New Email service

I may not be much help since I use gmail.   I find it easy to use and like the option of being able to sort my emails by subject.  It remembers my contacts, I think most email programs do, allows me to create email lists for groups to which I belong, and has google drive which includes word processor and spread sheet among other programs.  Another plus is that it works with both apple and android devices so I can check my email from just about any device that is handy.  

If you take privacy seriously, take a look at Protonmail.com.  

Apollo_T said:

Hi,

A couple of months ago I updated and ‘repaired some problem with my Yahoo email acct.  Since then I’ve received a large number of spam, phishing, obscene, garbage mail.  Dealing with this has become annoying and frustrating. 

I've been using Yahoo mail for many, many years. I have a custom domain name (mylastname.org) hosted with Yahoo and the service has deteriorated in the past few months. Now there's a horrible right-side banner on the email page. So, when you are reading or composing an email, this large ugly banner ad runs down and takes up lots of screen space. I can click and close it, but it opens right back up. I'd leave Yahoo but I have this custom domain name, my email address is myfirstname@lastname.org and I couldn't give that up after 20+ years. 

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

I've been using Yahoo mail for many, many years. I have a custom domain name (mylastname.org) hosted with Yahoo and the service has deteriorated in the past few months. Now there's a horrible right-side banner on the email page. So, when you are reading or composing an email, this large ugly banner ad runs down and takes up lots of screen space. I can click and close it, but it opens right back up. I'd leave Yahoo but I have this custom domain name, my email address is myfirstname@lastname.org and I couldn't give that up after 20+ years. 

A nonprofit I volunteer with has a custom ".org" domain and we use Gmail for our emails with that domain name. I didn't set it up, so I don't know how to do it, just that it's possible.

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

I've been using Yahoo mail for many, many years. I have a custom domain name (mylastname.org) hosted with Yahoo and the service has deteriorated in the past few months. Now there's a horrible right-side banner on the email page. So, when you are reading or composing an email, this large ugly banner ad runs down and takes up lots of screen space. I can click and close it, but it opens right back up. I'd leave Yahoo but I have this custom domain name, my email address is myfirstname@lastname.org and I couldn't give that up after 20+ years. 

I use Yahoo on Firefox, and there's an extension called Webmail Ad Blocker that is working for me, it hides that panel. There's other extensions that do the same. 

Protonmail has had billions of records hacked over the past couple three years, and doesn't filter for spam. 

There's no perfect email, but I prefer spam filtering, so I use gmail. 

ril said:

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

I've been using Yahoo mail for many, many years. I have a custom domain name (mylastname.org) hosted with Yahoo and the service has deteriorated in the past few months. Now there's a horrible right-side banner on the email page. So, when you are reading or composing an email, this large ugly banner ad runs down and takes up lots of screen space. I can click and close it, but it opens right back up. I'd leave Yahoo but I have this custom domain name, my email address is myfirstname@lastname.org and I couldn't give that up after 20+ years. 

I use Yahoo on Firefox, and there's an extension called Webmail Ad Blocker that is working for me, it hides that panel. There's other extensions that do the same. 

I’d like to get a few more details on this. I use MS Edge only because it’s what I used at work before I retired. I see no reason not to switch to Firefox.  

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

ril said:

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

I've been using Yahoo mail for many, many years. I have a custom domain name (mylastname.org) hosted with Yahoo and the service has deteriorated in the past few months. Now there's a horrible right-side banner on the email page. So, when you are reading or composing an email, this large ugly banner ad runs down and takes up lots of screen space. I can click and close it, but it opens right back up. I'd leave Yahoo but I have this custom domain name, my email address is myfirstname@lastname.org and I couldn't give that up after 20+ years. 

I use Yahoo on Firefox, and there's an extension called Webmail Ad Blocker that is working for me, it hides that panel. There's other extensions that do the same. 

I’d like to get a few more details on this. I use MS Edge only because it’s what I used at work before I retired. I see no reason not to switch to Firefox.  

I would think you could transfer your customer email address to another provider.  Have you checked that out?

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

I’d like to get a few more details on this. I use MS Edge only because it’s what I used at work before I retired. I see no reason not to switch to Firefox.  

A quick search finds the extension available for MS Edge. Can't vouch for how it works for Edge, but worth a try before you go to the trouble of switching browsers.

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/webmail-ad-blocker/mlhnkbkckpjokodfbhlaeoeelmndflnm

ril said:

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

I’d like to get a few more details on this. I use MS Edge only because it’s what I used at work before I retired. I see no reason not to switch to Firefox.  

A quick search finds the extension available for MS Edge. Can't vouch for how it works for Edge, but worth a try before you go to the trouble of switching browsers.

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/webmail-ad-blocker/mlhnkbkckpjokodfbhlaeoeelmndflnm

wow. Thanks. I’ll try to figure out its deployment. 

dave said:

Protonmail has had billions of records hacked over the past couple three years, and doesn't filter for spam. 

There's no perfect email, but I prefer spam filtering, so I use gmail. 

Dave, I'm not saying it didn't happen, but after some searching I haven't found any references to Protonmail having "had billions of records hacked over the past couple three years."  Where did you find that?  Thank you.

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

wow. Thanks. I’ll try to figure out its deployment. 

If that extension doesn't solve the problem, search the MS Edge tools for others. It might take more than one extension to find the setup that does what you want.

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

Apollo_T said:

Hi,

A couple of months ago I updated and ‘repaired some problem with my Yahoo email acct.  Since then I’ve received a large number of spam, phishing, obscene, garbage mail.  Dealing with this has become annoying and frustrating. 

I've been using Yahoo mail for many, many years. I have a custom domain name (mylastname.org) hosted with Yahoo and the service has deteriorated in the past few months. Now there's a horrible right-side banner on the email page. So, when you are reading or composing an email, this large ugly banner ad runs down and takes up lots of screen space. I can click and close it, but it opens right back up. I'd leave Yahoo but I have this custom domain name, my email address is myfirstname@lastname.org and I couldn't give that up after 20+ years. 

You can't move your domain name email over to gmail or some other platform?

ril said:

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

wow. Thanks. I’ll try to figure out its deployment. 

If that extension doesn't sole the problem, search the MS Edge tools for others. It might take more than one extension to find the setup that does what you want.

I was mistaken about the 'billions'. That is the number of stolen accounts floating around in the dark web. Protonmail's breach was 300 million. 

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

ril said:

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

I’d like to get a few more details on this. I use MS Edge only because it’s what I used at work before I retired. I see no reason not to switch to Firefox.  

A quick search finds the extension available for MS Edge. Can't vouch for how it works for Edge, but worth a try before you go to the trouble of switching browsers.

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/webmail-ad-blocker/mlhnkbkckpjokodfbhlaeoeelmndflnm

wow. Thanks. I’ll try to figure out its deployment. 

I clicked that link to the ad blocker, but the comments were pretty consistently negative. I'm not very tech savvy so not sure how to proceed with MS Edge Tools, etc. 

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

I clicked that link to the ad blocker, but the comments were pretty consistently negative. I'm not very tech savvy so not sure how to proceed with MS Edge Tools, etc. 

wish I could be more helpful but I'm not familiar with Edge. You could try installing that tool, and just uninstall if it doesn't work for you (both are simple to do). Or google for other blockers. 
maybe the instructions here can help:
https://www.wikihow.com/Block-Banner-Ads-in-Yahoo-Mail

ril said:

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

I clicked that link to the ad blocker, but the comments were pretty consistently negative. I'm not very tech savvy so not sure how to proceed with MS Edge Tools, etc. 

wish I could be more helpful but I'm not familiar with Edge. You could try installing that tool, and just uninstall if it doesn't work for you (both are simple to do). Or google for other blockers. 
maybe the instructions here can help:
https://www.wikihow.com/Block-Banner-Ads-in-Yahoo-Mail

Great! Thanks!

dave said:

I was mistaken about the 'billions'. That is the number of stolen accounts floating around in the dark web. Protonmail's breach was 300 million. 

Dave, if you are referencing this article in Forbes

forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/11/01/proton-exposes-300-million-stolen-credentials---49-include-passwords/

it states that Proton investigated the dark web and found millions of stolen credentials available to be traded.  It does NOT say that they are Proton credentials.  That is not even implied.

weekends said:

dave said:

I was mistaken about the 'billions'. That is the number of stolen accounts floating around in the dark web. Protonmail's breach was 300 million. 

Dave, if you are referencing this article in Forbes

forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/11/01/proton-exposes-300-million-stolen-credentials---49-include-passwords/

it states that Proton investigated the dark web and found millions of stolen credentials available to be traded.  It does NOT say that they are Proton credentials.  That is not even implied.

I think that's what I must have been mis-recalling. Proton seems solid, apart from not pro-actively filtering out spam. Everything has trade-offs. 

This is what I do to map an email address into Google without losing the original email address: Set up a Gmail address, if you don't already have one. Then:

1. Click the gear icon (Settings) in the top right, then See all settings.
2. Click the Accounts and Import tab.
3. In the "Check email from other accounts" section, click Add a mail account.
4. Enter the email address and follow the prompts to connect.

You will have to verify with your Yahoo account, but if you're currently using it, there's no issue. You can easily mark things as spam or drag them to promotions so that they always go there (Gmail will ask you if you want to do that).

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

ril said:

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

I clicked that link to the ad blocker, but the comments were pretty consistently negative. I'm not very tech savvy so not sure how to proceed with MS Edge Tools, etc. 

wish I could be more helpful but I'm not familiar with Edge. You could try installing that tool, and just uninstall if it doesn't work for you (both are simple to do). Or google for other blockers. 
maybe the instructions here can help:
https://www.wikihow.com/Block-Banner-Ads-in-Yahoo-Mail

Great! Thanks!

I followed the instructions, downloaded and installed Ad Blocker for Chrome but it made no difference. I rebooted my laptop and... nothing.  Bummed.  The Ad Blocker icon never showed up on my Yahoo Mail page and the heinous right-side banner still appears. 

Are you now viewing your email account in Yahoo or Gmail?

joan_crystal said:

Are you now viewing your email account in Yahoo or Gmail?

yahoo. 

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

joan_crystal said:

Are you now viewing your email account in Yahoo or Gmail?

yahoo. 

Yes?

The_Soulful_Mr_T said:

I followed the instructions, downloaded and installed Ad Blocker for Chrome but it made no difference. I rebooted my laptop and... nothing.  Bummed.  The Ad Blocker icon never showed up on my Yahoo Mail page and the heinous right-side banner still appears. 

again, I'm not an Edge user, but the icon would appear on your browser, perhaps along the top, or under tools (or whatever Edge calls it),  not on the yahoo mail site. 

Also, Yahoo seems to be rolling out further changes to email (I got an update on Android yesterday), so maybe wait a bit to see.

About proton mail, if you pay with a credit card, you won't remain anonymous.