Yandex Mail
Developer(s)Yandex
Initial releaseJune 2000; 23 years ago (June 2000)
TypeEmail service
Websitemail.yandex.com

Yandex Mail (Russian: Яндекс Почта, tr. Yandeks Pochta; formerly stylised as Yandex.Mail) is a Russian free email service developed by Yandex. It was launched on 26 June 2000,[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.[1] 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][2] 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][2]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Яндекс.Почта - бесплатная почта с web-интерфейсом" (in Russian). Yandex. 2000. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  2. ^ a b c ""Яндекс": Найдётся всё" (in Russian). Computer Bild. 2012-05-23. Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  3. ^ Ксения Болецкая, Наталья Ищенко (2020-05-26). ""Яндекс" переходит на платную почту без рекламы" (in Russian). Vedomosti. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  4. ^ "ООО "Доктор Веб" – российский разработчик средств информационной безопасности под маркой Dr.Web" (in Russian). Cosmos-2. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  5. ^ "Мобильная Яндекс.Почта" (in Russian). Yandex. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  6. ^ "Запуск Яндекс.Почты для домена" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  7. ^ "Яндекс запустил сервис онлайн-перевода" (in Russian). Yandex. 2011. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  8. ^ "Яндекс.Почта поможет вести переписку на 40 языках — Блог Почты" (in Russian). Yandex. 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  9. ^ "Web-Based Email Usage in Europe Jumps 14 Percent Over Past Year". comScore. 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  10. ^ ""Яндекс" дополнил почтовый сервис технологией распознавания и обработки писем "Маркер"" (in Russian). Interfax. 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  11. ^ "Яндекс объединил почту, календарь, мессенджер и хранилище в одном универсальном сервисе" (in Russian). iXBT.com. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  12. ^ "Russian Email Giants Yandex and Mail.Ru Bleed Passwords, Deny Hacking". Global Voices. 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  13. ^ Cimpanu, Catalin. "Yandex said it caught an employee selling access to users' inboxes". ZDNet. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
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