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Chat within Yahoo! Mail

June 5, 2010 on 8:25 am | In Features, Web version | 31 Comments

Did you know that Yahoo! Messenger offers you more ways than one to stay connected with your friends? In addition to our fabulous instant messaging client, we worked with our friends at Yahoo! Mail on integrating chat which allows you to have zippy, real-time communication with your friends and family without having to leave your Yahoo! Mail inbox.

Email is great. It’s much faster than snail mail, and you usually get a response sooner than later. But, have you ever been writing an email wishing that you could have instant communication with your contact without picking up the phone? You can with Yahoo! Mail’s chat feature. Chat lets you and your contact exchange messages in “real time”, meaning “right now”, and all while using Yahoo! Mail and without having to download an instant messenger application. (And it’s free!)

Picture this. You have an urgent question regarding flight times for this evening. The only way you can reach your friend is through email. While typing your message, you notice that your friend is online. Instead of sending the email, you convert your message into chat, ask your question, and receive an immediate response. No worries!

Your contact must have a Yahoo! ID or a Windows Live™ Messenger ID and must be signed in to either Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, or another compatible instant messaging program.

So, let’s just repeat the highlights and get you chatting!

  • Chat lets you communicate with your contacts in real time so that you receive instant replies.
  • Use Yahoo! Mail chat without downloading additional software.
  • Convert an email message or text message in progress to a chat message—and vice versa.
  • Use chat to communicate with all of your Yahoo! and Windows Live contacts. All they need is to sign into Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, or another instant messaging program.

Staying connected has never been this easy!

Sherrine Tan
Yahoo! Messenger Team

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  1. my yahoo chat wont work at all and i need it to work right now

    Comment by Patience — June 29, 2010 #

  2. I tried my best and do whatever I can for my messenger to work but still impossible so Im requesting for messenger help

    Comment by ceceb.ahomou — July 27, 2010 #

  3. You have right, i checked it and in this communicator email is really good. So if someone are not sure this product, should check it.

    Comment by Jack Mail — August 26, 2010 #

  4. my yahoo chat doesnot work. please, i want it to work right now. udochi

    Comment by udochi — September 11, 2010 #

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    Comment by Johnathon Rogugbakaa — September 12, 2010 #

  6. Its very good

    Comment by Zahid khan — September 13, 2010 #

  7. Yes it is good chat

    Comment by Zahid khan — September 13, 2010 #

  8. Yes its a very good good system 4 a good n nice chat.

    Comment by Zahid khan — September 13, 2010 #

  9. it is a good idea – i want to try it – thanks for yr cooperation

    Comment by samir amin tourky — September 23, 2010 #

  10. how do I get yahoo chat in my iphone?

    Comment by yuni — September 26, 2010 #

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    Comment by Personalizari — October 5, 2010 #

  12. hellow anyone there

    Comment by aysha — October 8, 2010 #

  13. Yahoo Messsenger is an interest component of Yahoo

    Comment by Fr. Sarius Tchouin — October 12, 2010 #

  14. I am trying to do all that I can in order to access Yahoo Messenger through my email. But it does not work

    Comment by Fr. Sarius Tchouin — October 12, 2010 #

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    Comment by ertert25 — November 11, 2010 #

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    Comment by safny — November 11, 2010 #

  17. i want to chat

    Comment by sani — December 8, 2010 #

  18. I send instance message to my friend in yahoo messenger is not going.

    Comment by Sa'id ibrahim — December 23, 2010 #

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    Comment by ghazan — January 31, 2011 #

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    Comment by ikbel — February 10, 2011 #

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    Comment by thee fab — March 11, 2011 #

  22. how can i chat whit new version (Beta) yahoo mail program

    Comment by ramen — April 26, 2011 #

  23. Hai friendy

    Comment by Kamal — June 13, 2011 #

  24. good morning…

    Comment by jaya gank — June 27, 2011 #

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    Comment by hasdress — July 21, 2011 #

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    Comment by meaza — July 30, 2011 #

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    Comment by fireproof cables — September 10, 2011 #

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