Setting Up Voice Messaging
When someone calls your computer using Yahoo! Messenger’s call features, he or she can leave a voice message if you don’t answer the call. Messenger converts the message to an MP3 file and sends it to an email address of your choosing. All you have to do is let Messenger know the email address to which you’d like your voice messages sent. Once that’s set up, just sign in to your email account and listen up!
Here’s How
In the Messenger window, select Call History from the Contacts menu.
The Call History window opens.
One of two things happen:
If this is the first time you’ve opened the Call History window, you’ll see a note inviting you to set up your voicemail. Click the Set Up Voicemail button.
If you’ve already indicated your email address, a line at the bottom of the window tells you where your voicemail is being delivered. If you want to change it, click the Change link.
The window displays your Yahoo! email address as well as the alternate addresses you’ve specified in your Yahoo! account.
Select the email address that you’d like to have your voicemail delivered to, then click the OK button.
Tip: If you want to add a new email address, click the Add new email address button. This opens a Web page displaying the email information in your Yahoo! account. Add a new alternate address. When you return to the Call History window, you’ll find the address listed.
What’s Next
Check your email account regularly; you don’t want to miss those voicemails!
Words to Know
- MP3: a format for compressing a sound sequence into a manageable size while maintaining the sound quality of the original source.
- Voicemail: a message left in the caller’s own voice for the intended recipient to listen to later.