You can get back most of the good things from the old Yahoo. In the URL for your mail page change the word 'launch' to 'search'. So it looks like this (note: the xxx is for whatever specific mail server you are on, just change the last part of the URL):
xxx.mail.yahoo.com/neo/search
This puts you back into the Tabbed layout with the reply/forward buttons at the top and folders on the left. Then go into your Mail Options (via the 'gear' icon at top right of the page) and uncheck 'enable preview pane', 'enable conversations', and 'enable snippets'. You should now be back to as close as you can get to the old layout.
Then bookmark this new URL so you can go to it the next time you login.
Note: Basic mode only has the Preview Pane option, it does not have Conversations or Snippets (whatever those are). It also doesn't have the Tabs.
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Classic Mail was discontinuyed months and months ago. It is not possible to get it back.
You can get back most of the good things from the old Yahoo. In the URL for your mail page change the word 'launch' to 'search'. So it looks like this (note: the xxx is for whatever specific mail server you are on, just change the last part of the URL):
xxx.mail.yahoo.com/neo/search
This puts you back into the Tabbed layout with the reply/forward buttons at the top and folders on the left. Then go into your Mail Options (via the 'gear' icon at top right of the page) and uncheck 'enable preview pane', 'enable conversations', and 'enable snippets'. You should now be back to as close as you can get to the old layout.
Then bookmark this new URL so you can go to it the next time you login.
Note: Basic mode only has the Preview Pane option, it does not have Conversations or Snippets (whatever those are). It also doesn't have the Tabs.
The Classic Yahoo Mail product has worked so well it was permanently replaced with the FUBAR version.
Classic mail is gone. You can only switch to a basic version which has no features.
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