# Yahoo! Mail Alerter

> Uses your Yahoo! login cookie to check for new Yahoo! mails (i.e. no password required)

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/yahoo-mail-alerter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yahoo-mail-alerter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `yahoo-mail-alerter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ngo Kim Phu
- **Category:** social-communication,alerts-updates,other
- **Daily users:** 210
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 3.95 / 5 (21 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.3
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-08
- **First published:** 2018-03-08
- **Size:** 27 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/yahoo-mail-alerter/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/NgoKimPhu/YMA/issues](https://github.com/NgoKimPhu/YMA/issues)

## Description

Yahoo! Mail Alerter is a convenient Chrome extension that notifies you immediately when new emails arrive in your Yahoo! Mail inbox. It leverages your Yahoo! login cookie to establish a direct connection to your mailbox, eliminating the need to enter your password or send data to any remote servers, ensuring your privacy and security.

The extension seamlessly works even with tracker content blocking enabled, offering you flexibility and enhanced security. Users can customize the mail check frequency and toggle notifications on or off through the options menu. Please note that Yahoo! and Yahoo! Mail are trademarks of Oath Inc., and this extension operates independently without any official affiliation.

## Rankings

- #8,116 — Overall
- #248 — Alerts & Updates
- #10 — yahoo
- #18 — mail
- #72 — trademark
- #76 — hotmail

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `notifications`
- `contextMenus`
- `https://mail.yahoo.com/`
- `https://login.yahoo.com/`

### Content script matches

- `*.mail.yahoo.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: yahoo.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/yahoo-mail-alerter)