without turning on the radio or TV.

I have a link to Yahoo at the top of my browser. It takes that click plus 6 more to see the list of incoming mails. I don't use the "keep me logged in" thingy.

That explains why it takes you so many clicks to get in. There is no harm in staying logged in.

I have better sources for news than Yahoo so I never go there. I have my email page set up as my home page since I'm going to go there anyway pretty much every time I open my browser.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
All email services are getting that way
Even gmail popped up with no skip as it always has had in the past

Took close to a year for hotmail to stop the "Call us overprotective" popups and freezing the account for no real reason other than they want a silly cell phone number on record which if they had half a clue they already have it on record at the store where I purchased Office long ago under the same ms account

 

[bej]

I agree. Their "news" is tooo funny. I don't think they would know a real news story if it slapped them up side of the face.
They asked for this information another time. It was several months ago. Maybe they didn't get enough
mobile numbers or whatever. Unfortunately, there is no "complaint" email to let them know how ridiculous these requests have become. At least to the users.

 

[OvenMaster]

Does anyone know what Yahoo is doing playing the "We want to protect your e-mail from nasty people" game ? They want everyone to change their password, give them a mobile phone number and a
couple of other obscure requests.

Yeah, Yahoo is ridiculous in nearly all respects--email, web site, "news" articles, and all the rest.

I just checked: it takes me 7 mouse clicks to get to view my incoming mail. Tell me that's not laughable. It's been that way for 3 or 4 years in my experience.

There's 3 or 4 of those mouse clicks that ask for mobile this and blah blah blah but you can just "skip for now" or "continue" and bypass them. I have a mobile-free household and if giving a mobile number ever becomes a true requirement, I'm gone.

Same here. But so far as I am aware, starting a new Yahoo account requires that you provide them with a mobile phone number for verification and/or account recovery purposes. No mobile number, no account. If there's a way around this, I'm all ears. (Disclaimer: I closed my Yahoo account two years ago and moved to Mail.com where there is no mobile number requirement)

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Oven:

You could well be right. I've had my Yahoo account for 7 or 8 years I'd guess, so don't know about new accounts.

I'm unfamiliar with mail.com. What's the worst part about it, shortcomings, etc? I'm not sure I'd ever even heard of it. I just looked at their web site and see a bunch of news articles on the front page, similar to yahoo. I'm guessing they make money off ads and clicks, like yahoo?

I may be interested in mail.com--about all I'd require is reliability, a simple and sane interface, and the ability to have 2 or 3 addresses.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Oven:

You could well be right. I've had my Yahoo account for 7 or 8 years I'd guess, so don't know about new accounts.

I'm unfamiliar with mail.com. What's the worst part about it, shortcomings, etc? I'm not sure I'd ever even heard of it. I just looked at their web site and see a bunch of news articles on the front page, similar to yahoo. I'm guessing they make money off ads and clicks, like yahoo?

I may be interested in mail.com--about all I'd require is reliability, a simple and sane interface, and the ability to have 2 or 3 addresses.

I've recently tried mail.com and, so far, I have not been impressed. It's too clumsy to get to the email portion itself.

 

[bej]

I have six accounts spread between Yahoo, AOL, and CenturyLink. But, always looking for easier and less intrusive e-mail. So, hope to get some ideas in this topic.

 

[OvenMaster]

Oven:

You could well be right. I've had my Yahoo account for 7 or 8 years I'd guess, so don't know about new accounts.

I'm unfamiliar with mail.com. What's the worst part about it, shortcomings, etc? I'm not sure I'd ever even heard of it. I just looked at their web site and see a bunch of news articles on the front page, similar to yahoo. I'm guessing they make money off ads and clicks, like yahoo?

I may be interested in mail.com--about all I'd require is reliability, a simple and sane interface, and the ability to have 2 or 3 addresses.

If you want two or three addresses, that comes at a cost. Right now, so far as I know, Mail.com has one address per free account, with unlimited storage.You can, however, have as many free accounts as you wish.
Yes, they make their money from advertising. I can't mention adblockers, so I won't.
I've used it for two years now and to be honest, I should have left Yahoo even sooner. It's been 100% reliable for me.
Tom

 

[OvenMaster]

Oven:

You could well be right. I've had my Yahoo account for 7 or 8 years I'd guess, so don't know about new accounts.

I'm unfamiliar with mail.com. What's the worst part about it, shortcomings, etc? I'm not sure I'd ever even heard of it. I just looked at their web site and see a bunch of news articles on the front page, similar to yahoo. I'm guessing they make money off ads and clicks, like yahoo?

I may be interested in mail.com--about all I'd require is reliability, a simple and sane interface, and the ability to have 2 or 3 addresses.

I've recently tried mail.com and, so far, I have not been impressed. It's too clumsy to get to the email portion itself.

It takes me longer to input my password than the three clicks it takes me to get in, about 15 seconds. :sarc:
1. Click Log In
2. Input user name
3. Input password
4. Click Log In or press Enter
5. Click Email
Done

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Oven:

You could well be right. I've had my Yahoo account for 7 or 8 years I'd guess, so don't know about new accounts.

I'm unfamiliar with mail.com. What's the worst part about it, shortcomings, etc? I'm not sure I'd ever even heard of it. I just looked at their web site and see a bunch of news articles on the front page, similar to yahoo. I'm guessing they make money off ads and clicks, like yahoo?

I may be interested in mail.com--about all I'd require is reliability, a simple and sane interface, and the ability to have 2 or 3 addresses.

I've recently tried mail.com and, so far, I have not been impressed. It's too clumsy to get to the email portion itself.

It takes me longer to input my password than the three clicks it takes me to get in, about 15 seconds. :sarc:
1. Click Log In
2. Input user name
3. Input password
4. Click Log In or press Enter
5. Click Email
Done

For Mail.com I have to:

1. Click on the Mail.com icon in the Favorites Bar.
2. Click on a macro key to input my email address.
3. Type in the password
4. Click Log In.
5. Click past the annoying ad page.
6. Click on Email.

For Yahoo Mail

1. Click on Yahoo Mail icon in Favorites Bar. That's all.

 

[OvenMaster]

Ah, see? I don't use IE, and I'm not allowed to mention ad blocking software.