Gmail and Yahoo Mail Conversations

One of the features of Google's GMail that I have disliked the most is the "conversation" display. It makes it hard to keep up with many email threads, especially if someone responds to an email changing the topic of the thread without changing the subject of the message.

Recently, Yahoo instituted the "conversation" schema in the Yahoo! Mail service.

Fortunately, you can disable the "conversation" mode for both. Here is how to do it.

Gmail

1. Click the settings icon on the right-top corner and then select "Settings"
   
2. Look down the page a little and find the"Conversation View" setting.
3. Click on the "Conversation view off" radio button
   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the "Save Changes" button
   

Yahoo

1. Click the settings icon on the right-top corner and then select "Settings"
   
2. On the left, select "Viewing email"
   
3. The top choice will be "When viewing message lists" and to the right there will be a checkbox labeled "Enable conversations"; make sure that checkbox is not checked on.
   
4. Click the "Save" button at the bottom of the panel.