Working With Yahoo! Updates
| What Is... | Viewing Your Friends’ Updates | Controlling the Updates You See | Viewing Your Own Updates | Controlling the Updates You Share |
Controlling the Updates You See From Your Friends
By default, Messenger displays all public Updates from the contacts on your Messenger List who have profiles and are sharing public Updates (sharing with anyone). You can control the Updates you receive and also choose which contacts you want to receive them from.
Note: You won’t see Updates shared with connections only nor will you see Updates from a contact who used an alias when being added to your Messenger List. To see Updates from your connections, visit your profile on Yahoo! or Yahoo! Mail.
Here’s How
Open the Preferences window by selecting Preferences from the Messenger menu.
Select the Yahoo! Updates category, then click the Customize Yahoo! Updates button.
The Yahoo! Updates window opens. The top section lists all of the Update types you’ve received (this is not a list of all possible Updates, but a list of those you’ve already received). The bottom section is a list of the contacts whose Updates you’re receiving.
To stop receiving an Update type, uncheck the box next to the type.
To stop receiving all Updates, uncheck the box next Show Y! Updates from these sites.
All types become unchecked.
To stop receiving Updates from all contacts, uncheck Show Y! Updates from these contacts. To stop receiving from a specific contact, uncheck the box next to the contact’s name.
What’s Next
You can also view your own Updates through Messenger.
Words to Know
- Alias: a unique name that identifies you to others when you don’t want to share your Yahoo! ID. You might, for example, prefer to use an alias in a chat room or on a message board.
- Connection: a person you spend significant time online with and with whom you want to share personal information. Connections have privileged access to each others’ profiles.
- Profile: a public web page associated with your Yahoo! ID where you can share personal information with others. You and each of your connections have a profile that others can view.