Adding Contacts to Your Messenger List

Overview A Safe Environment Importing Contacts Using the Add to Messenger List Window Adding From Your Address Book Adding From an Instant Message

Overview

You can use Yahoo! Messenger to communicate with anyone who uses Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and Windows Live™ Messenger if you know the person’s Member ID, Yahoo! ID, or Windows Live™ Messenger ID. To take full advantage of Yahoo! Messenger—send instant messages, place PC-to-PC calls, play games—add people to your Messenger List where they are known as your contacts. Once a contact is on your Messenger List, you no longer need to remember his or her ID.

Tip: You can’t place PC-to-PC calls to or play games with your Windows Live™ Messenger contacts. These features aren’t supported.

You can add contacts to your Messenger List in any of the following ways:


 

What’s Next

To maintain a safe environment, you must request permission to add someone to your list just as he or she must request your permission to add your name to their list. The next task provides more detail on this reciprocal process.

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Words to Know

  • Contact: a person with whom you interact; someone to whom you might want to send an email, instant message, or text message.
  • Instant messaging: the ability to exchange messages in real time with other people over the Internet.
  • Member ID: the name by which a person is known to the Yahoo! network.
  • Messenger List: a list of coworkers, friends, family, and associates who also use Messenger.
  • PC-to-PC calling: the ability to call another person’s computer from your computer; similar to placing a phone call. Both you and the person you are calling must have a Messenger ID and be logged into Messenger.
  • Windows Live™ Messenger: Microsoft® Windows’ free instant messaging application.
  • Yahoo! ID: the name by which a person is known to all Yahoo! networks.