Getting Started With Verizon Yahoo! Mail

Introducing Verizon Yahoo! Mail

Verizon 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 Verizon Yahoo! Mail you can send and receive email from any computer with Internet access, anywhere in the world. Plus, your Verizon Yahoo! Mail account comes with access to Verizon Yahoo! Contacts, Verizon Yahoo! Calendar, and Verizon Yahoo! Notepad. And you have unlimited mail storage with Verizon Yahoo! Mail!

It’s easy to begin using Verizon 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://verizon.yahoo.com/mail

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

4. Type your Verizon Yahoo! Username (that is, username@verizon.net) and password, then click the Sign In button.

   

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

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

 

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Prefer to Use Verizon Yahoo! Mail Classic?

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

1. To switch from Verizon Yahoo! Mail to Verizon Yahoo! Mail Classic, select the Switch to Verizon Yahoo! Mail Classic option on the Options menu on the right top side of the page.

   

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

   

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

3. When you’re ready to com back to the All-New Verizon Yahoo! Mail, open any mailbox, and then click the Try the new Verizon Yahoo! Mail link in the upper right corner of the page.

   

Learn More

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

• Customizing Verizon Yahoo! Mail—Make Verizon 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 Verizon Yahoo! Mail—Access Verizon Yahoo! Mail in a variety of ways, including Verizon Yahoo! Toolbar and even another email application.
• Sorting Messages Into Folders—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 Verizon Yahoo! Mail address.
• Accessing (Popping) Non-Verizon Yahoo! Mail—Use Verizon Yahoo! Mail to retrieve messages from your other email accounts.
• 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 Verizon Yahoo! Mail’s chat feature.
• Text Messaging With Your Contacts—send text messages with your friends’ SMS devices using Verizon Yahoo! Mail.
• Getting Started With Verizon Yahoo! Contacts—Learn how to use your Verizon Yahoo! Contacts.