Communicating With Private Messages
| Sending Private Messages | Receiving and Responding to Messages | Blocking Messages |
Sending Private Messages
If you want to leave a message for someone that anyone can see, use the guestbook on that person’s profile. If, however, you have something more private that you want to communicate to a connection, sending a private message is better way to go. With private messages, only you and your connection see the communication.
Here’s How
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Open your profile by typing profiles.yahoo.com in your browser’s address field.
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Move the cursor over the connection’s display image in the Connections area of your profile.
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Click the arrow to display the connection window
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Select the Send Message link.
The Compose a Message page opens.
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Type your message in the box, then click the Send Message button.
A confirmation notice appears at the top of the page.
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To return to your profile, click the My Profile tab.
What’s Next
Private messages are sent to the person’s primary email address, and not to his or her profile.
Words to Know
- 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.
- Display image: a picture or avatar representing you in some way that you share with others on your profile on Yahoo!
- Email address: A contact’s address that identifies an electronic location where email can be sent. An email address includes the contact’s email name followed by the "@" followed by the contact’s email domain, such as "person@dom
- Guestbook: the area of your profile page where you and your visitors can leave comments for others to see.
- Messenger ID: the Yahoo! ID a person uses to sign in and use Yahoo! Messenger.
- Primary email address: the email address that you identify as primary in your Yahoo! account email information.