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Composing and Sending Email Messages

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Introducing the Compose Page

The Yahoo! Mail Compose page is where you write, address, and send email messages. You get to this page from the Mail tab.

Tip: If you want Yahoo! Mail to automatically add a signature to your outgoing emails, define the signature before your begin composing your first message—click here to learn how. Once your signature is set up, you’ll see it in the body of each new message you compose.

 

Here’s How

  1. Open Yahoo! Mail. Learn more

  2. On the main Yahoo! Mail page, click the New button.

    Click the New button.

    The Compose page opens.

    The Compose page

 

What’s Next

Start composing an email message by addressing your message so Yahoo! Mail knows who to send it to.

 
 
 

Words to Know

  • Compose page: the page in Yahoo! Mail where you address, write, and send email messages.

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    Type the following in your Web browser:

    mail.yahoo.com

    If necessary, sign in with your Yahoo! ID, and you’re ready to go.