Getting Started With BT Yahoo! Mail

Introducing BT Yahoo! Mail

BT Yahoo! Mail is an email application that makes it easy to send and receive email messages over the Internet. You may have another email account at work or school, but with BT Yahoo! Mail you can send and receive email from any computer with Internet access, anywhere in the world. Plus, your BT Yahoo! Mail account comes with access to BT Yahoo! Contacts, BT Yahoo! Calendar, and BT Yahoo! Notepad. And you have unlimited mail storage with BT Yahoo! Mail!

It’s easy to begin using BT Yahoo! Mail—just open a web browser and get started!

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Here’s How

1. Make sure that the computer you are using is connected to the Internet.

2. Open a Web browser, such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.  

3. Type the following address in the browser’s address box, and press Enter:

   http://bt.yahoo.com/mail

   The BT Yahoo! sign-in page opens in the browser.

4. Type your BT Yahoo! email address (for example, username@btinternet.com) and password, then click the Sign In button.

   

   BT Yahoo! Mail appears in the browser and displays your Mail Home page.

   To learn more about the BT Yahoo! Mail page, hold the cursor over a red dot in the picture below.

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   Note: If your mail screen doesn’t look like this, you’re probably using BT Yahoo! Mail Classic instead of the All-New BT Yahoo! Mail. You can either go to the tutorials for BT Yahoo! Mail Classic or learn how to switch to the All-New BT Yahoo! Mail.

 

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Prefer to Use BT Yahoo! Mail Classic?

There may be times when you prefer to use BT Yahoo! Mail Classic, such as when you have slower internet connection. It’s easy to switch back and forth between BT Yahoo! Mail and BT Yahoo! Mail Classic as often as you want.

1. To switch from BT Yahoo! Mail to BT Yahoo! Mail Classic, click the Mail Classic link at the top of the window, just below your user name.

   

2. In the window that appears, click the Switch to BT Yahoo! Mail Classic button to confirm that you want to leave the new BT Yahoo! Mail for now.

   

   This takes you the version of BT Yahoo! Mail that you’re already familiar with.

3. When you’re ready to come back to the All-New BT Yahoo! Mail, use one of these links:

   • Click the All-New Mail link in the upper right corner of the BT Yahoo! Mail Classic page.

     

   • Click the Options link in the upper right corner of the BT Yahoo! Mail Classic page.

     

     On the Options page, click the Try it now! link to return to the new BT Yahoo! Mail.

     

Learn More

To learn all about BT Yahoo! Mail features, check out these tutorials:

• If You’ve Been Using BT Yahoo! Mail Classic...—Learn about the differences between BT Yahoo! Mail and BT Yahoo! Mail Classic.
• Customising BT Yahoo! Mail—Make BT Yahoo! Mail your own by personalising how it looks and behaves.
• Composing and Sending Email Messages—Write and address messages, attach files, and send email.
• Receiving Email Messages—Read and reply to messages and forward them to others.
• Managing Your Mailbox—Organise email messages into different folders.
• Searching for Messages—Find email messages anywhere in any of your folders.
• Working With Drafts and Sent Messages—Save unsent email in the Drafts folder and save sent messages to the Sent folder.
• Accessing BT Yahoo! Mail—Access BT Yahoo! Mail in a variety of ways, including BT Yahoo! Toolbar and even another email application.
• Sorting Messages Into Folders—Automatically sort incoming email messages into different folders.
• Protecting Yourself From Spam—Protect yourself from unwanted email, often called spam.
• Using SpamGuard—Use SpamGuard to automatically send spam to your Spam folder.
• Using Disposable Addresses—Create alternate, disposable email addresses to use whenever you don’t want to give out your real BT Yahoo! Mail address.
• Accessing (Popping) Non-BT Yahoo! Mail—Use BT Yahoo! Mail to retrieve messages from your other email accounts.
• Working Safely With Email Attachments—Safely receive and send email attachments.
• Getting Started With BT Yahoo! Contacts—Learn how to use your BT Yahoo! Contacts.