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Reading Email

With the new Yahoo! Mail, you can view both the list of messages in your Inbox or other mail folder and a specific message at the same time. Just click the message you want to see—it displays in the Reading Pane located below the list of messages.

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To view a message on a separate tab, rather that in the Reading Pane, double-click the message in the message list. Yahoo! Mail lets you open multiple messages at one time, each on a separate tab. You can easily switch from one message to another by selecting a different tab.

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For more information on working with incoming email in Yahoo! Mail, see the Receiving Email Messages tutorial.

Composing Messages

To compose a new email message in Yahoo! Mail, just type n (a keyboard shortcut) or click the New button (). You get a new tab—the new message tab—for preparing your message. (This happens when you reply to or forward messages, too.)

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With the new message tab, you can write your message on one tab while keeping a mail folder and other email messages open and available. You can even compose multiple messages at once, each one on its own tab!

For more information on sending email in Yahoo! Mail, see the Composing and Sending Email Messages tutorial.

Managing Messages

Managing email messages is really easy in Yahoo! Mail—just click a message or the check box in front of it to select it. You can select multiple messages by choosing more than one check box. Once you’ve selected a message—or several messages—you can act on them in various ways:

• Click an action button (for example, Reply or Delete).
• Select a menu item (for example, More Actions > Mark as Read).
• Type a shortcut key (for example, r to reply or Delete to delete).

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Moving messages from one folder to another is really easy, too. Just select messages in one folder and then drag and drop them into another one.

Tip: Another way to select more than one message to move, delete, flag, or whatever, is to hold down the Shift key or Ctrl key and clicking. Holding down the Ctrl key lets you select multiple individual messages. Holding down the Shift key lets you select the series of all messages between the first and second ones you click.

For more information on organizing and managing your email in Yahoo! Mail, see the Managing Your Mailbox tutorial.

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