Opening Yahoo! Mail Your Way
| Overview | Opening in a Web Browser | Opening in an Email Application | Forwarding Mail to Another Account |
Opening Mail in a Web Browser
Yahoo! Mail is Web-based email. This means that:
Your mail is stored on a Yahoo! server (and not on your computer), where it’s backed up on a regular basis. So, no worries about losing messages and no limit to the number of messages you keep.
You can read and send email through Yahoo! Mail’s website using any Web browser, such as Internet Explorer or Firefox.
You can read, send, and manage your email from anywhere in the world as long as you have a computer with an Internet connection.
It’s easy to open your Yahoo! Mail using a Web browser.
Here’s How
Make sure that the computer you’re using is connected to the Internet.
Open a Web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Safari, or Firefox.
Type the following URL in your browser’s address box:
mail.yahoo.comIf you haven’t already signed in, the Yahoo! Mail sign in page opens.
On the sign-in page, type your Yahoo! ID and password, then click the Sign In button.
Your Yahoo! Mail page opens.
What’s Next: Changing Your Password
It’s a good idea to change your password periodically to keep your account and all of your Yahoo! environments secure. You can learn how to do this and update other areas of your account in the Updating Your Account Information task.
Words to Know
- URL: Universal Resource Locator; specifies the location of a file or web page, such as http://my.yahoo.com.
- Yahoo! ID: the name by which a person is known to the Yahoo! network.
- Yahoo! Toolbar: a customizable toolbar that allows you to use your favorite Yahoo! features from buttons on your browser.