Not up for a chat?
June 19th, 2007
(16 votes, average: 4 out of 5)
Loading ...Back in February I posted about integrating Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Mail Beta. It’s a feature that allows you to have an instant message (aka chat) conversation right from within your mailbox. Back then, it was just a sneak peak. Now you should all have the ability to chat directly from within your Yahoo! Mail Beta mailbox.
What if I don’t feel like chatting?
I’ve been reading and listening to all of your comments, and a common question is, “How can I turn chat off?” The answer of course is, “Easily”. Here’s how…
From the top of the Mail Beta window you should see a status message next to your @yahoo.co.uk ID. Just click on the down arrow and then click on “Sign out of chat”. That’s it – you’re done. And, the next time you sign into mail, we’ll remember your status and you won’t be logged back into Chat until you set your status back to “Available”.
Happy emailing!
Andrew – Yahoo! Mail Beta Team
28 Comments Add your own
1. steven | June 19th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
I would like to see this chat implemented in the original Yahoo! Mail.
2. fitz | June 20th, 2007 at 8:12 am
what if you want to ban chat? our voluntary org uses our a/c for day to day communications, and we certainly do not wish to enable something like that!
3. fitz | June 20th, 2007 at 8:21 am
what you do not seem to appreciate is that yahoo mail is not only used by youngsters at home, but also by grown up adults and even small organisations who do not wish to be flooded by mindless chatter or news flashes. we wish to see a simple, quick to use, and more basic product. our own machines are slow, and the new yahoo is actually less user friendly for us.
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Hi Fitz,
I appreciate your comments. Yahoo! Mail Beta is a fully featured email client that you can use right from your browser. If you don’t need all of the features that the Beta Mail offers, you are more than welcome to switch back to the classic version of Yahoo! Mail. I even posted about how to switch back and forth. You can read it here:
http://ymailuk.com/blog1/2007/04/26/make-the-switch%e2%80%a6/
Thanks,
Andrew - Yahoo! Mail Beta Team
4. steven | June 20th, 2007 at 10:51 am
It would be good to have that instant chat added to the classic version of Yahoo! Mail.
But I bet it can’t be done.
5. steven | June 21st, 2007 at 3:54 am
I’d also like to see a standalone email notifier (if possible) .. similiar to Googles .. but better, obviously.
Cheers.
6. CJ | June 21st, 2007 at 12:43 pm
What about web cam integration? Is it possible?
7. bbb | June 22nd, 2007 at 11:10 am
It would be cool to chat from Yahoo! mail with Gmail users!
8. Dave K | June 24th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
The new chat feature is very irritating as it never manages to connect - either at work or at home. I want to be able to turn it off completely so that it never even tries to connect.
9. oyekunle | June 24th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
the new yahoo beta is cool and interesting to use the only limitation that it is slow in loading and booting-up, then its constant failures.
10. Caitie | June 25th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
I like the instant chat idea. I am not allowed MSN so this gives me a chance to IM my friends. The yahoo beta is much more fun than the original yahoo. It doesn’t take a long time to load up on my computer
11. jodie | June 26th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
is yahoo messenger the same as msn? because my friends are on msn can i chat to them even though im on yahoo?
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Hi Jodie,
Yes, you can chat with your friends on MSN Live. However you can’t chat from within the chat function of Mail. You will have to download the Yahoo Messenger Client in order to chat with your MSN Friends. You can find out more and get the client from here: http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/
Thanks,
Andrew - Yahoo! Mail Beta Team
12. johanna | June 27th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
i hate this new format. I can not delete messages, I can not get the content of a message - only the to, from date etc. I can not find this switch back to link.
I HATE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE WITHOUT OUR CHOICE!!
13. hadi kafota mohmuod | June 29th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
hello iam very happy that iam one of yahoo clilent but what is surprised me all my massengers chats are not go or recieved by my friends when iask them they just said you have not send us any message so ibecome angry can you reply mi hadi
14. Neil | July 1st, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Hi
Can people who do not have an e-mail account with yahoo be shown to be ‘online’? Evertime I check my mail and connect as available on chat, it only shows one contact available, which is my own e-mail address.
Thanks
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Hi Neil,
The chat function in Yahoo! Mail Beta allows you to chat with other Yahoo! Mail or Messenger users and see if they’re available. However, you can’t do this with people who don’t use Yahoo! Mail or Messenger.
Claire - Yahoo! Mail Beta Team
15. Eirlys Goode | July 2nd, 2007 at 12:55 am
I came to Yahoo! through joining a group and I have to admit that although I haven’t been using Yahoo! Mail Beta for long. I find it easy to use but I don’t like the fact that I cannot contact anyone to report a problem and thereby get some help to get it put right.
I have spent literally two hours going through all aspects of Yahoo! including Yahoo! Mail Beta trying to find a way to get in touch with you.
Inow this box is for leaving comments, but, because I have no way of emailing or phoning you I am going to ask for the help I need now.
When I am using the email service every time I try to send a message or save a message to a folder I get a message from Yahoo saying ‘Server Error’.
Also three times I have received a message telling me about a Server Error either when I have tried to send an email or when I am actually writing one.
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Hi Eirlys,
To contact Customer Care about a problem, you can go to this page: http://help.yahoo.com/fast/help/uk/mail/cgi_ymail
Also, if you want to leave some general feedback, try going here: http://help.yahoo.com/fast/help/uk/mail/cgi_betafeedback_mailbeta
Hope this helps,
Claire - Yahoo! Mail Beta Team
16. Eirlys Goode | July 2nd, 2007 at 1:27 am
How do I change my status on the IM please. I wrote my own but forgot to change the emoticon.
17. rutendo | July 2nd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
i can’t seem to update to match my contacts and therefore i may be online but still not be able to get any messages and by the way how do u sned files or photos with yahoo.How diffrent is it from yahoo messenger becoz i also can’t log in to yahoo messenger.Somebody pliz help a poor soul me
18. Nic | July 2nd, 2007 at 9:06 pm
I like Yahoo and all the features (including chat) that come with it, I have switched from hotmail as it annoyed me so much with the flash adverts, the chat is easy to use and to switch off, just wanted to say that some people are never happy!! If you don’t like it switch to basic, and if you’re using it for work then stop moaning as it’s a free service (and not designed for office email) - not all of us want basic. Yahoo - I think it’s all good!
19. maya | July 3rd, 2007 at 9:30 am
i hate it when it doesn’t let me try and change the boy to a girl.it wont even let me change the clothes like it said
20. lucy | August 31st, 2007 at 10:00 am
i have got mail beta aswell it is so good isnt it
21. fatma | October 24th, 2007 at 9:54 am
My friends with MSN Live can chat to me on my yahoo! mail BUT i cant reply them.
I can reply them only by mail message NOT BY CHAT. I have always the message “you have first to add this contact to your list” i done it, but nothing change, the same message comes always.
How can I reply to my friends with MSN and reply them ???
22. Paula | October 30th, 2007 at 6:06 am
Hi
Is it possible, with the new system , to be able to show yourself available only to the contact you want to chat to, rather than being visable to all ?
Regards Paula
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Hi Paula,
Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately, the ability to set yourself available to one user is not available at the moment. However, an alternative is that you can set yourself as invisible. You can still chat when you are invisible, however you will not appear to be online. That way you can chat with the contact you want but you will not appear online.
Hope that helps,
Andrew - Yahoo! Mail Team
23. ALEX JD | November 2nd, 2007 at 3:17 pm
DO WE HAVE COMUNICATION WITH MSN
24. entro | November 15th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
fatma: same problem here.
I managed to add an MSN live contact, but he had to first delete me from live messenger, then i tried to add him again and thats how it worked…
I think the problem only happens when you are using your yahoo mail and have allready joined MSN live with it…
Otherwise, this would happen to just about every1…
(not sure though)
25. DJ Walker | January 11th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Johanna if these advances are not made then yahoo! will lose users which is bad for all of us
26. JAP | March 19th, 2008 at 3:07 am
why is it my yahoo mail chat not loading? its been almost a month. at first I thought it was a yahoo problem coz that time they said that yahoo server is experiencing some technical problem and their working on it, after a week i try logging in to other computer & it work, yahoo mail chat load up but this time not on my pc. i already reseted the internet security into default level but still yahoo mail chat not working. why?? is there anything i need to update or upgrade? java? adobe? please help me with this.
27. milan | April 18th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Hi, i would like to use this feature so that i could show my uncle how to use it. He has a daughter in working Saudi. But there seems to be a few glitches in the system, and until it has settled down into a more stable system, i don’t think i’ll bother.
That’s why i prefer the old interface!
I have been using Yahoo! several years now and think it is far better than Hotmail.
Keep improving, but make it quicker and more stable and more people will transfer over.
Milan
28. klimi | August 7th, 2008 at 2:01 am
This yahoo messenger setup is absurd. If you switch it on you are swamped by spam conversation requests. There should be a settingallowing you to accept communication requests from certain users — a whitelist — while blocking ALL OTHERS.
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