Adding Contacts to Your Messenger List

Here’s How

1. In the Messenger window, click the Add a Contact button.

   

   The Add to Messenger List window opens.

2. In the Add window, enter the contact’s Yahoo! ID, then click the Next button.

   

   Tip: An email address can be used to invite someone to join as described in Inviting Friends to Use Messenger tutorial.

3. In the next display of the Add window, do the following:

   • Select a group from the pull-down list or type a new group name.

     

   • Enter an optional introductory message.

     

   • If you like, change how your name appears in the request that will be sent to this contact.

   • Click the Change button.

     

     The Change Name window opens.

   • In the Change Name window, enter your first and last name (you can even leave them blank), then click the OK button.

     

   • Click the Next button.

4. In the final display of the Add window, you can do any of the following by clicking the associated link:

   

   • Send your contact details to this contact—opens the Send My Contact Details window, where you can select which of your contact information you want to send to this contact.

     Tip: If you haven’t filled in your details, the My Contact Details window opens first. After you add and save your information, the Send My Contact Details window opens.

   • Request contact details from this contact—opens the IM window where a notice tells you that your request has been sent to the contact and where you can begin instant messaging the contact.

     Note: Sending or requesting contact details allows you to return to this display in the Add a Contact window.

   • Add another contact to your Messenger List—returns you to the first page in the Add a Contact window where you can begin adding another contact.

5. Click the Finish button.

   Messenger displays the contact’s name on your Messenger List in a temporary state. If the contact accepts your request, the addition becomes permanent. If the contact declines, Yahoo! Messenger sends you a notice and removes the name from your Messenger List.

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Adding From Your Address Book

What’s Next

You can also use the Add to Messenger List window to add contacts from your address book.