Editing Yahoo Mail (section)

===2002–2010===
[[File:Yahoo! Mail Logo (1997-2009).svg|thumb|200px|Yahoo! Mail logo from 2002]]
During 2002, the Yahoo! network was gradually redesigned. On July 2, 2002, the company website was changed, and it was announced that Yahoo! Mail and other services would also be redesigned.<ref>{{cite news |last=Olsen |first=Stefanie |date=July 2, 2002 |title=Yahoo! unveils home page face-lift |url=http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-941329.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618070824/http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-941329.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=June 18, 2006 |access-date=May 31, 2006 |work=[[ZDNet]]}}</ref> Along with this new design, new features were to be implemented, including drop-down menus in [[DHTML]], different category tabs, and a new user-customizable color scheme. Yahoo! Network Services senior vice president Geoff Ralston stated that

{{blockquote|source=|The launch of Yahoo! Mail Plus is part of Yahoo's strategic initiative to offer premium services that deliver innovative, reliable and relevant services to consumers ... In just five years, Yahoo! Mail has grown from one million to tens of millions of users, illustrating how consumers have made email an essential part of their daily lives. Through Yahoo! Mail Plus, Yahoo! continues to demonstrate leadership and innovation by offering consumers the industry's most complete and powerful email solution.<ref name=release1023>{{cite press release |publisher=Yahoo! |date=November 14, 2002 |url=http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1023.html |title=Yahoo! Introduces Yahoo! Mail Plus To Help Consumers Manage Their Growing E-Mail Needs |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609131745/http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1023.html |archive-date=June 9, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>}}

[[File:Ymail Messenger Beta.png|thumb|[[Yahoo! Messenger]] chat integration in the Yahoo! Mail webmail interface, in beta in 2007]]
On July 9, 2004, Yahoo! acquired [[Oddpost]], a webmail service which simulated a desktop email client. Oddpost had features such as drag-and-drop support, right-click menus, RSS feeds, a preview pane, and increased speed using email caching to shorten response time. Many of the features were incorporated into an updated Yahoo! Mail service.<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=Yahoo! |date=September 14, 2005 |url=http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1260.html |title=Yahoo! Begins Public Testing of New Yahoo! Mail |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609003015/http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1260.html |archive-date=June 9, 2007}}</ref>

====Competition====
On April 1, 2004, Google announced its [[Gmail]] service with 1 GB of storage, although Gmail's invitation-only accounts kept the other webmail services at the forefront. Most major webmail providers, including Yahoo! Mail, increased their mailbox storage in response. Yahoo! first announced 100 MB of storage for basic accounts and 2 GB of storage for premium users.<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=Yahoo! |date=June 15, 2004 |url=http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1168.html |title=Yahoo! Announces "New and Improved" Yahoo! Mail, Introduces Major Increase in Storage Space, Makes 50 Million Additional E-Mail Addresses Available |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701083758/http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/release1168.html |archive-date=July 1, 2007}}</ref> However, soon Yahoo! Mail increased its free storage quota to 1 GB, before eventually allowing unlimited storage. Yahoo! Mail had free unlimited storage from March 27, 2007, until October 8, 2013.