Creating contact lists using "categories"

• How to create, edit, or delete a category of email contacts
• How to create an email list or distribution list

A category is a contact list; you can use it like a reusable list of email contacts.

Using categories:

• To view your contacts by category: Select the category from the left menu button of your address book (the default view of this button is "View All Contacts").
• Use them like contact lists: Create a category when there is a group of people you will need to email more than once, such as your school friends or neighbors.
• Categories can save you time: You can then compose a single email and send it to everyone in that category.
• Put a contact in more than one category: A single contact can be placed in multiple categories.
• Use up to 1,000 categories: You can have up to 1,000 categories in your address book.
• Send an email to all of your contacts: If you ever want to send an email to your entire directory of contacts, the "All" category contains them all.

How to create a category:

1. Go to Yahoo! Mail and select the Contacts tab.
2. Select Add Category in the Contacts toolbar.
3. Type a name in the Category Name box at the right.
   - List names cannot exceed 15 characters.
   - List names cannot use spaces or special characters.
4. Select Save.

How to edit a category to change the name:

1. Go to Yahoo! Mail and select the Contacts tab.
2. Select the View All Contacts left menu button in the Contacts toolbar.
   - Your list of categories is displayed in the lower part of the menu.
3. Select the category you wish to edit.
   - The category information displays at the right.
4. Select Change Name at the right under the Contacts toolbar.
5. Type the name change in the Category Name box.
6. Select Save.

How to delete a category:

1. Go to Yahoo! Mail and select the Contacts tab.
2. Select the View All Contacts left menu button in the Contacts toolbar.
   - Your list of categories is displayed in the lower part of the menu.
3. Select the category you wish to delete.
   - The category information displays at the right.
4. Select Delete Category at the right under the Contacts toolbar.
   - The Delete Category confirmation window opens.
5. Select Delete.

How to add a contacts to a category:

1. Go to Yahoo! Mail and select the Contacts tab.
2. Select the View All Contacts left menu button in the Contacts toolbar.
   - Your list of categories is displayed in the lower part of the menu.
3. Select the category you wish to add contacts to.
   - The category information displays at the right.
4. Select Add Contacts at the right.
   - A window opens displaying your contacts.
5. Check the checkbox for each contact that you wish to add to the category.
6. Select ADD SELECTED.

How to remove a contact from a category:

1. Go to Yahoo! Mail and select the Contacts tab.
2. Select the contact you wish to remove from a category from the left column.
   - The contact's information displays at the right.
   Note: If you are only seeing a partial list of your contacts, select the left menu button in the Contacts toolbar and choose View | All Contacts.
3. Select the Change link beside the Categories listing near the top.
   - The Categories window opens.
4. Uncheck the checkbox for the category you wish to remove them from.
5. Select Done.

Note: Default categories created by Yahoo! can't be deleted, renamed, or edited.