AT&T and Yahoo!(R) Introduce Beta Test of Enhanced Yahoo! Mail

AT&T and Yahoo!(R) Introduce Beta Test of Enhanced Yahoo! Mail

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Yahoo!(R) (NASDAQ:YHOO) today launched a beta test of a new version of Yahoo! Mail, the No. 1 Web mail service in the U.S. and around the world(1), which is available to AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet and Dial subscribers. The AT&T Yahoo! Mail beta provides enhanced functionality such as drag-and-drop e-mail organization, message preview and an integrated RSS reader with easy access to breaking news, blog entries and other feeds directly from Web mail. The AT&T Yahoo! Mail beta is available to a subset of AT&T Yahoo! Mail users today and will be available to all users in the coming months.

Like the current AT&T Yahoo! Mail experience, the new version is browser-based, making it universally accessible from any computer connected to the Internet, and there’s no need to download new software. The beta provides the most significant enhancement to the AT&T Yahoo! Mail interface and user experience since AT&T Yahoo! Mail launched in 2001.

“This version is a significant enhancement to our already award-winning Web mail,” said Kieran Nolan, vice president of AT&T Broadband. “It’s a user-friendly upgrade that will make this popular application more powerful and more versatile, giving us another advantage over our competitors. It’s fast and easy to use — an experience we believe that customers will enjoy.”

“This beta version of AT&T Yahoo! Mail gives people a faster and more dynamic way to experience their e-mail, yet it continues to offer the same features they rely upon today: great anti-spam and virus protection, tons of storage, it’s all there,” said Ethan Diamond, director, product development, Yahoo! Mail. “We’re excited to give AT&T Yahoo! subscribers this new e-mail experience, and we look forward to receiving feedback as we continue the development process.”

Highlights of the beta version of AT&T Yahoo! Mail include increased speed and the following features:

– Fast and easy-to-use interface that functions like a desktop client application.

– Drag-and-drop message organization.

– Reading pane to view messages instantly.

– Comprehensive and speedy search of e-mail headers, bodies and attachments.

– Ability to view multiple e-mails at the same time, using tabbed navigation.

– Integrated RSS reader, providing access to breaking news, blog entries and other feeds directly in the Web mail experience.

– Automatic check and delivery of new mail.

– Keyboard shortcuts and right-click menus.

– Ability to scroll through all message headers in a folder, rather than page by page.

– Address autocomplete.

– Industry-leading protection against spam and viruses.

– Available on Firefox (Mac/Windows) and Internet Explorer (Windows only).