Yandex Mail Explained

Genre:Email service

Yandex Mail (Russian: Яндекс Почта|r=Yandeks Pochta; formerly stylised as Yandex.Mail) is a Russian free email service developed by Yandex. It was launched on,[1] [2] and is one of the three largest email services in Runet (along with Gmail and Mail.ru).[3] The service uses automatic spam filtering, checks for viruses using antivirus software from Dr.Web, and an email translator.[4]

There is a mobile app, Yandex.Mail, for Android and iOS.[5]

History

Yandex.Mail began operations on 26 June 2000. In 2009, it was launched a free service, Yandex.Mail for domain, where users can create up to a thousand email accounts in one domain.[6] In 2010, individual spam filters were added. An email translator was added in 2011; initially, only English and Ukrainian were available. Since 2016, 40 languages are available.[7] [8]

In 2012, Yandex.Mail was the fastest growing and one of the five most popular email services in Europe, and received 25 thousand unique visitors a month.[9]

In 2013, Email templates were added in Yandex.Mail. Since June 2013, the service has an "email marker" that differentiates incoming mails by their types.[10]

In September 2020, Yandex.Mail 360 replaced Yandex.Mail for domain. It combines several Yandex services: Mail, Disk, Calendar, Messenger, Contacts and Notes, and provides users with 20 GB of free space.[11]

Security incidents

In 2014, 1.2 million Yandex account credentials (logins and passwords) were published on a public leak forum. Yandex denied being attacked directly and instead suggested that users fell victim to phishing.[12]

In February 2021, Yandex disclosed that an employee had been selling access to user accounts. Yandex stated that it notified owners of 4887 affected accounts urging them to change passwords.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Яндекс.Почта - бесплатная почта с web-интерфейсом. 2000. Yandex. ru. 2021-01-03.
  2. Web site: "Яндекс": Найдётся всё. 2012-05-23. Computer Bild. ru. 2021-01-03. https://archive.today/20130719193006/http://www.computerbild.ru/content/1337775274/yandeks-naydyotsya-vsyo. 2013-07-19. dead.
  3. Web site: "Яндекс" переходит на платную почту без рекламы. 2020-05-26. Ксения Болецкая, Наталья Ищенко. Vedomosti. ru. 2021-01-03.
  4. Web site: ООО "Доктор Веб" – российский разработчик средств информационной безопасности под маркой Dr.Web. Cosmos-2. ru. 2021-01-03.
  5. Web site: Мобильная Яндекс.Почта. Yandex. ru. 2021-01-03.
  6. Web site: Запуск Яндекс.Почты для домена . ru. 2010-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100724155657/http://company.yandex.ru/news/press_releases/2009/1027/index.xml . 2010-07-24.
  7. Web site: Яндекс запустил сервис онлайн-перевода. 2011. Yandex. ru. 2021-01-03.
  8. Web site: Яндекс.Почта поможет вести переписку на 40 языках — Блог Почты. 2016-06-27. Yandex. ru. 2021-01-03.
  9. Web site: Web-Based Email Usage in Europe Jumps 14 Percent Over Past Year. 2012-08-21. comScore. 2021-01-03.
  10. Web site: "Яндекс" дополнил почтовый сервис технологией распознавания и обработки писем "Маркер". 2013-06-27. Interfax. ru. 2021-01-03.
  11. Web site: ru. Яндекс объединил почту, календарь, мессенджер и хранилище в одном универсальном сервисе. iXBT.com. 2021-01-03.
  12. Web site: 2014-09-10. Russian Email Giants Yandex and Mail.Ru Bleed Passwords, Deny Hacking. 2021-02-14. Global Voices. en.
  13. Web site: Cimpanu. Catalin. Yandex said it caught an employee selling access to users' inboxes. 2021-02-14. ZDNet. en.