Getting Started With Yahoo! Mail

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://mail.yahoo.com

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

4. Type your (for example, username@xtra.co.nz) and password, then click the Sign In button.

   

   Yahoo! Mail appears in the browser and displays your Mail What’s New tab.

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   Note: If your mail screen doesn’t have a What’s New tab, you’re probably using Yahoo! Mail Classic instead of the All-New Yahoo! Mail. You can either go to the tutorials for Yahoo! Mail Classic or learn how to switch to the All-New Yahoo! Mail.

 

Take Me to Yahoo! Mail

Next:
Reading an Email Message

What’s Next

Prefer to Use Yahoo! Mail Classic?

There may be times when you prefer to use Yahoo! Mail Classic, such as when you have slower internet connection. It’s easy to switch back and forth between Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Mail Classic as often as you want.

1. To switch from Yahoo! Mail to Yahoo! Mail Classic, select the Mail Classic option from the Options menu on the top-right side of the page.

   

2. In the window that appears, click the Switch to Yahoo! Mail Classic button to confirm that you want to leave the new Yahoo! Mail for now.

   

   This takes you the version of Yahoo! Mail that you’re already familiar with.

3. When you’re ready to come back to the All-New Yahoo! Mail, select Switch to All-New Mail from the Options menu in the upper right corner of the Mail Classic page.

   

Learn More

To learn all about Yahoo! Mail features, check out these tutorials:

• Connecting With Others in Yahoo! Mail—Take advantage of connecting with your friends right from the Yahoo! Mail home page.
• Customising Yahoo! Mail—Make Yahoo! Mail your own by personalising 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—Organise 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 Yahoo! Mail—Access Yahoo! 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 Yahoo! Mail address.
• Accessing (Popping) Non-Yahoo! Mail—Use Yahoo! Mail to retrieve messages from your other email accounts.
• 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 Yahoo! Mail’s chat feature.
• Getting Started With Yahoo! Contacts—Learn how to use your Yahoo! Contacts.