Getting Started With Yahoo! Mail

Introducing Yahoo! Mail

Yahoo! Mail is an email application that makes it easy to send and receive email messages over the Internet. You may have another email account at work or school, but with Yahoo! Mail you can send and receive email from any computer with Internet access, anywhere in the world. Plus, your Yahoo! Mail account comes with access to Yahoo! Contacts, Yahoo! Calendar, and Yahoo! Notepad. And you have unlimited mail storage with Yahoo! Mail!

It’s easy to begin using Yahoo! Mail—just open a web browser and get started!

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Here’s How

1. Make sure that the computer you are using is connected to the Internet.

2. Open a Web browser, such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.  

3. Type the following address in the browser’s address box, and press Enter:

   http://mail.yahoo.com

   The Yahoo! sign-in page opens in the browser.

4. Type your Yahoo! ID and password, then click the Sign In button.

   

   Tip: If you don’t have a Yahoo! ID, you can sign up for one on the sign-in page.

   Yahoo! Mail appears in the browser and displays your Mail Home page.

   To learn more about the Yahoo! Mail page, hold the cursor over a red dot in the picture below.

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   Note: If your mail screen doesn’t look like this, you’re probably using Yahoo! Mail Classic instead of the All-New Yahoo! Mail. You can either go to the tutorials for Yahoo! Mail Classic or learn how to switch to the All-New Yahoo! Mail.

 

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Prefer to Use Yahoo! Mail Classic?

There may be times when you prefer to use Yahoo! Mail Classic, such as when you have slower internet connection. It’s easy to switch back and forth between Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Mail Classic as often as you want.

1. To switch from Yahoo! Mail to Yahoo! Mail Classic, click the Mail Classic link at the top of the window, just below your user name.

   

2. In the window that appears, click the Switch to Yahoo! Mail Classic button to confirm that you want to leave the new Yahoo! Mail for now.

   

   This takes you the version of Yahoo! Mail that you’re already familiar with.

3. When you’re ready to come back to the All-New Yahoo! Mail, use one of these links:

   • Click the All-New Mail link in the upper right corner of the Yahoo! Mail Classic page.

     

   • Click the Options link in the upper right corner of the Yahoo! Mail Classic page.

     

     On the Options page, click the Try it now! link to return to the new Yahoo! Mail.

     

Learn More

To learn all about Yahoo! Mail features, check out these tutorials:

• If You’ve Been Using Yahoo! Mail Classic...—Learn about the differences between Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Mail Classic.
• Customizing Yahoo! Mail—Make Yahoo! Mail your own by personalizing how it looks and behaves.
• Composing and Sending Email Messages—Write and address messages, attach files, and send email.
• Receiving Email Messages—Read and reply to messages and forward them to others.
• Managing Your Mailbox—Organize email messages into different folders.
• Searching for Messages—Find email messages anywhere in any of your folders.
• Working With Drafts and Sent Messages—Save unsent email in the Drafts folder and save sent messages to the Sent folder.
• Accessing Yahoo! Mail—Access Yahoo! Mail in a variety of ways, including Yahoo! Toolbar and even another email application.
• Using Filters to Sort Incoming Mail—Automatically sort incoming email messages into different folders.
• Protecting Yourself From Spam—Protect yourself from unwanted email, often called spam.
• Using SpamGuard—Use SpamGuard to automatically send spam to your Spam folder.
• Using Disposable Addresses—Create alternate, disposable email addresses to use whenever you don’t want to give out your real Yahoo! Mail address. This is a Yahoo! Mail Plus only feature.
• Accessing (Popping) Non-Yahoo! Mail—Use Yahoo! Mail to retrieve messages from your other email accounts.
• Using RSS Feeds—Subscribe to syndicated feeds that allow content from web sites to come directly to you.
• Working Safely With Email Attachments—Safely receive and send email attachments.
• Chatting With Your Contacts and Advanced Chat Features—exchange messages with your friends instantly through Yahoo! Mail’s chat feature.
• Using Text Messaging—send text messages with your friends’ SMS devices using Yahoo! Mail.
• Getting Started With Yahoo! Contacts—Learn how to use your Yahoo! Contacts.