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April 24th, 2009
It’s 2009 and online communications have been around for 25 years. If you are 30-something years-old like me, you’ve probably had your email account and a mobile phone number for maybe 10 years, sounds about right?
O.K., this post is about how to access your Yahoo!7 Mail on your internet-enabled mobile phone, in case you haven’t ever tried that before – like me!
Well, and it’s not just Mail that you can easily access on your mobile phone, other Yahoo!7 services are also available: oneSearch, Yahoo!7 Messenger, Flickr, Yahoo!7 News, Yahoo!7 Weather, Yahoo!7 Finance, Yahoo!7 Sports and Yahoo!7 Entertainment.
But since this is the Yahoo!7 Mail Blog, I will focus this post on the Mail experience only. You can certainly learn all about the Yahoo!7 Mobile world by visiting the Mobile site and, copying what the site headline says – “You’ll be amazed at what you can do with your phone”.
Back to Mail now. For a general overview, you can start by visiting the Yahoo!7 Mobile/Mail website. But if you want to get started right away, simply type this URL into your phone’s browser: au.m.yahoo.com
Now, if you’ve got an iPhone® or a BlackBerry® smartphone, there is some good news for you: Yahoo!7 Mail has been enhanced for these phone devices, offering the best mail experience available!
One of the advantages of accessing your Yahoo!7 Mail account on an iPhone® is that Yahoo! Mail is the only email service that automatically “pushes” email to your iPhone® right as it comes in, so you get your email in real time, all the time. So here’s how to get Yahoo!7 Mail on your iPhone®:
If this is your first mail account, simply:
- Select Mail
- Select Y! Mail (it’s listed first because it’s the best!)
- Input your name, email address and password. All done!
If you already have a mail account and would like to add another:
- Select Settings
- Select the Mail option
- Select Add Account
- Select Y! Mail
- Input your name, email address and password. You’re set!
And for Blackberry® users, everything you do with your Yahoo!7 Mail on your PC you can do on your smartphone. Keep in touch with friends and family – wherever and whenever. To get started with Yahoo!7 Mail on your BlackBerry® smartphone, you will need a Yahoo!7 Mail account wireless access, and BlackBerry® Internet Service (BIS).
1. Click on the Personal Email Setup icon from your home screen.
2. Read and agree to the Terms and Conditions.
3. Enter your Yahoo!7 email address and password, and then click Next.
4. Select OK to confirm account setup.
And everything that I’ve showed you here is just the tip of the iceberg… There’s also Yahoo! Go, “the best Internet experience for your phone” – a great all-in one solution that lets you enjoy the internet on your phone. Just type this URL into your phone’s browser to get started: get.go.yahoo.com
We hope you enjoy the experience of anytime, every time access to your Yahoo!7 Mail on your phone!
Cheers,
Tasla – Yahoo!7 Mail team
March 31st, 2009
Following upon the success of Chat in the All-new Mail, we are pleased to announce that Chat is now available in Yahoo!7 Classic Mail! 
Ok, what’s all this then?
Well, basically speaking, your Messenger list loads within your mailbox and can have a live conversation with someone from within your Yahoo!7 Mail mailbox. You can talk this way with anyone who has a Yahoo!7 or Windows Live™ Messenger ID. That’s almost everyone isn’t it?
Here’s how!
When you log into your mailbox you will see a blue box down the right-hand column, directly under the box containing your Inbox, Spam, Trash and so forth.
It should look something like this:
By selecting the drop-down menu, you will be able to log in to Chat by selecting that you are “Available”.
Please remember that if you regularly use Yahoo!7 Messenger, you will be signed out of the client once you log in via Mail.
You can also access chat by selecting “Compose” and choosing “Chat”. You will then be prompted to sign-in if you have not already done so.
You should now be logged in, with your Chat contacts list showing in the right-hand menu of your Mail, like I am in the example below:
So I’ve got Chat running, now what?
Now that you are up and running, the rest is easy!
To talk to any of your friends that are online, simply double-click their name in the contact list and a chat window will appear in the bottom-right of your screen. You can then happily chat away to your heart’s content 
How do I add my friends?
If you have a friend you wish to add to your Chat list, click upon the “[Add]” option on your Chat window.
You will then be prompted to choose from the drop-down shown below, whether they are a Yahoo!7 or Windows Live user. Yes, you read that correct, you may chat to any of your MSN friends via Yahoo!7 Messenger and Chat within Yahoo!7 Mail! 
Once you have typed in their details, simply click “Save” and your friend will receive a notification that you wish to add them.
Chat away!
Using the chat window itself is very easy, when you are chatting with a friend in Classic Mail, a small window will pop-up in the bottom-right of your screen.
In this example, you can see that I am chatting with someone using Windows Live Messenger. It clearly identifies they are using Windows Live Messenger and it shows their status, in this case I am busy working 
If you are a fan of smilies or emoticons, well we have those too!
What else can I do?
You may hold multiple conversations at once, as seen below where I am chatting to myself on Windows Live Messenger and about to start a conversation with Morgan.
You may also minimise or maximise the Chat window at any time you wish, or close it entirely.
In addition, you can also collapse the Chat list itself, by selecting “[Hide]“. Clicking “[Show]” will expand the list once more. By clicking upon “Settings” at the base of the Chat list, you can choose to mute or enable sounds, or reposition the window around the other folders in your right-hand menu.
If you require any further assistance, please check out our comprehensive Help section on Chat in Classic Mail
Be sure to come back and let us know what you think!
Happy Chatting,
Kate – Yahoo!7 Mail Team
January 22nd, 2009
Following up on our recent posts about the launch of the Smarter Inbox, we thought we’d update you on one of the latest features now available to you!
Yahoo!7 now allows you to share updates from third parties such as Twitter, Blogger and YouTube to your connections, making it easier to keep up with friends and family. And even better, with the update management tool, you can choose just who see’s what… Meaning you can share everything with the world, just your connections, or if you don’t want people seeing anything, hide them from view completely.
Let’s meet the Smith family!
John and his wife Jennifer are users of Yahoo!7 mail, along with Jennifer’s father Joe and their teenage son James, they swap a lot of emails and use the web for many different things. Added to the mix is James’ girlfriend Renee, and all have added each other to their connections via Yahoo!7 Mail.
- Jennifer likes to upload photos to share with friends and family.
- Joe likes to listen to old classics using online radio.
- Renee keeps up with her friends using different social networking tools.
- James is a fan of online videos and maintains a blog.
With updates from your connections, you can keep up with all of this right from your Inbox, which is perfect for John as he is often busy and seeing what everyone is up to at a glance saves him time.
So how does all of this work you ask? Well, let’s take a look at James’ mail inbox…
To access your profile from your Inbox, either click on the Profile link as shown in James’ Inbox above or navigate directly to http://au.profiles.yahoo.com/.
To access your Updates, select the Updates tab as shown above.
You can see here that James is already seeing photos his Mum has uploaded to Picasa, a tweet that Renee posted on Twitter and he can see what his Grandpa has been listening to on Last.fm. From there, click on the Share More link.
Under Share More, you can see that James already has Blogger and YouTube set to share with his Yahoo!7 connections. To add another site to your Updates, either search for a common user or nickname you may use on the Internet, enter the exact user name or web address. It’s really that easy!
By clicking on Manage My Updates, you can choose the level of privacy for each site you add:
- Anyone: anyone can see that update.
- My Connections: only your connections may see that update
- No One: Only you will see that update.
You will also find an option directly below this option which will allow you to set privacy levels for different Yahoo!7 sites and services, as well as which ones you wish to be notified about.
You can currently add Updates from 18 different third party sites, some of which include:
So why not go check it out and let us know what you think!
Happy Updating,
Kate – Yahoo!7 Mail Team
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