Yandex Mail

Yandex Mail (Russian: Яндекс Почта, romanized: 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]

Yandex Mail

Developer(s)	Yandex
Initial release	June 2000; 24 years ago (June 2000)
Type	Email service
Website	mail.yandex.com

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. "Яндекс.Почта - бесплатная почта с web-интерфейсом" (in Russian). Yandex. 2000. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
2. ""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.