Yahoo Email
Yahoo like MSN and Google offer web based email. Because the email is
web browser based you can access you email from anywhere that you have access to
the Internet. The main disadvantage of web based email is that you need to be online
in order to access your email.
Yahoo offers two email solutions a basic free solution and a more advanced
subscription service (approx $20/year). A feature by feature comparison is given
below.
| YAHOO! MAIL |
YAHOO! MAIL PLUS
|
|
Spam protection SpamGuard
|
SpamGuard Plus |
|
Blocked addresses 100 |
200
|
|
Filters 15
|
50
|
|
Storage
1GB |
2GB
|
|
Message Size 10MB
|
20MB
|
Virus scanning only
Virus cleaning – +
|
Virus scanning and
Virus cleaning |
|
graphical ads and promotions in messages |
No graphical ads and promotions in messages |
|
NO POP3 access and/or Mail forwarding
|
POP access and Mail forwarding
|
|
Account expiration if not accessed |
No account expiration |
|
Read mail messages from multiple POP3 accounts |
Read mail messages from multiple POP3 accounts |
|
Send messages from main Yahoo account only |
Send messages from any of your email accounts |
|
No Archiving
|
Archiving |
|
No Stationery
|
Stationery (PCs with IE5 or later) |
|
No AddressGuard™ (disposable emailaddresses) |
AddressGuard™ (disposable emailaddresses) |
| Message alerts |
Message alerts |
| Message Views |
Message Views |
Note: To order Yahoo! Mail Plus,
you need
to have a free Yahoo! Mail account. |
Yahoo Address Quick Builder
This allows you to automatically build your address book from your emails. If you open your Yahoo email account and go to address book you will see a Quickbuilder button.
Click the Quickbuilder button and you will be asked to select the folders to scan and other options.
Once done select continue and the address are presented on screen. Check the ones you want and then click continue and then return to address book link.
Yahoo email and SMS alerts
Once you have a Yahoo email account regardless of type you can
sign up for SMS alerts. This service will send you an SMS message to alert you
to important email messages and will be billed as part of your normal mobile
phone bill. More details are available on your mailbox main page.
A new yahoo mail feature that allows easy sharing of photos on
the Internet. You can insert Pictures directly into an email the recipient sees
a small thumbnail image( not the real image) and clicking on the thumbnail
downloads the real image.
DomainKeys Indicator
A new anti-phishing
feature to verify the origin of email messages.
Yahoo-Intellisync
Yahoo-Intellisync allows
you to synchronize your address book between your desktop email client and Yahoo
Webmail.
Yahoo Briefcase
Allows sharing of files and photos over the Internet between friends or public. It can also be used to make data accessible when travelling or for backing up data onto the Internet.
Yahoo Email - Articles and Tutorials
Yahoo-Intellisync
allows you to synchronize your address book between your desktop email client
and Yahoo Webmail.
Access POP3 Email/Multiple
Accounts Using Yahoo Webmail - What happens if your email provider
doesn't support Webmail access? Here we look at a Yahoo feature which allows
Webmail access to your POP3 accounts.
Access POP3 Email/Multiple
Accounts Using Yahoo Webmail
configuration guide - How to configure Yahoo email to access
other POP3 accounts or multiple accounts.
YPOPS - Open source software to
connect Outlook Express and Incredimail to a free Yahoo mailbox. See how it
works and download it.
Connecting Microsoft Outlook Express to Yahoo email
Learn how to use Microsoft Outlook Express to access your Yahoo email
mailbox.
Configuring Outlook Express and YPOPS-
How to Configure Outlook Express to work with Yahoo using YPOPS.
Connecting
Incredimail to Yahoo email
How to connect Incredimail to Yahoo
email so that you can access your yahoo email even when
offline.
Configuring Incredimail and YPOPS
-How to configure IncrediMail to access a Yahoo mailbox using YPOPS.
How to cancel your yahoo email account
How to cancel your yahoo email account step by step guide.
How to
export yahoo address
How to export yahoo address so that you can import them to other
programs like Outlook Express
Exporting Email Messages from Yahoo Email
A Guide to Exporting Email Messages from Yahoo Email
How to find an email address in yahoo
How do you find an email address in yahoo? This guide will show you
how
How to
send an email in yahoo
New to yahoo email? want to send a yahoo email- Here's how!
Connecting Incredimail to Yahoo email
How to connect Incredimail to Yahoo email so that you can access your
yahoo email even when offline.
How to
check email at yahoo from anywhere in the world
How to check email at yahoo from anywhere in the world.
Set Up Email Address-
How to set up email addresses for email clients and an explanation
email forwarding and catch-all email addresses.