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Post by thai on Nov 21, 2014 9:25:55 GMT -5
For whatever the reason, of late, when I get an email, in the To: space it says "me".
Similarly when I am part of a group email, every other person getting that email is identified by their email address or name, which I am positive was how I was identified up until recently.
I am having no luck in figuring out how to change this.
Thai
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Post by laverne on Nov 22, 2014 9:45:26 GMT -5
Thai -- I don't like to be the bearer of bad news but this is the way Yahoo email "works." There have been many complaints about the "me" being used instead of the email address. This was a change to Yahoo mail at some point -- but it was done some time ago.
If you send an email to yourself at your Yahoo address, you will see that both the sender and recipient are "me."
For your information ME is only seen by you....your recipients will see your From name or Email address when they receive it in their inbox.
If you switch to BASIC rather than FULL FEATURED mail (in Settings), you will see the email address instead of "me." However, Basic is so terrible that I don't recommend it.
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Post by thai on Nov 23, 2014 0:40:22 GMT -5
Thanks Laverne,
Dang I hate when people, corporations or software programs decide for me what I want!!! This just maight be enough for me to switch to Gmail...but then the thoughts of that is too scary as well...lol.
At any rate, guess I'll stop trying to figure out how to change this now...thanks again
Thai
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Post by blueboxer on Dec 25, 2014 17:22:03 GMT -5
For what it's worth, thai, I have been using gmail for some years now and have found it satisfactory. As far as I can determine, it is slightly less arrogant in in its snooping and more easily thwarted. It's a major pain that in the sign-in they pre-check "keep me signed in" which parks a cookie in your browser that doesn't go away till you close down the computer, and offer no method to make the rejection the default, but as long as you remember to set it, it works. On the positive side it has the best spam filter I have found on the internet so far, dos not lose mail, offers unlimited storage by private user standards, has top-notch search function within the mail itself, and while it does have its overload times stays up pretty well. If you're desperate you might get a pleasant surprise if you try it.
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Post by drcard on Dec 26, 2014 8:46:06 GMT -5
Hi thai,
Just some comments to think about.
There are 3 ways to set up your email world: 1) Download the emails to your PC/device and handle all email activities through an email application install on the PC/device, 2) Use a web based email service where all email activities occur on line through your browser and your emails are stored on the web site's servers, or 3) A combination of the above. There are pros and cons for each choice, but I have found that the most hassle free setup is a combination set up. The goal is to have your email world deliver the emails you want, keep the emails you want, not crowd your reading list with emails you don't want, and never let an email bring destruction to your system. I have this with my set up. The reason I am posting these comments is to offer a solution to this problem of web based email services making changes in how your email world works online. If you download your emails and handle all your email activities through an email application installed on your PC/device, your email application will not make changes and there will be no new surprises. The biggest pro for using a web based email service is the anti-spam and anti-malware service it provides. Why not get both protection and unchanging enviroment. All web based email services have set up procedures to download the emails like any ISP email service. Thus the web based email service filters out the malware and spam and downloads the real emails to your application to view and handle in an unchanging enviroment.
I have not used Yahoo web based email, but use Yahoo through AT&T (my ISP) who uses Yahoo for email services. I also have a Gmail account (for many years). I rarely go to the Gmail web site as I have both accounts set up to download to Outlook and handle all email activites in Outlook. Gmail's filtering is awesome as any spam that does get through is very rare and doesn't repeat. The spam I do get is always through my AT&T (Yahoo) account, but with Outlook's and Kasperney's spam filters what does get through winds up in the Junk mail folder. In as long as I can remember I only had 1 email blocked as being falsely identified as spam.
So, if you want to prevent changes in how you view and handle your emails, download to an email application installed on your PC/device.
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Post by thai on Dec 30, 2014 9:19:11 GMT -5
dana,
Thanks for the options for me. I have gotten used to seeing "me" instead of my name on my emails. What you propose...the combo method... sounds way too complicated for this girl, so I guess I'll put up with what Yahoo does to me, which in reality is not that much over the many years we have been together! It was just something that I knew was different.
Again my thanks...Thai
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Post by blueboxer on Dec 31, 2014 0:17:16 GMT -5
Thai - if you do reconsider and decide to try Dr. Card's hybrid system, I suggest you take a look at Mozilla Thunderbird as your device (or home) browser. Do a heavy search and you'll find no shortage of people dissing it, as with all popular software - but then ask me about Outlook Express, Eudora, or all the various others I've tried and discarded over the years. As Dr. Mark says, de gustibus non disputamdum est.
Do remember you are on the internet, if you don't like what you've got there's almost always an alternative you may like better if you try it, and many are free. And FWIW my preference is to do as Dr. Card does. Bu your mileage may vary.
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Post by thai on Dec 31, 2014 4:19:04 GMT -5
Waterfox is my browser but downloading my Yahoo email to Thunderbird? Now THAT is where I get lost!!! Thai
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Post by drcard on Dec 31, 2014 18:55:26 GMT -5
Hi thai, You should use what you feel most comfortable with. Just in case and for others following this thread: The process just appears complicated, but really is simple since you do not have to know anything to do it. Most of the major web email services such as Gmail, Hotmail, and yes Yahoo Mail offer simple instructions to set up a POP3 account. A POP3 account is one which downloads to an email application installed on your PC. These instructions are sometimes hard to find at the web site but are easy to find with a Google search. For Example: a simple search for Set up a pop3 account with Yahoo Mail yielded this link as the first choice: POP server settings for Yahoo Mail In your email application open it and select to set up a new account. Although the specific order and page layout may be different in different email applications, they will all have the boxes to enter the data shown at the link above. Just enter the settings as indicated and your done. Clicking to download your email in the application will cause the emails to download. Using this method means you won't have to go to the web site any more.
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