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Non-Wargaming Discussion => Chat & News => Topic started by: Leon on 06 September 2011, 10:05:31 PM

Title: Anybody use BT/Yahoo mail?
Post by: Leon on 06 September 2011, 10:05:31 PM
They've just 'upgraded' the email accounts, and all the new features are doing nothing but slowing me down!  Why change something which works perfectly well as it is...  >:(
Title: Re: Anybody use BT/Yahoo mail?
Post by: clibinarium on 06 September 2011, 10:46:16 PM
Yeah me too; won't let me use Opera, so had to use firefox, but that eats all my computer's memory for some reason. Jumped at the oportunity to go back to the old version when it asked me.
Title: Re: Anybody use BT/Yahoo mail?
Post by: Leon on 06 September 2011, 11:29:01 PM
How can I go back, is there an option somewhere?  I'd kill for my old Inbox...  :(
Title: Re: Anybody use BT/Yahoo mail?
Post by: lentulus on 07 September 2011, 01:35:05 AM
The .com version just upgraded; first try was a bit rough but its ok now.  I turn down offers to use the .ca version.
Title: Re: Anybody use BT/Yahoo mail?
Post by: Leon on 07 September 2011, 02:08:01 AM
I've gone through their help section (which is awful) and there are two methods listed to switch back to the 'Classic' mail.  However, neither of them work...  >:(  And when I try to contact them, it throws up a 'Page not found' error. 
Title: Re: Anybody use BT/Yahoo mail?
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 07 September 2011, 07:48:26 AM
The whats new page is annoying, also asks me to contact random people I've not mailed for 2-3 years.

IanS
Title: Re: Anybody use BT/Yahoo mail?
Post by: Steve J on 07 September 2011, 10:25:48 AM
I wished I'd stuck with Mail Classic now as all the adverts really slow my computer down >:(. The only good thing is that attaching files is much quicker with the new mail than the old.
Title: Re: Anybody use BT/Yahoo mail?
Post by: Techno on 07 September 2011, 10:47:49 AM
OH !..... How I wish people would leave things alone, when they work properly already !

Cheers - Phil (Who's deleted most of his rant regarding the above.)




Title: Re: Anybody use BT/Yahoo mail?
Post by: Leon on 08 September 2011, 03:09:30 AM
It's the little things which annoy me as they take up more of my time at work.  Adding an extra step into the 'Print' process, not so useful when I'm printing 20-30 emails a day.  And all these tabs at the top, instead of sending me back to the message once I've replied, it either throws me into another tab, or back to the Inbox.   >:(

And...!  It's printing in a larger font than before, so it's using up more paper to print orders and stuff.  So far I've not found a way of fixing this.
Title: Re: Anybody use BT/Yahoo mail?
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 08 September 2011, 08:56:06 AM
One solution, at home machine - dump into another mail pacakage - I read my mail in Outlook, used to use incredimail. Bt is a webmail package, can access anywhere, but not at its best.

IanS
Title: Re: Anybody use BT/Yahoo mail?
Post by: Leon on 08 September 2011, 04:11:12 PM
Yeah, I've considered Outlook, that's what I use for my own business emails, but it's not as viable for Pendraken, as I'm checking the emails from a variety of machines all the time.  We'll probably look at switching to a domain specific email address soon anyway, so I'll be rid of BT.
Title: Re: Anybody use BT/Yahoo mail?
Post by: fred. on 08 September 2011, 04:26:08 PM
If you want to stick with web mail the have a look at gmail

It can be set up to download messages from many other mail boxes. and can be used with a local mail client (eg outlook)
Title: Re: Anybody use BT/Yahoo mail?
Post by: nikharwood on 08 September 2011, 05:49:57 PM
Quote from: fred12df on 08 September 2011, 04:26:08 PM
If you want to stick with web mail the have a look at gmail

It can be set up to download messages from many other mail boxes. and can be used with a local mail client (eg outlook)

Absolutely - gmail is your friend - unlimited storage & send/receive; fully integrates with the rest of the Google suite of products [especially useful with Docs & Google+]