“Yahoo! Messenger, meet Yahoo! Mail”
February 14, 2007 on 9:54 am | In Web version |
There have been shared features between Yahoo! Mail and Messenger for awhile, like the ability to see who’s online from your Mail address book or getting alerts in Messenger when a new Mail message arrives. But hold your horses, there’s a new integration in town – Messenger is now built right into Yahoo! Mail Beta.
As a Messenger user, this integration may not be too earth-shattering since you’re used to having Messenger open on your desktop. But for millions of Yahoo! Mail users that have never used instant messaging, this new integration makes it really easy to get started.
When you sign into Yahoo! Mail Beta, you’ll see a new menu next to your Yahoo! ID that lets you choose your online availability. When you select “Available”, you’ll appear online to your friends and be able to send and receive IM’s right in Mail.
One of the coolest features is the ability to transform an email into an IM. Let’s say I am writing my friend Terri an email about dinner plans for tonight. As I’m writing, Terri happens to come online. A yellow alert bar then appears in my Mail window that says “Terri is now online and available to chat. Chat Now”. With one click, I transform my half-composed email into an IM and voila, Terri and I are instant messaging (screenshot).
You can also send offline IM’s that your friend will see the next time he or she logs into Mail (or Messenger). To get a full tour of this new marriage between Mail and Messenger, check out the video tour below created by Yahoo! Mail Beta evangelist, Ryan Kennedy (hi-res version available here).
A few other things to keep in mind… If you’re already using Messenger, setting your status to “Available” in Mail will sign you out of Messenger since you can only be online in one or the other. This new lightweight version of Messenger in Mail is just that – light on features. It’s meant to offer the basic benefits of online availability and instant messaging. For the more robust features like webcam, instant file transfer, voice, LAUNCHcast etc., stick with the full version of Yahoo! Messenger. But if you’re on a computer where you can’t install Messenger but still want to IM, this new web-based Messenger in Mail is a handy alternative.
If you have friends or family that have been reluctant to join you on IM or aren’t sure how, this new integration with Mail makes it incredibly easy. The feature begins rolling out this week and will gradually become available to all Yahoo! Mail Beta users over the next 3 months. So if you don’t see it in your Mail account right way, please be patient!
Kudos to the Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger teams for bringing this integration to life. 
We hope you enjoy it!
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
thank u
Comment by chady_daddy — February 15, 2007 #
Great job on the screencast, Ryan!
Comment by cmcmanus — February 15, 2007 #
Do you seriously think this is inovative? google mail has always had this they offer over 2gb of FREE space you just used the same idea and called it a different name to funny no wonder the “chatters” on yahoo are at least 90% spam bots when this is the kind of ideas you come up with many are moving to paltalk i can not blaim them people are sick of the spam and the exploits in yahoo with that http exploit what is now patched how long did it take you? over 2 months it could have been patched in minutes there is a new one out now.. do not worry folks another 6 months yahoo will patch it lmao
Comment by LOL — February 15, 2007 #
The technology is not new, but I like Yahoo!’s implementation
Google had it for over a year…
Comment by Lucky — February 16, 2007 #
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Hi,
“not be too earth-shattering”, but still very cool feature !.
I just cant wait till I put my hand on it !
Some people post only bad comments which are not relevant to this blog, and I’m happy to see that you delete them.
Is there any chance that instead of waiting “over the next 3 months”, One can subscribe somewhere and use this feature earlier ?
I’ve also wanted to ask, sometimes (not often) people send me urls, but I don’t get them.
The only thing I’ve found about it is this:
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/10/10/2042248.shtml
and a lot of rumors about blocking urls.
Is there any official Y! policy about it ?
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Comment by Nick — February 16, 2007 #
if anybody can plz help me?????????????
i wam in india, using yahoo msnger… i wants to send sms to greece, using yahoo msngr..but m unable to do that….
plz tell me how can i do that??????????????
Comment by friend4u — February 16, 2007 #
Hi Nick -
Thanks for your note. Yahoo! Messenger does not routinely block YouTube URLs. In fact there’s a pretty cool plug-in that when running, will automatically start playing the youtube video you send right in your IM window so you and a friend can watch it together:
http://us.gallery.yahoo.com/apps/4347/locale/en
As for why your links are not always going through… We have anti-spam filters in place to protect our users from spim (IM spam). Our filters have heuristics in place that identify sending characteristics associated with spammers. We also update our filters based on the feedback we receive from our users through our report spam button.
At times, our filters (and users) identify legitimate messages as spam – which is what we call a false positive. There were certain scenarios where we observed false positives with some YouTube URLs. The majority of our users were not affected by this. We are always fine tuning our filters to make sure legitimate URLs are delivered.
We continue to monitor sending patterns associated with spammers and the reports we receive from our users, to make sure our users are not receiving URLs that are considered spam.
Thanks,
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — February 16, 2007 #
Hi friend4u -
Unfortunately we do not have any carrier relationships with Greek mobile companies. So if your friend does use a Greek carrier, it’s unlikely that we support SMS messages to their phone number. Thanks,
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — February 16, 2007 #
I hate that we keep getting popups to upgrade. I dont like the new version, so why can’t I stay with the version I like? come on now……
Comment by ohkanaduh — February 16, 2007 #
Since upgrading to the 8.1 it’s buggy. Won’t minimize or close using th the symbols on the right hand corner. I’ve installed twice. This is quite aggravating.
Comment by Deke — February 16, 2007 #
Nick,
Most comments are relevant, it’s from people who are trying to get Yahoo! Messenger to be a stable service, but are getting no answers, and deletions of content, rather than an answer.
And to lol, you are spot on when Yahoo! take existing ideas and copy them. Yahoo! is not doing so well and has to undergo massive internal reorganisation to try and sort their mess out.
Comment by Sean — February 17, 2007 #
Late is better than nothing wtg Yim Team
Sarah,
I see emoticons changed , isnt this better
If you don’t mind i can suggest more
( even some of them can be good for all Yahoo! blogs)
- Users avatars near their comment like Yanswers
- For user comments backgrounds
Random Yahoo! Messenger Invironments or a drop down box to give us option to chose which we want (blank must be an option too)
- Why don’t welcome us if we already have a Yahoo! ID like in all Yahoo! network.And may be an option We can chose our Yahoo! ID or a nickname when comment.
- Register for comment
so who wanna comment must sign up with Yahoo! = new Yahoo! users = better (ban) control on comments area =
awww iam getting >:) better i stop
Have a good weekend all ~~
Comment by Yahoo! Addict — February 17, 2007 #
Ummmm looks like we don’t have all Yahoo! Messenger emoticons here
Comment by Yahoo! Addict — February 17, 2007 #
wow … i like it …
Comment by namka — February 17, 2007 #
Here’s a question for you.. I have not been able to see Profiles in Messenger for Months, now.. not even able to Create/Edit my own .. I have rebooted numerous times , including Uninstalling and Reinstalling Yahoo just this morning .. What gives? What now? ** Am I supposed to be able to access that through Internet Explorer? Why not when I click on Profiles? Help ? ! lol. Thanks ..
Comment by DaveR — February 17, 2007 #
how come u guys have to limit the about of things when we make our profile and stuff. i have a lot to say in my profile but i have to limit it down. it would be nice if u could change that. thanks!
Comment by bailee — February 17, 2007 #
hey!! can i try it. thanks
Comment by marilou — February 17, 2007 #
good job but how do u get it?
Comment by iloveu9090 — February 19, 2007 #
I too have had problems for months trying to access profiles. Although I am able to highlight a name from my friends list, then go into Contacts and down to View Profile. By doing this I can view a profile ONLY if they are already on my friends list. There used to be a place for us to type in a person’s id then get their profile. I’d like to see that come back.
Comment by mommyhoney658 — February 20, 2007 #
Can’t even view thw video
Comment by Mikw Arruda — February 20, 2007 #
it is very good
and thank u .
may i download it
Comment by mahmoud — February 20, 2007 #
Hi mahmoud,
This new integration is not something you need to download. If you’re using the new version of Yahoo! Mail (http://mail.yahoo.com), eventually you will see this new feature appear in your account. It’s rolling out over a 3 month period so if you don’t get it in your Yahoo! Mail account right away, please be patient. Thanks,
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — February 20, 2007 #
How’d I do it? Actually, I am using yahoo mail beta but then can’t view the yahoo messenger beside my yahoo id. Please do help me how. Thank you.
Mira
Comment by Mira — February 20, 2007 #
Hi Mira - This new integration is rolling out over a 3 month period so if you don’t get it in your Yahoo! Mail account right away, please be patient. Thanks,
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — February 20, 2007 #
Hey,
Yahoo messenger in Yahoo mail is good. But I want Yahoo! mail inside Yahoo messenger. So that I just open the yahoo! messenger and just as Contacts thing opens up in the Yahoo! messenger, Mail thing should open up and I should be able to send and receive mail from Yahoo! messenger. So Yahoo! messenger should become just the program that you use and the need for browser goes away. Please work on this.
Comment by user — February 21, 2007 #
Well, once again my posts to this blog have been deleted.
I can only assume that ANY negative post against Yahoo is deleted.
Every few days we see the phantom, “Sarah Bacon”, post a new topic explaining whats new in Yahoo Messenger. This would seem to indicate that there actually are people, somewhere in the world, that are pushing buttons for Yahoo on behalf of their Messenger service. So its not as though they aren’t aware of the problems that plague their chatrooms. Rather, it stands to reason that they CHOOSE to IGNORE them.
With all of Yahoo’s recources, does it make sense to anyone that in any given Yahoo Chatroom, a full 50% of of its “chatters” are automated pornagraphy robots?
Or that in many others you will find a handfull of malicious users (usually the same people) that interupt what WAS a decent chatroom with their own version of automated bot programs, that flood the chatroom with bogus screen names, just to prove they can?
If Yahoo experienced a glitch that prevented the profits from flowing in, wouldn’t it be safe to say that the problem would be addressed within just a few hours?
Yes, I think, that if it was their money in jeapardy, they would be on it like white on rice.. .
Comment by Whats New is Old Again — February 22, 2007 #
lolololol @ Whats New is Old Again — February 22, 2007 #
The comment was so hilarious. Good one! You kicked ass man.
Comment by user — February 22, 2007 #
Hi “Whats New is Old Again”,
Actually your comments get deleted because you often post the same comment multiple times and you’ve used profanity in the past. So keep it clean and only post a comment once please. Thanks,
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — February 22, 2007 #
i need help to set my massenger can anybody help????
Comment by fredy — February 25, 2007 #
I wished that i could help u!!!!
Comment by Rick — February 26, 2007 #
i wish i could help you too!!!!!!!!!
Comment by molly — February 28, 2007 #
wow….i…like..it..
Comment by wenas — March 1, 2007 #
hey whats up this this big.T how is arry one well
i will hlow back at ya
Comment by Thoma wilson — March 14, 2007 #
Some people are complaining that it’s not “innovative” and compare it to gmail, but it’s Yahoo standardizing their own program. AIM does it, MSN does it, everyone else does it.
http://t1-t3-dsl.com
Comment by vic — March 24, 2007 #
my laptop is crazy right now so that i can’t use my lan. now all i can use is the wireless lan. however, whenever i use wlan, i can’t log on to yahoo messenger. so i switched to yahoo beta so that i can have access to my messenger while accessing my mails. however, the big, big problem is…THE OPTION OF CHOOSING MY STATUS BESIDE MY USERNAME IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND! Thus, i still can’t access to messenger even if i want to in my yahoo beta.
PLEASE HELP!
Comment by alawi — April 4, 2007 #
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i m not able to view my list. the list is blank though i can see how many of my friends are online.. but wen my friends IM me i can chat only den…. some help needed here.. urgent..
Comment by yash — May 13, 2007 #
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I can’t get my messenger to minimize by using the box in the top right hand corner but can do it by clicking on messenger and then close. Any solutions??
Comment by Brent — May 21, 2007 #
How do you disable this feature? I do not want to be made available for chat or have chat windows pop up when I’m checking my email at work. If this can’t be done, I’ll switch back to the old version, as the beta/2.0 gets more and more annoying.
Comment by Ben Sprague — June 13, 2007 #
Hi Ben - To disable the chat in Yahoo! Mail, go up to the status menu next to your Yahoo! ID when you’re signed in and change it to “Disable chat”. This will keep you offline in IM when you’re in Mail. If you want to then get online, just access that menu in the future and change it to Available.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — June 18, 2007 #
Why doesn’t yahoo do something about flood of bots in every chatroom. I used to use yahoo chat but not anymore. It is almost impossible to have decent chat without getting tons of IM from these bots. And I do not get how they even create that many aliases. I actually see the same alias in more than one room at once………
Comment by mikemike_6 — July 18, 2007 #
hi i happy know u .How a u?
Comment by channary — July 21, 2007 #
pal talkis crap. i mean look at these sad old men and women with no lives. making fight rooms and fight crews on pal talk lol Some ppl need a better hobby.
Comment by sad ppl — August 23, 2007 #
hello !
Can any one tell me the way how to disable the mail update on yahoo messenger. means when ever the new mail come to my yahoo mail box and pop up comes on the right corner I just want to disable that feature can any one Help me in regarding that feature plz mail it to me
Comment by Robin — October 10, 2007 #
Robin - Yahoo! Mail notifications in Messenger can be disabled under Preferences. When you’re in Messenger, click on the “Messenger” menu and choose “Preferences”. Then click on the ‘Alerts & Sounds’ item on the left hand side. You’ll see a menu come up where you can indicate which alerts you want to receive. Click on “I receive a message in Yahoo! Mail” and then uncheck all the “Alert me by:” boxes below to disable it. Be sure to click “Apply” to confirm the changes.
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — October 10, 2007 #
Pls, how can I chat with my yahoo mail account?
Comment by Nnamdi — June 5, 2008 #
Regarding comment by Sarah Bacon, “To disable the chat in Yahoo! Mail, go up to the status menu next to your Yahoo! ID when you’re signed in and change it to “Disable chat”. This will keep you offline in IM when you’re in Mail. If you want to then get online, just access that menu in the future and change it to Available.” Thanks for the instructions, they work but this disablement needs to be a lot more obvious in the GUI.
Comment by Administrator
Comment by Kevin — June 11, 2008 #
I cant seem to get the new yahoo mail.As soon as i log anew page appears asking me to go to mail box.What do i do.Is it because i have not downloaded the messenger yet.
Comment by Kwasi — June 28, 2008 #