Yahoo Mail Gets Revamped With New Features and Threads On Its 16th Birthday

| Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 11:25 [IST]

On its 16th birthday, Yahoo Mail has received a revamped looks as a present. However, thats not the only thing Yahoo Mail has got because along with the refreshed looks, the mailing platform has also been improved with new added features and a couple of nice tweaks.

Yahoo Mail Gets Revamped With New Features On Its 16th Birthday

To be precise, now Yahoo Mail has been updated with an ability to thread conversations in its desktop, iOS and Android versions. Moreover, the company has also added a feature most need which will enable users to delete, star and search their message in a single-click. Apart from that, the new updated version of the Yahoo Mail also features some new mail themes drawn from curated Flickr images.

Furthermore, Yahoo's also bringing a handful of Mail Plus features to free users, including enhanced filters, auto message forwarding and disposable address. And according to Yahoo's blog post, the free Yahoo Mail was previously available only in the $19.99-per-year Mail Plus version.

Now, Yahoo Mail users can also take the opportunity to use Mail storage of 1TB where users can now house as much attachments as possible.

Apart from all these new features, the redesigned and improved Yahoo Mail has also been given a new Conversation view through which users can organize and archive their e-mails based on threads.

To get the proper view of the message, now the users are also bestowed with the option to collapse the left handed toolbar. Yahoo Mail users who choose to run a desktop e-mail client, such as Microsoft Outlook, can set up a POP3 account to download their Yahoo messages and read them offline as well.

The revamped Yahoo Mail is available in the US, UK, Canada, Philippines, Malaysia, India, Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa. Yahoo has also promised to bring more countries in the range and add more languages to its mailing service as well. When it comes to hand-held devices running on iOS, Android and Windows 8 platform, they are due to get the updates of their respective Yahoo apps.