Sharing Messenger Lists

Note: Yahoo! Messenger maintains the privacy and security of all contacts by requiring each contact to approve the addition of his or her name to another person’s Messenger List. This approval takes place when your friends add your shared contacts to their Messenger Lists.

Here’s How

1. In the Messenger window, select Send My Messenger List from the Actions menu.

   The Send My Messenger List window opens.

2. In the Send My Messenger List window, select one or more contacts as the recipients of your list, then click the Next button.

   

   Tips:
   
   To send your Messenger List to an entire group, select the group before selecting Actions > Send My Messenger List. All of the contacts in the group will be selected in the Send My Messenger List window.
   
   If you want to send to just one contact, you can also right-click the contact in the Messenger window and select Send Me Messenger List from the displayed menu.

3. In the next display of the Send My Messenger List window, do the following:

   • Select the name you would like your recipients to see.

     

     Tip: This option appears when you have more than one profile.

   • Select the contacts you would like to send.

     • To send individual contacts, check the box next to each contact.

       

     • To select a group of contacts, check the group box.

       

     • To select all contacts in your Messenger List, check the Select all box.

       

       Tip: Don’t be concerned about whether or not a recipient already has a certain contact on their List. Messenger won’t duplicate Yahoo! IDs on Messenger Lists and will let the recipient know that the contact already exists.

   • To let your recipients see the names you have for the contacts you’re sending, check Let the other person see my names for these contacts.

     

     Tip: Unchecking this option sends only the Yahoo! ID of the selected contacts.

4. Click the Next button (the Finish button if you’re sending to just one contact).

   If you’re sending your Messenger List to one contact only, an IM window opens on your screen with a note telling you that you’ve sent the contacts.

   

   If you’re sending to multiple contacts, the last display of the Send My Messenger List window tells you that an instant message has been sent to all of your recipients.

   

5. If you send to multiple contacts, click the Finish button to close the window.

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Learn how to accept contacts from another person’s Messenger List.