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10 features I would like to see made available for Yahoo! Mail

25 February, 2007 18:15

  • More filters!  At this time, you are only allowed 50 filters.  This hardly meets any requirement for today's average e-mail load.
  • As of now, the provided filters are hardly functional.  Options for more than one criteria, along with and or xor, would greatly increase the chance of utilizing the 50 provided filters in any meaningful way.
  • I find Yahoo! Mail desperately needs an organizational method on top of what is already provided (folders & search).  Some have suggested tags, and others have suggested sub-folders.  I would take either.
  • For Yahoo! Mail Plus subscribers, and option to re-scan folders for junk mail is a needed function.  Subscribers have there own spam filter while non-subscribers filter spam based on Yahoo! identified junk.
  • For Plus subscribers, and option should be available to scan incomming external e-mail accounts for spam.
  • IMAP IMAP IMAP - this has to be one of the top requested features.  When will we see this?  If we do, it will most likely only be available for plus subscribers because banner add revenue will not be available.
  • Yahoo's calendar alerts work well.  How about providing alerts for individual e-mail messages, such that it would notify you when a task should be completed (when to reply by, read by, complete by).
  • It would be nice if I could attach an e-mail message to a Yahoo! Calendar entry for references.
  • How about message highlighting?  For Plus subscribers you have the ability to highlight external e-mail account messages.  I think highlighting should be available for all messages based for example, on categories of messages.
  • Compressing a group of messages as an archive would save space for incoming mail.  As of now, you can download compressed archives.  However, I feel this data should be possible to store on their servers.  On a side note, good luck downloading an archive of a folder with thousands of messages.  It be a no go.

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Main Entry: spew
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spIwan; akin to Old High German spIwan to spit, Latin spuere, Greek ptyein intransitive verb
1 : VOMIT
2 : to come forth in a flood or gush
3 : to ooze out as if under pressure : EXUDE transitive verb
1 : VOMIT
2 : to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity -- often used with out - spew-er noun
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