If You’ve Been Using BT Yahoo! Mail Classic...

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Welcome to the All-New BT Yahoo! Mail Working With Messages Working With Addresses and Contacts

Welcome to the All-New BT Yahoo! Mail

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Welcome to the all-new BT Yahoo! Mail. This tutorial highlights what’s new and what’s different in the new Mail for people who already use BT Yahoo! Mail Classic.

Tip: If you’re brand new to BT Yahoo! Mail, we suggest that you begin with the Getting Started With BT Yahoo! Mail tutorial.

First of all, you don’t need to worry about your old messages and address book (contact information)—even though the appearance is different, all your data is still there. And other BT Yahoo! Mail Classic features that you’ve come to depend on—such as personal mail folders, mail filters, and access to non-BT Yahoo! mail accounts—are all still available. With the new BT Yahoo! Mail, you just have a newer and better way of working with your email, with quick access any time to all the messages in any folder.

Tip: Hold the cursor over red boxes in the figure below to learn more about these familiar features.

Things that are much the same: permanent and personal mail folders listed on the left side of the screen, messages in a selected folder listed on the right side of the screen, Calendar and Notebook accessible from the Mail page.Enlarge Messages in the selected folder appear here The permanent mail folders are here Calendar and Notepad are accessible here Your personal folders are listed here Messages in the selected folder appear here The permanent mail folders are here Calendar and Notepad are accessible here Your personal folders are listed here

As for what’s new, you’ll notice that some trusty friends have new names in BT Yahoo! Mail:

  • The Bulk folder is now the Spam folder.
  • "BT Yahoo! Address Book" is now known as "BT Yahoo! Contacts". You can learn more about working with contacts in the Getting Started With BT Yahoo! Contacts tutorial.
  • Categories of contacts are now called "distribution lists".

Tip: Hold the cursor over red boxes in the figure below to learn more about the new features.

Some things that are new: improved message search, contacts displayed in the same window as mail, read messages while viewing the message list, act on messages using buttons and menus.Enlarge Read messages while you view the message list Act on messages using buttons and menus Compose email, chat, and text messages Search for messages in all your folders View contacts in the same window as mail Read messages while you view the message list Act on messages using buttons and menus Compose email, chat, and text messages Search for messages in all your folders View contacts in the same window as mail

Some other new features that you’ll want to check out include:

  • A persistent Home tab providing easy access to your BT Yahoo! Mail home page.

  • A Reading Pane for easy email reading (see the Receiving Email Messages tutorial for more information).

  • Faster, more efficient message search (learn more about search in the Searching for Messages tutorial).

You should also know that you can switch to BT Yahoo! Mail Classic at any time.

 

Here’s How

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

    Click the Mail Classic link to use BT Yahoo! Mail Classic.

  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.

    Click the Switch to BT Yahoo! Mail Classic button.

    This takes you back to 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 All-New Mail link.

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

      Click the Options link.

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

      Click the Try it now! link.

 

What’s Next

Reading, composing, and managing email messages have all changed some in BT Yahoo! Mail.

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Words to Know

  • BT Yahoo! Contacts: a listing of people and their email addresses associated with each BT Yahoo! Mail account; also known as Address Book.
  • Distribution list: a group of contacts to whom you want to send the same email message. (Formerly called "list".)
  • Spam folder: a permanent folder that SpamGuard uses to hold messages it considers spam. (Formerly called "Bulk folder".)