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Yahoo Invites Users to Try Mail Beta

By Nate Mook, BetaNews

September 14, 2006, 5:14 PM

Yahoo on Thursday rolled out the beta version of its Mail product to all users, inviting them to switch to the new AJAX interface that acts more like a desktop e-mail client than Web site. The Yahoo! Mail revision adds technologies that the company gained from its purchase of Oddpost, such as drag and drop organization, an instant preview pane, and upgraded search capabilities.

A built-in RSS reader has also been added to the service, along with an integrated calendar. Yahoo, which is the top provider of web based e-mail in the United States, counts some 255 million users according to research firm comScore. The company did not say when it would fully replace its traditional Mail interface.

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By Shiva

edited Apr 1, 2008 - 3:44 AM

I really want Yahoo!mail Beta!
How can I get that?
Help plz!

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By djemmieh

edited Feb 16, 2008 - 11:10 AM

Dear Sirs,
Please help me to get yahoo mail beta.
Thanks

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By djemmieh

posted Feb 16, 2008 - 2:17 PM

Dear Sirs,
Please help me to get yahoo mail beta.
Thanks

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By benimesh

edited Nov 29, 2007 - 8:47 AM

pls i have been using yahoo beta but i cant find it anymore.i want to log onto the new yahoo.

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By rawi

edited Oct 30, 2007 - 11:04 AM

fdsfdsfsdfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

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By van3ssax3bayb3

edited Oct 28, 2007 - 7:01 PM

give me yahoo beta

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By abi_awan@yahoo.com

edited Oct 23, 2007 - 3:14 AM

i want to download yahoo mail beta plzzz help me or send email to me so i can download it

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By karthik14_1987

edited Oct 13, 2007 - 4:50 AM

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By debarghe

edited Oct 4, 2007 - 3:37 PM

I like beta,you can read from the inbox and
compose by easily switching.

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By nagibex

posted Sep 4, 2007 - 10:16 AM

i used to log in my mail address and find try new yahoo mail beta at top it had quick reply it used to be very fast very good version now its no longer there

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By khonhuongchi

posted Sep 2, 2007 - 2:39 AM

i want to use mail beta

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By khonhuongchi

edited Sep 2, 2007 - 2:26 AM

Iwant to use mail Beta. Please help me!

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By david624448

edited Aug 3, 2007 - 5:20 AM

its amazing to use this new technology and i am well convence is the best.

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By Mothilal

edited Jul 9, 2007 - 1:18 AM

I need Yahoo mail BETA version to my ID. Currently my ID is running in old versoin. And one more If I entered the Beta version, How to use the Yahoo chat in my ID? Kindly gide me....

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By dsouzacc

edited Jun 28, 2007 - 9:51 AM

I need your help. I have been trying for a long time to download the yahoo mail beta for my mobile. The instrument make is IMATE and the model is JASJAM. The sevice provider is BSNL, CELLONE, for Maharastra in India which is GPRS activated. Look forward to your doing the needful to help me out. Regards and Bye.

Carlos D'Souza

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By walterjworsham

edited Jun 28, 2007 - 7:12 AM

I am getting repeated crashes with the beta version.

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By vampires are real

edited Jun 28, 2007 - 7:36 PM

I really want one but i delected it so can i get another one

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By kewlioz

edited Jun 11, 2007 - 12:13 AM

plz i need beta version of yahoo

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By dtsmoneyandcars

edited Jun 1, 2007 - 4:46 PM

on mail beta messenger has just resently been added ont to it will it make a sound when u have a meesage coming in like on regular messanger.

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By disciple82

edited Apr 24, 2007 - 1:16 AM

i have yahoomail beta and it is great!!! i jus cant understand y i have 2 switch back in order to download pic attachments. but the new features and liam pictures are the greatest!!! lol

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By vikram_punjab

posted Jan 24, 2007 - 7:00 AM

I got Yahoo Mail Beta on my Mac and now it doesn't load my mail at all. How can I get back to my original Yahoo-there is no option to go back on My Yahoo home page???

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By vikram_punjab

edited Jan 23, 2007 - 8:20 AM

I got Yahoo Mail Beta on my Mac and now it doesn't load my mail at all. How can I get back to my original Yahoo-there is no option to go back on My Yahoo home page???

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By aldy

edited Dec 24, 2006 - 1:55 AM

I got Yahoo Mail Beta on my Mac and now it doesn't load my mail at all. How can I get back to my original Yahoo-there is no option to go back on My Yahoo home page???

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By Spirit333

edited Dec 15, 2006 - 5:05 PM

I have no luck at all with the Updated version of Yahoo messenge...8 It continuall crashes, when in chat room the sound goes off, the screen freezes, and when I report the problems the message from yahoo states that I did not submit my logs when at the bottom of the report "yahoo states" that when I report a problem and send it in it will send in my logs and they will then be able to resolve the problems. I continue to get the same messages no matter what I do, ( You did not submit logs)

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By martacooper@sbcglobal.net

edited Oct 20, 2006 - 6:57 PM

i was had beta mail and some how i don't have it any more how do i get it back?

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By dtsmoneyandcars

posted Jun 2, 2007 - 12:57 PM

go to yahoo search and type in mail beta and then it will bring up a page on it and then press the botton that says try it free

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By iharbir

edited Oct 9, 2006 - 1:24 PM

good one try

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By dengermnk

edited Oct 9, 2006 - 2:13 PM

pls activate yr yahoo acc usiing beta it is very simple

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By phani_kris2001

edited Sep 29, 2006 - 9:18 AM

i want to new beta version in yahoo.

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By pozgayboi

posted Sep 18, 2006 - 9:07 AM

Epidote: those options are still available in the options portion of the beta. Only thing is you would have to change it there, sign out and sign back in for the change to take effect.

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By epidote

posted Sep 18, 2006 - 4:34 AM

I tried their beta mail since the moment they launched, but then, there's one feature I didn't like and therefore, I switch back to the old version. That feature was the forward feature. The older version has a choice of forward as Attachment or Inline, I normally prefer to forward as attachment, as that will preserve the original structure of the message, rather than adding all the forwarding headers to the forwarded message. That's why I still stick to yahoo mail, but for the older version, not the new one.

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By cowticket

posted Sep 18, 2006 - 3:00 AM

I like it better than the standard interface, so Ill keep the new style.

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By RingMaster

posted Sep 15, 2006 - 3:02 PM

YEAH GREAT!!! Microsoft and Yahoo are adequate competition to gmail. But better since gmail doesnt even allow you to sign up off the web. you need a txt message. that's bogus. screw you gmail.

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By cngodles

posted Sep 15, 2006 - 7:30 PM

I tried their beta once a few months back, and I did not like it. The extra coding just made their e-mail extra slow. I still much prefer the HTML version. I hope they keep it as an option.

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By RPDP

posted Sep 15, 2006 - 2:58 PM

I like the interface very much. Yahoo has done a great job and hope will improve it and give more storage space :D as Gmail does in the near future.

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By Intrusive_Rogue

posted Sep 15, 2006 - 2:03 PM

:thumbsup:

Love it. It's about time!

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By hariat24365

edited Sep 15, 2006 - 12:38 PM

Ya, its a better idea why could not Yahoo! also include vedio the Google Earth in it aalong with ringtone messages ringtone activatig when we receive new message atc and it seems to be so looky to this!

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By castiglione

posted Sep 15, 2006 - 12:24 PM

Great thing, but not really liking the lack of the calendar sliding view. Oh well.. I am patient for it to get better.

I like Yahoo Mail, as I like the other mail services like Gmail, Windows Live and even Lycos.

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By daztop

posted Sep 15, 2006 - 8:31 AM

Is this new? I hadn't realised that I'd been chosen as an early adopter!? I've been using this interface for many months now, and I won't go back. It's a HUGE improvement.

My only dislike is that new emails open in tabs that waste a lot of screen real estate. I always choose to open emails in a new window.

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By PC_Tool

edited Sep 15, 2006 - 9:07 AM

My only dislike is that new emails open in tabs that waste a lot of screen real estate. I always choose to open emails in a new window.

This makes no sense.

New tabs, by definition, open in the *same* window...using *Zero* extra screen real estate. A new window, on the other hand, does require extra screen space.

Many client apps now open your mail in a preview window, which, IMO, is better than both of the above solutions and why I use the preview bubble Firefox extension on Gmail. (It's not quite the same, but as close as we're gonna get for now)

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By iced

posted Sep 15, 2006 - 7:48 AM

not sure about this.. the main reason to me for using web mail is because its on another server PERMENATELY. won't client remove the articles from the server when they are downloaded to prevent duplicates?

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By Friar Tuck

edited Sep 14, 2006 - 11:14 PM

At this point, I would be very careful of anything that Yahoo is offering. Yahoo, in their infinate wisdom and with their latest messenger has decided to install 3rd party software WITHOUT, first notifying you or giving you the choice to say NO.

One known 3rd party software that they are installing is Adobe Flash Player 9 (FP9). This version of Flash Player has known bugs both by Adobe and Yahoo yet they continue to offer it.

Are you surfing the Internet, or in a program that is IE dependent and then poof, your browser just closes? Are you surfing a page that uses flash and your browser just locks up?
Are you running RC1 of IE 7 finding the problems I have just described even worse?

If so, you have probably updated your flash player or Yahoo Messenger. There are sites that offer Yahoo Messenger 7.5 and if you search the Adobe site, you will find Macromedia Flash Player 8.24 which is the LAST KNOWN STABLE VERSION of flash player.

If your a flashchat operator, then I'm sure you read all about FP9 on the tufat forum and have made the corrections.

And I failed to mention, uninstall of FP9 is totally impossible without first uninstalling the latest Yahoo Messenger and if some of those ads with the new Yahoo Mail are a flash movie, then you can rest assure, that yahoo has included FP9 in this program too.

I tried to bring these issues to yahoo's attention about 6 weeks ago when I first discovered it. I received an email telling me that support would contact me within 48 hours. The only thing is they never told which year or for that matter, which decade that 48 hours was in cause I have never heard from them.

Come to think of it, Beta News did not even think it was worthy of news to inform it's readers, Do I Smell Collusion here?

My best advise to everyone is be informed. Know what you are downloading and installing on your computer. You will be alot better off for this.

Cheers

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By bobthegoat2001

posted Sep 15, 2006 - 2:33 AM

I hate Adobe, they make me sick. There software is buggy, bloated and crappy. Then they bough out Macromedia (Loved Dreamreaver, now it's going to be crap just like Flash 9) and also bought out the makers of Cool Edit Pro (a very good sound editor). And now it's crap.

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By y0himba

edited Sep 14, 2006 - 8:19 PM

Advertising ridden buggy crap.

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By cranbers

posted Sep 14, 2006 - 7:11 PM

I have been using this since I was a yahoo mail plus user. It's not as good as gmail. It looks and acts like a desktop client. It is an improvement as the ads are a lot less annoying. But I will be sticking with gmail. It is the best email client i have ever seen and I don't miss yahoo in the least.

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By siryak

posted Sep 14, 2006 - 8:10 PM

I would love to move to gmail. Unforunately I have several things tied into my yahoo and I need a forwarding function(which yahoo doesn't supply...At least not for free anyway). But if I could forward all my mail to gmail I would switch in a heartbeat.

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By Ahmadbondk

posted Sep 14, 2006 - 7:37 PM

i agree plus gmail is improving everyday

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By brinkeguthrie

posted Sep 14, 2006 - 6:23 PM

still loads too slow.

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By 818_Papi

posted Sep 14, 2006 - 5:28 PM

Been using Yahoo Mail Beta since it was first put into Beta (I think SBC/AT&T DSL subscribers were able to opt-in when Yahoo first put it into Beta). And so far up to this day I like the layout and design. I like how it looks like a mail app.

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