Free Yahoo mail works; how can I turn off Windows mail?

[Julie C]

I like my free Yahoo mail account fine. I saw a few threads where Gary said
that Windows Mail does not support free Yahoo mail. How do I turn off Windows
mail so that I can use Yahoo? Right now, I can't send an outgoing mail that I
started by clicking on the intended recipient's email address on a college
website because Windows Mail has "grabbed" the e-mail.

I have att dsl as ISP and prefer not to set up att.net as my preferred
e-mail address.

Thank you.

 

[Dave]

If you prefer using Yahoo webmail, maybe the following link
may help.... (I can't vouch for it)
http://www.pchell.com/support/yahoomail.shtml

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Install the latest version of Yahoo Toolbar and enable the "Make Yahoo Mail
my default" option.

 

[Julie C]

Thanks, Dave.

It dawned on me to try Yahoo help rather than Windows Mail help. I assume
your link goes to the same or similar place I went. For anybody else having
this problem, Yahoo had me download their latest toolbar, which somehow added
Yahoo mail as a choice for my default e-mail program. I did that, clicked on
the e-mail address I was trying to send to, copied the message over to Yahoo
mail, then sent. It appears to have worked.

thanks again.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[I believe there's an echo in here again!]

Thanks, Dave.

It dawned on me to try Yahoo help rather than Windows Mail help. I assume
your link goes to the same or similar place I went. For anybody else
having
this problem, Yahoo had me download their latest toolbar, which somehow
added Yahoo mail as a choice for my default e-mail program. I did that,
clicked on the e-mail address I was trying to send to, copied the message
over to Yahoo mail, then sent. It appears to have worked.

thanks again.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

If your Yahoo email address is associated with your AT&T DSL account,
it is not considered to be a 'free' account but a 'partnered' account.
Partnered Yahoo accounts do have POP access, so they can be set up
in Windows Mail. However, it sounds like you prefer webmail, so this is
a moot point.