Monday, September 10, 2007

Categories and Contacts

Categories and contacts are used to e-mail groups of people all at once.  Here are some example of categories:

Here are the directions to making and using categories.

  1. Click Start.

  2. Click Internet Explorer. 

  3. In the address bar type www.yahoo.com

  4. Log in to the e-mail.  Type in your username and password.

  5. In the top tabs click addresses. 

  6. Now you will see a list of all the people in your contacts list.

  7. Click on the users you want to place in a category. 

  8. I forgot to check their names so let me try again. 

  9. Click Add to category. 

  10. After you click that an option will appear at the bottom to add "new category." 

  11. Now you have to give the category a name. 

  12. Click OK. 

  13. Now we will go onto how to send an e-mail to the group.

  14. Click Mail. 

  15. Click Compose. 

  16. On the To line begin type the name of the category. 

  17. When you begin type the name of a group the name will pop up.    This group is called gloria-friends.  Click on the group.

  18. The name will appear on the To: line. 

  19. Type the message and click send.