Comments on: Add a Shortcut to Yahoo! Mail on your Desktop

By: A K Gupta

A K Gupta — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:49:24 +0000

The sent Mail is not saved in the sent mail box.
Plx Clarify..

By: JOHN SPARE

JOHN SPARE — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:01:42 +0000

I am repeatedly annoyed and upset at being unable to access yahoo mail at any point in time, despite using every option claimed to be available, without signing in each and every time ,also having signed the 2 week access agreement and dragging down the icon to desk top for short cut access,-the time spent annoys me intensly and drives me crazy ,it is enough to make a parson swear.

By: Jeanie

Jeanie — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:32:32 +0000

Hi Andrew, Thank you so much for your help, i now have yahoo on my desktop, and cant believe how easy it was to do, i did it on the second attemt, thats good for me, like your mum i am a novice, bit i am having so fun playing with my laptop,i do get in a muddle sometimes but i manage to get out.there are a lot of terms i dont understand,like what are cookies?and what does uri stand for?i like my cookies with choc chips in them,am sure as time goes on i will learn more and more and this 58yr old brain will keep me feeling and looking like a 40yr.onceagain thank y

By: tarzan

tarzan — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:55:26 +0000

to Mary Gould,
you need to preserve the cookies in browser.
If the browser delete the cookies on exit then you need to
login again.

By: Mary Gould

Mary Gould — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:16:54 +0000

Dear Andrew,

I hope your Mum has better success with your shortcuts than I - both mine open Adobe reader.

I’d love to know how Steve manages to stay signed in for the fortnight - I’ve checked the box but always have to sign in every day, sometimes 2 or three times.

By: King Dosser

King Dosser — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:52:12 +0000

I simply created a new shortcut on my desktop. I then logged into Yahoo mail and copied the link into the new shortcut.
When i click on the new shortcut it takes me direct to my e-mail if i’m logged in, or to the log in page if i’m not.

You can also drag and drop this shorcut onto your toolbar (next to your start menu button) and after a few connections the icon will change to the red Y that we all recognize as Yahoo…. One clickand i’m in!!!
Hope this helps someone.

By: Georgia

Georgia — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:04:20 +0000

Well I am very angry with Anna coz it is so not true!!!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:18:03 +0000

I simply have Yahoo! Mail set as my home page and have an icon/link to Firefox in my desktop Quick Launch bar. Clicking on that takes me straight there and I only sign in when my ’signed-in’ period expires (every 2 weeks).

As Firefox allows users to set more than one tab/web page as home, I also have another start page open at the same time. Job done!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:18:01 +0000

The problem with this link is that it always brings you to the sign in page, even if you are already signed in.

The link I usually use is: https://mail.yahoo.com, which does not pose the above problem. This isn’t perfect either though as your browser presents you with a ‘certificate domain mismatch’ warning message which requires you to accept the certificate (the problem here is that the certificate the page uses is issued by login.yahoo.com, not mail.yahoo.com).

By: Annie

Annie — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:31:46 +0000

Hi,

Yes this is the easiest option to copy and paste the shortcut to your desktop - now if you are more pedantic like me you can change the icon to something that you like and makes life easier to spot - I must say that after experiencing so much trouble with aol software I switched to yahoo mail and I can honestly say that I have never looked back.