How to change my default email program from Microsoft Outlook express to Yahoo for direct mail from messenger?

Set Internet Explorer or Firefox to open a Yahoo! Mail Compose window if you click an email link on a web page. Email links appear all over the place – contact us links, feedback links, peoples’ underlined names. So, what email program opens when you click links like these? Make it Yahoo! Mail!





Here’s how to set your PC, running either Internet Explorer or Firefox, to open your account’s Compose window when you click an email link on a web page. There’s not an official version for the Mac - yet.





PC -- Internet Explorer or Firefox





1.From the “Start” pop-up menu in the lower left corner of your desktop, select “Settings” %26gt; “Control Panel”.


2.In the Control Panel, select “Internet Options”. This opens the “Internet Properties” window.


3.Click the “Programs” tab along the top.


4.Click the “E-mail” pull-down menu, and select Yahoo! Mail*


Click OK.





*Are you not seeing Yahoo! Mail in your list of E-mail programs? Download Yahoo! Messenger. It’s easy, it’s quick, and it puts Yahoo! Mail in your E-mail application list.





http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya...





You can download Yahoo! Messenger here:


http://messenger.yahoo.com/





If you already have Yahoo! Messenger, re-install it. If you don't want Yahoo! Messenger and uninstall it, it should leave Yahoo! Mail in the list of email options.

How to change my default email program from Microsoft Outlook express to Yahoo for direct mail from messenger?
sorry but yahoo messenger is already downloaded on my PC but still I dont see the yahoo mail option in the Email list....how do i add it to the email list... Report Abuse

Reply:In order for you to use Yahoo! mail on Outlook Express or Outlook, you'll be using it as a POP mail service. Currently, you have to upgrade to Yahoo! Plus for that and there is a fee for it.
Reply:use these instructions exactly





1. From the Tools menu, choose "Accounts."


2. Select the "Mail" tab.


3. Click the "Add" button.


4. From the Add menu, click "Mail."


5. In the text box labeled Display Name, type your name and click "Next."


6. In the Email Address box, type your Yahoo! Mail address (be sure to include "@yahoo.co.uk") and click "Next."


7. Under "My incoming mail server is a..." select "POP3."


8. Type "pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk" in the Incoming Mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) Server box.


9. Type "smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk" in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server box.


10. Click "Next."


11. In the Account Name box, type your Yahoo! Mail ID (your email address without the "@yahoo.co.uk").


12. In the Password box, type your Yahoo! Mail password.


13. If you want Outlook Express to remember your password, check the "Remember password" box.


14. Do not check the boxes labeled "Log on using Secure..."


15. Click "Next."


16. Click "Finish."





Important: The Yahoo! Mail SMTP server now requires authentication. To turn this setting on:





1. From the Tools menu, choose "Accounts."


2. Select the "Mail" tab.


3. Double-click the account labeled "pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk."


4. Select the "Servers" tab.


5. Check the box next to "My Server Requires Authentication."


6. Click "OK."





To control deletion of messages from the Yahoo! Mail Server:





1. From the Tools menu, choose "Accounts."


2. Select the "Mail" tab.


3. Double-click the account labeled "pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk."


4. Select the "Advanced" tab.


5. In the Delivery section at the bottom of the window, check "Leave a copy of messages on server" if you want to save your Yahoo! Mail messages on the Yahoo! Mail server as well as on your local computer. Do not check this box if you want your messages to be deleted from the Yahoo! Mail server once you have received them in Outlook Express.
Reply:Most of the Outlook Express error messages are due to problems with the internet connection, not the software on your computer.