Getting Started: Yahoo! Messenger Basics
ID: SLN1655
Refers to:
Messenger 11.5
,
Messenger 11
,
Messenger 10 and earlier
Description
This article provides tips to help you get started using Yahoo! Messenger. You will find information on the following:
- How to download Yahoo! Messenger
- How to sign in
- How to add a contact and send an IM (instant message) to a contact
Resolution
Here is some information to help you get started using Yahoo! Messenger:
- Download Yahoo! Messenger:
- To start using Yahoo! Messenger:
- Visit our Yahoo! Messenger download page
- Select Download Now button and follow all prompts.
- To start using Yahoo! Messenger:
- Sign in to Yahoo! Messenger:
- To learn how to sign in to Yahoo! Messenger, see our help page about signing In to Yahoo! Messenger.
- Add contacts to Messenger list:
- To learn how you to add contacts to Yahoo! Messenger, see our help page about adding a contact to your Messenger List.
- Note: The contact is automatically notified and given the option to allow or deny your add request.
- If they deny your request, they won't appear in your Messenger List.
- To learn how you to add contacts to Yahoo! Messenger, see our help page about adding a contact to your Messenger List.
- Send an Instant Message:
- To learn the various ways to send an instant message, see our help article about sending an Instant Message with Messenger.
- Learn how to create a different identity in Yahoo! Messenger by following steps in this help article describing how to create an alias.
To learn more about Yahoo! Messenger, see our Yahoo! Messenger 11 tutorials.
Additional Information
Information about exactly what your Yahoo! ID is, and which ID to share with friends to let them add your name in their Messenger List:
- Your Yahoo! ID is the same ID which you selected at the time of registration of your Yahoo! account.
- For example: For the email address free2rhyme@yahoo.com, "free2rhyme" is the Yahoo! ID.
- However, feel free to share your complete email address with your friends.
- Your friends would need to use it in order to add your name in their Messenger contacts.
- Note: Make sure to share the complete email address with your friends if you have a "ymail.com" or "rocketmail.com" account, or if are using a partner account like:
- free2rhyme@sbcglobal.net
- free2rhyme@att.net
- free2rhyme@btinternet.com