New Yahoo! Mail includes SMS
September 4, 2007 on 12:48 pm | In Features, Web version |
Last week, the new Yahoo! Mail officially dropped its Beta moniker. Accompanying the general audience release was a new feature: the ability to send text messages (SMS) to friend’s cell phones, right from your Yahoo! Mail account.
SMS is the latest improvement to the integrated Yahoo! Messenger that’s available in the new Yahoo! Mail. We first told you about it in a February post when it was added to the Mail Beta. But now anyone who has a Yahoo! Mail account can get this new version that includes instant messaging and SMS.
If you’re on the old version of Mail and want to try the new version with these enhanced messaging features, just go to the “Options / Mail Options” menu in your account and look for the link “The new Yahoo! Mail has arrived! Try it now!” Note that the rollout of the new Yahoo! Mail to all users will take a few weeks, so if you don’t have access to it yet, keep checking.
To use the instant messaging and SMS features in Yahoo! Mail, you’ll need to be signed into Messenger within Yahoo! Mail (doing this will sign you out of the full version of Yahoo! Messenger if you’re already using it). To get started, be sure that your status next to your name in Mail says “Available”. If it says “Offline”, just click the status menu arrow to change it.
Once you’re signed in, click a contact you want to message from your “Contacts” list on the left side, then click the email, chat or SMS icon in the upper right corner of the message window:
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For a list of countries and carriers that you can SMS from Yahoo! Mail, go to:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/context/context-13.html
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
Can we SMS to any mobile number in the world?
Comment by Jaunty Mellifluous — September 5, 2007 #
At least Yahoo! mail works pretty good.
Comment by allanmn — September 5, 2007 #
Well at least yahoo is working on Yahoo Mail…. I’m still waiting for Yahoo Messenger for Vista to come out. Even in Beta, I don’t care!!!!
Comment by Homer — September 5, 2007 #
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Shame the new Yahoo mail doesn’t work with Safari 3
Comment by Kiel — September 6, 2007 #
Yahoo doesn’t work at all. Yahoo needs to regroup and hire all new people who know what they are doing. The people they have now are brain dead. Now they have a confirm email address, we have to type in our email address twice, maybe to dicourage comments. I guess they are tired of complaints about yahoo.
Comment by Maria Ortiz — September 6, 2007 #
I haven’t found the SMS icon on the top corner…where is it??
Comment by Jiegen — September 6, 2007 #
the new yahoo version still have bugs i think.i can’t edit my mail option.when i clicked the button,it showed “this option temporary unavailable”.i think yahoo should fix this problem as soon as possible.
Comment by keel wong — September 8, 2007 #
THAT WAS VERY INTRESTING IT WAS SO EASY TO CHAT WITH OUR FRIENDS .
Comment by NASHAVI — September 11, 2007 #
Yes I also would like to know if we can SMS to other countries. Thanks.
Comment by Dog Clothing — September 11, 2007 #
For a list of countries and carriers that you can message, go to:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/context/context-13.html
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — September 11, 2007 #
Can someone tell me how to change the color of your IM page?
Comment by Mila — September 18, 2007 #
I love the Chat withing Mail feature. Nice work Yahoo!
Comment by Stewy — September 20, 2007 #
Hi, Excellent improvement!
When will you expand the service to other countries?
Comment by marketing en Internet — November 24, 2007 #