Yahoo! Mail Classic Tutorials

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Replying to a Message

After you read an email message, you can reply to it.

 

Here’s How

  1. Read an email message. (Remind me how.)

  2. Click the Reply button.

    Click the Reply button.

    The Compose page appears, and it is automatically addressed to the sender of the message to which you are replying. The subject is the same, but it is preceded by "Re:", which means "related to". If you set your preferences to include the text of the original message, it appears in the message area with a blue vertical line to its left.

  3. Enter the text of your reply above the original message.

    Enter your reply text.

  4. When you finish entering your reply text, click the Send button.

    Click the Send button.

    Yahoo! Mail sends the message.

 

What’s Next

You can compose and send a new email message.

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Words to Know

  • Compose: to enter the text of an email message.
  • Compose page: the page in Yahoo! Mail where you address, write, and send email messages.
  • Reply: to respond to an email message you received.