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Basic E-mail Using Yahoo!

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What is Email?

How to Sign Up

How to Use Yahoo! Mail

Attaching Files

Tools

Spell Check

Reading Messages

Opening Attachments

Folders

Address Book

Other Features

Filtering Mail

Blocking Junk Mail with Filters

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How to Sign Up

  • Click the Email buttonnext to the Yahoo! Logo.

OR

  • Click the Mail hyperlink within the Connect area.
 


OR

  • Type http://mail.yahoo.com
  • Click on the Learn more hyperlink to find information on Yahoo! Mail.
  • Click Sign up now.
  • Under the Free Yahoo! Mail section, click Sign Up Now.
  • Fill out the Profile Information form.
  • Enter your selected Sign-In Name.
  • Enter your password.
  • Re-type the password to be sure you haven't mistyped it.
  • Select a “security question” and provide an answer so you can retrieve your password in
    case you forget it.

Note: Click into each box to enter the information or use the TAB key to move to the next box.  Hold down the Shift key and press TAB to move to the previous box.


 
  • Click the "Submit This Form" button.
  • When the form is correctly filled out, you will see "Welcome to Yahoo!"and your new Sign-In Name and complete e-mail address.
  • Write down your Sign-In Name and Password and put it in a secret place.
 



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