If you install the most recent version of Yahoo Toolbar, it includes an
option to make Yahoo Mail the default. See
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mai…ttings-10.html
Unless you’re Yahoo Plus subscriber or your Yahoo account is associated with
your ISP (e.g., ATT), you won’t be able to access your
account in Windows Mail.
—
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client – since 2002
www.banthecheck.com
Carrie wrote:
> This computer is new to me and so is vista – I have had no problem with
> email because I have always gone to my own ISP via explorer. Today,
> however, I wanted to reply to a craigslist seller and found that my
> computer was trying to send the email with windows mail (and not sending!)
> – it was asking me questions like who my outgoing server and incoming
> server is – can anyone tell me what I need to do? Do I have to use windows
> mail or can my computer be set to default to yahoo email like my old one
> was? This is probably such an easy fix – but I am really not great with
> computers…please help!
