Yahoo! Mail Tutorials

Composing and Sending Email Messages

Composing a New Email Message Addressing Your Message Writing Your Message Attaching Photos and Other Files Sending Your Message

Composing a New Email Message

Liam gives his message a subject

Composing is addressing, writing, sometimes attaching files, and sending an email message. For each new message you compose, Yahoo! Mail opens a new tab.

Tip: If you want Mail to automatically add a signature to your outgoing emails, create the signature before your begin composing your first message. When you begin a new message, you’ll see the signature in the body of the message input area.

 

Here’s How

  1. On any Yahoo! Mail page, click the New button.

    Click the New button.

    Tip: You can also start a new email message by selecting Email Message from the New menu or by just typing n.

    Select New > Email Message.

    The new message tab appears.

    The New Email Message tab

  2. Address your message as described in the next task.

 

What’s Next

Get started sending email by addressing your message so Yahoo! Mail knows who to send it to.

 
 
 

Words to Know

  • New message tab: a tab in Yahoo! Mail where you address, write, and send a new email, chat, or text message.