HOW TO RECOVER BT YAHOO! CLASSIC MAIL

The thread I started some weeks ago HOW TO REVERT TO BT YAHOO! CLASSIC MAIL was potentially confusing and was overtaken by events anyway. This fresh post hopefully clarifies and brings it up to date. 
If like me you fell for the recent invitation to upgrade to the "best BT Yahoo! Mail ever" (allegedly) there is no built-in facility to change your mind and revert. But it is possible to recover Classic through a workaround involving a temporary change in computer screen resolution. Alas the previous facility to toggle between Classic and its immediate successor All-New Mail has been removed. The link to All-New now just brings up another invitation to upgrade to "best ever", effectively making it impossible to recover All-New. 
Before proceeding you may wish to take a screenshot of your desktop or make a note of it, because changing the resolution often results in an icon shuffle. (You can do the job automatically by downloading IconRestorer.) Be aware also that pages are likely to cramped during the process so a bit of scrolling may be necessary to find a particular place.
1. While logged out of BT Yahoo! reduce the screen resolution to something like 800x600. The way to do this varies but it usually starts with a right-click on the desktop.
2. Log in to BT Yahoo! and select Mail. You will get a page announcing that your screen resolution is too low for the new-fangled Mail. At bottom right there are options, including one to revert permanently to a previous version (ie Classic). Choose it.
3. Close your browser, reset your native screen resolution and unshuffle icons as necessary.
4. Job done!
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Bob1001 wrote:
The ever helpful BT email online help told me to use the option on the right hand side to revert. When I told them there was no such option they said there was.
The last time I looked at the latest version there was certainly no such option. I mentioned at the start of this thread that it used to be possible to toggle between Classic Mail and its immediate successor All-New Mail, but Yahoo! are not making it so easy this time. That's believed to be because the latest version allows them to use information for targeted advertising (see this thread: http://community.bt.com/t5/Other-BB-Queries/Yahoo-​snooping-on-personal-emails-BT-too/m-p/196175#M458​...). 
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