Write, format, and send emails in Yahoo Mail

Personalize the emails you send in Yahoo Mail. Choose what you want to say and how you want to say it by customizing the email and font options for all your messages.

Create and send a new email

  1. Click Compose.
  2. In the "To" field, type the name or email address of your contact.
  3. In the "Subject" field, type a brief summary of the email.
  4. Type your message in the body of the email.
  5. Click Send.

Format your emails

Use the formatting toolbar

The formatting toolbar lets you change the font, color, and style of your text. From the compose screen, Just mouse over each icon to learn what it does.

Screenshot of Rich Text Formatting toolbar

Set the default font

  1. Click Settings Image of the Settings icon..
  2. Click More Settings.
  3. Click "Default rich-text font", select the font size and style you want.
    - Your selection will automatically save.

Switch between Rich Text format and Plain Text format

  • From Rich text format click the Tx icon in the toolbar to switch to Plain text format.
  • From Plain text format click the T+ icon in the toolbar to switch to Rich Text format.

Image of expanded formatting options