Getting Started With AT&T Yahoo! Mail Classic
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Introducing AT&T Yahoo! Mail Classic
AT&T Yahoo! Mail is an email application that allows you to send and receive email messages over the Internet. You might have another email account at work or school, but AT&T Yahoo! Mail allows you to send and receive email from any computer with Internet access anywhere in the world. In addition, your AT&T Yahoo! Mail account comes with AT&T Yahoo! Calendar, AT&T Yahoo! Notepad, and AT&T Yahoo! Address Book.
It’s easy to begin using AT&T Yahoo! Mail Classic—just open a web browser and get started!
Here’s How
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Make sure that the computer you are using is connected to the Internet.
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Launch a web browser.
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Enter the following address in the browser’s address field and press Enter:
http://att.yahoo.com/mailThe AT&T Yahoo! Mail sign in page appears in the browser.
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Enter your Member ID (for example, username@att.net) and password, then click the Sign In button.
The AT&T Yahoo! Mail Classic Welcome page appears in the browser.
What’s Next: Related Tutorials
To learn about all of the AT&T Yahoo! Mail Classic features, take a look at these tutorials:
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Composing and Sending Email Messages—write and address messages, attach files, and send email.
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Receiving Email Messages—read and reply to messages and forward them to others.
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Working With Drafts and Sent Messages—save unsent email in the Draft folder and save sent messages to the Sent folder.
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Accessing AT&T Yahoo! Mail Classic—access AT&T Yahoo! Mail in a variety of ways, including using the AT&T Yahoo! Toolbar and even another email application.
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Managing Your Mailbox—organize email messages into different folders.
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Searching for Messages—find your email messages, no matter where you’ve filed them.
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Managing Mail Sub Accounts—create fully functional sub account for the other members of your household.
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Sorting Messages Into Folders—automatically sort incoming email messages into different folders.
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Protecting Yourself From Spam—protect yourself from unwanted email, often called spam.
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Using SpamGuard Plus—use SpamGuard Plus to automatically send spam to your Bulk folder.
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Using Disposable Addresses—create alternate, disposable email addresses to use whenever you don’t want to give out your real AT&T Yahoo! Mail address.
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Accessing (Popping) Non-AT&T Yahoo! Mail—use AT&T Yahoo! Mail to retrieve messages from your other email accounts.
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Working Safely With Email Attachments—safely receive and send email attachments.
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Getting Started With the AT&T Yahoo! Address Book—learn how to use your AT&T Yahoo! Address Book.
Words to Know
- Attachment: a separate file included as part of an email message; for example, a multimedia or document file.
- Disposable email address: a customized email address that you create using AddressGuard to protect your regular AT&T Yahoo! Mail address.
- Folder: a container that holds individual elements specific to the context; for example, email messages in AT&T Yahoo! Mail or bookmarks in the Bookmarks Sidebar module.
- Member ID: the name by which a person is known to the AT&T Yahoo! network.
- Spam: unsolicited email on the Internet; also called "junk mail".
- Sub account: an account linked to the primary account, typically for another member of the household; same as "member account".