I followed the directions went to Tools>Internet Options>email, but was only given three options and none of them were Yahoo. I tried typing it in but the program wouldn’t let me. Does anyone know what I need to do. Right now it is defaulting to Ourlook and that’s not what I want
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To make Yahoo! Mail the default email application for your computer, click Tools > Internet Options > Programs tab > under E-mail click the down arrow and select Yahoo! Mail > click Apply and OK.
If Yahoo! Mail isn’t listed as a default email option, adding one of Yahoo’s free downloads to your computer, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Music, or Yahoo! Toolbar will add Yahoo! Mail to the list of email options, and if you don’t want it, uninstall it ( it will leave Yahoo! as an email option ), or just follow the directions below.
Using Internet Explorer just click “Continue” on the link below to download a small 60K file that will enable Yahoo! Mail to be the default email application for your computer. Whenever you click on an email address on any web page or in any computer program, Yahoo! Mail will open for you in a new window.
If Internet Explorer displays a yellow security bar at the top, click on it and select Install ActiveX Control from the menu.
If a security warning comes up with Yahoo! Inc. as the publisher, click Install.
Now you can click on an email address anywhere and your computer will automatically open up Yahoo! Mail for you.
You can even send documents directly from Word, Excel, or other Windows applications.
Requirements:
Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP / Vista
Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher
Hi You may have to sync your outlook address book with Yahoo! address book to use from you r outlook as yahoo address book is a webservice .
Or you can export your Yahoo! address book once and import it into outlook that way you will have all the contacts .
To make Yahoo! Mail the default email application for your computer, click Tools > Internet Options > Programs tab > under E-mail click the down arrow and select Yahoo! Mail > click Apply and OK.
If Yahoo! Mail isn’t listed as a default email option, adding one of Yahoo’s free downloads to your computer, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Music, or Yahoo! Toolbar will add Yahoo! Mail to the list of email options, and if you don’t want it, uninstall it ( it will leave Yahoo! as an email option ), or just follow the directions below.
Using Internet Explorer just click “Continue” on the link below to download a small 60K file that will enable Yahoo! Mail to be the default email application for your computer. Whenever you click on an email address on any web page or in any computer program, Yahoo! Mail will open for you in a new window.
If Internet Explorer displays a yellow security bar at the top, click on it and select Install ActiveX Control from the menu.
If a security warning comes up with Yahoo! Inc. as the publisher, click Install.
Now you can click on an email address anywhere and your computer will automatically open up Yahoo! Mail for you.
You can even send documents directly from Word, Excel, or other Windows applications.
Requirements:
Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP / Vista
Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher