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How do I find return responses to my question to users posted through answers?
On several occasions I've wanted to talk to different people who have posted stuff in Yahoo answers. So I click their profile and then click the send mail icon. I write the letter and push send. Where do I find return responses. Nothing ever shows up in my Yahoo mail account that is associated with my answers account and the Yahoo mail account show nothing in my sent box. I assumed that yahoo answers mail was simply linked up to yahoo mail. How the heck do I see my sent mail and also incoming mail. Maybe it's that no one ever returns the mails I post but still....shouldn't I be able to see the mails I sent in my sent mail from my yahoo mail account? grrrrr
2 Answers
- cabbiincLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yahoo! Answers' emailing system doesn't save the sent emails. Y!A is designed less for "chatting" and more for a casual interaction. It's my opinion that they wanted to make Y!A stand out differently than other forums and that Y!A actually encourages the same questions to be asked over and over, otherwise there would be less activity. With all that in mind, being able to save conversations wouldn't foster that type of an environment.
This is just my opinion as to why they don't bother saving emails. That and they don't want to use the bandwidth to save emails. They're already saving millions of questions and answers.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It appears Y!A is allowing me to answer questions again, but I already sent you an email to test it out.
Hopefully you got it and my explanation was satisfactory. If not, post back and I'll see if I can help.