| 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]
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]
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]