Customizing Yahoo! Mail

Note: If you don’t see connection and update information on your home page, there are two possibilities:

—You have these features turned off. Click here to learn how to turn them on again.

—You don’t yet have Yahoo! Mail Classic’s connection features. Be patient—everyone will have them soon!

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Here’s How

To change your status message:

1. Click in the box with the status message prompt to the right of your display image.

   

   Tip: If you’ve already defined a status message in your profile on Yahoo!, you’ll see it above the status box.

   Yahoo! supplies a possible beginning for you status message. You can keep this text or delete it and start the message however you want.

   

2. Enter your message (up to 140 characters).

3. By default, your status is shared with everyone who can see your Profile on Yahoo!. If you want to limit sharing your status to your connections only, select Connections from the Shared with menu.

   

4. Click the Post button

   

   Your new status message appears on the Mail home page; it also changes on your profile page and anywhere else in Yahoo! where your status displays.

   

   If you’re sharing your status, your connections also get an update about your new message.

   Tip: To learn more about controlling the updates you share, see the Working With Updates and Notifications tutorial.

5. If you want to get rid of your current status message without entering a new one, click the clear link.

   

To access your Inbox:

There are a couple of ways to access your Inbox when the Mail home page is displayed.

• Click the Inbox link on your home page.

  

• Select the Inbox folder in the list of folders on the left side of the Yahoo! Mail Classic window.

  

Tip: You can always return to the Yahoo! Mail Classic home page by clicking the Mail (or Mail Plus) tab at the top of the page.

To check the weather anywhere:

1. On the Today banner near the center of the Mail home page, click the currently displayed city.

   

   A small window appears where you can enter a new city.

2. Type a city and its location (for example, its state or country) in the box, then click the Go button.

   

   The new location and its weather appear.

   

3. Click the weather to see a more detailed forecast and to switch between Fahrenheit and Centigrade temperatures.

   

To view your favorite top news stories:

1. To read a news story, click on the headline of the story in the Today area of the Mail home page.

   

   A new browser window opens displaying the full story.

   To return to Yahoo! Mail Classic, click the browser window that displays your Mail home page.

2. To change the list news headlines, select a different category from the list of available categories.

   

   Note: The available news categories may vary depending on your location.

   Yahoo! Mail updates your home page to show the news category you selected.

   

   This is the category that displays until you change it.

3. To see more news articles, click the More News link at the bottom of the list.

   

   A new browser window opens displaying the Yahoo! News site.

   To return to Yahoo! Mail, click the browser window that displays your Mail home page.

To rearrange content on the Mail Home Page:

1. To move the Updates section below the Today section on the page, click the Move Down button.

   

2. To move the Updates module above the Today section on the page, click the Move Up button.

   

What’s Next

Your Yahoo! Mail page also includes lots of connection features—learn about them in the Connecting With Others in Yahoo! Mail Classic tutorial.

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