Accessing Yahoo! Mail
| Using a Web Browser | Using the Yahoo! Toolbar | Using an Email Application | Forwarding Mail |
Accessing Your Mail From a Web Browser
Yahoo! Mail is web-based email. This means that your Yahoo! Mail account is actually a web site residing on a Yahoo! Mail server. With your Yahoo! ID, you can access and send Yahoo! Mail messages using a web-based Yahoo! Mail client from any computer with an Internet connection and a web browser.
When you use a web-based mail client, your email is stored in your mailbox on a Yahoo! Mail server. None of the messages that you send or receive are stored on your local computer. The browser interface allows you to read, forward, organize, and delete email messages that are stored in your mailbox. It also lets you send email messages using your Yahoo! Mail account.
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Here’s How
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Make sure that the computer you are using is connected to the Internet.
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Launch a web browser, such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer.
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Enter the following address in the browser’s address field and press Enter:
http://mail.yahoo.comThe Yahoo! Mail sign in page appears in the browser.
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To sign in to your Yahoo! account, enter your Yahoo! ID and password, then click the Sign In button.
Your personal Yahoo! Mail Welcome page now appears in the browser.
What’s Next
If you are using Internet Explorer with the Yahoo! Toolbar, they include tools to take you directly to your mail page.
Words to Know
- Mail server: an application that receives incoming email and forwards outgoing email for delivery. A computer dedicated to running such applications is also called a mail server.
- Web-based mail client: a program (usually a web site) that any computer with an Internet connection and a web browser can use to access the mail server.
- Yahoo! ID: the name by which a person is known to the Yahoo! network.