Not Able to Use Opera with New Yahoo! Mail
Paul Bartlett
I have been using Opera with Yahoo! Mail Plus with complete satisfaction
for several years now. Yahoo! has come out with a new mail interface, and
I cannot get it to work with Opera. I was running O 11.10 and could not
get it to work, so just a short time ago I upgraded to 11.50, to see if
that would make any difference. It didn't. When I login to Opera "Identify
as Opera," Y!M says that my browser is not supported, and that I should
"upgrade" to Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari.
I went to IE (yuk) and converted to the new Yahoo! Mail. Then I logged out
and restarted Opera. Nothing would work until I "Mask as Internet
Explorer." I can get the primary Y!M screen, but none of the folders I
have set up or any of the messages in my Inbox will open. Basically things
hang, although I am able to logout. There is an option to revert to Yahoo!
Mail Classic, and that works, provided I go back to "Identify as Opera"
(but it has a somewhat different appearance from what I was seeing before
I went to O 10.50 and the version of Y!M that I had been using).
Has anyone had any success in getting Opera (any version) to work with the
(very) new Yahoo! Mail (Plus, in my case)? Thanks.
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Paul Bartlett
ge...@none.net
Over the past few months, the Yahoo manager in charge of the
changeover has sent out two emails that indicate which programs will
work with the new Yahoo Mail, and Opera is not one of them. In the
last year or so Yahoo has gone from being Opera tolerant to Opera
hostile. Not sure what we can do about it but protest and be blown
off. Here's the text from his 1 July email:
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Dear ...,
We appreciate that you have been with Yahoo! Mail for the past 11
years. We are looking forward to bringing you an even faster, safer,
easier-to-use Yahoo! Mail very soon.
If you've already upgraded to the latest Yahoo! Mail, thank you.
If not, in about a month from the date of this email, when you sign in
to your Yahoo! Mail account, we will ask you to upgrade to the newest
version of Yahoo! Mail. But you don't have to wait. You can have the
newest Yahoo! Mail today.
You can upgrade now to the newest Yahoo! Mail if your browser is
Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3, Safari 4, or Chrome 5, or newer.
Upgrade Now
If you do not have one of these browsers, update your browser (it's
fast and free) and then return to this email and click the Upgrade Now
button.
If you only access Yahoo! Mail on your mobile device, tablet or via
POP, it is critical that you visit overview.mail.yahoo.com on your
computer to see important information about the upgrade, then review
and agree to the new Communication Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
What You Can Look Forward To When You Upgrade
Faster email
The latest Yahoo! Mail spam-protection technology
Easier-to-use design
Unlimited email storage so that you can keep everything you want
When you upgrade to the newest version of Yahoo! Mail, everything in
your account (messages, folders, contacts, etc.) will be there.
Learn more about the newest version of Yahoo! Mail.
Your Alternatives
If you're not ready to upgrade now, we recommend that you upgrade soon.
You may access your current version of Yahoo! Mail, but we strongly
encourage you to either upgrade to the newest version of Yahoo! Mail or
review Yahoo! Mail Help for other options.
Thank You for Being A Loyal Yahoo! Mail User
We hope you enjoy the newest version of Yahoo! Mail.
David McDowell
Senior Director
Product Management, Yahoo! Mail
ge...@none.net
ge...@none.net wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:48:53 -0400
> "Paul Bartlett" <bart...@panix.com> wrote:
>
> > Win XP Pro SP3 / O 11.50 b1074
> >
> > I have been using Opera with Yahoo! Mail Plus with complete
> > satisfaction for several years now. Yahoo! has come out with a new
> > mail interface, and I cannot get it to work with Opera. I was
> > running O 11.10 and could not get it to work, so just a short time
> > ago I upgraded to 11.50, to see if that would make any difference.
> > It didn't. When I login to Opera "Identify as Opera," Y!M says that
> > my browser is not supported, and that I should "upgrade" to Internet
> > Explorer, Firefox, or Safari.
> >
> > I went to IE (yuk) and converted to the new Yahoo! Mail. Then I
Btw, I've gotten around having to deal with Yahoo Mail much via
browser by redirecting it to my email client, using Mailwasher
Pro as a filtering step. Only when there's spam do I visit to delete it
directly (been more of that the past few months). Ask if
you need the settings.
Gene