Getting Started With AT&T Mail

Introducing AT&T Mail

AT&T 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 AT&T Mail you can send and receive email from any computer with Internet access, anywhere in the world. Plus, your AT&T Mail account comes with access to Yahoo! Contacts, Yahoo! Calendar, and Yahoo! Notepad. And you have unlimited mail storage with AT&T Mail!

It’s easy to begin using AT&T 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://att.yahoo.com/mail

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

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

   

   AT&T Mail appears in the browser and displays your Mail Home page.

   To learn more about the AT&T 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 AT&T Mail Classic instead of the All-New AT&T Mail. You can either go to the tutorials for AT&T Mail Classic or learn how to switch to the All-New AT&T Mail.

 

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Prefer to Use AT&T Mail Classic?

There may be times when you prefer to use AT&T Mail Classic, such as when you have slower internet connection. It’s easy to switch back and forth between AT&T Mail and AT&T Mail Classic as often as you want.

1. To switch from AT&T Mail to AT&T 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 AT&T Mail Classic button to confirm that you want to leave the new AT&T Mail for now.

   

   This takes you the version of AT&T Mail that you’re already familiar with.

3. When you’re ready to come back to the All-New AT&T Mail, use one of these links:

   • Click the All-New Mail link in the upper right corner of the AT&T Mail Classic page.

     

   • Click the Options link in the upper right corner of the AT&T Mail Classic page.

     

     On the Options page, click the Try it now! link to return to the new AT&T Mail.

     

Learn More

To learn all about AT&T Mail features, check out these tutorials:

• If You’ve Been Using AT&T Mail Classic...—Learn about the differences between AT&T Mail and AT&T Mail Classic.
• Customizing AT&T Mail—Make AT&T Mail your own by personalizing 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—Organize 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 AT&T Mail—Access AT&T Mail in a variety of ways, including 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 AT&T Mail address.
• Accessing (Popping) Non-AT&T Mail—Use AT&T Mail to retrieve messages from your other email accounts.
• Using RSS Feeds—Subscribe to syndicated feeds that allow content from web sites to come directly to you.
• Working Safely With Email Attachments—Safely receive and send email attachments.
• Chatting With Your Contacts and Advanced Chat Features—exchange messages with your friends instantly through AT&T Mail’s chat feature.
• Text Messaging With Your Contacts—send text messages with your friends’ SMS devices using AT&T Mail.
• Getting Started With Yahoo! Contacts—Learn how to use your Yahoo! Contacts.