After kicking around the contact list tutorials, it strikes me
that the functionality is there for "Messenger", while Yahoo Mail
is an afterthought. I think you're going to need some other mail
solution, to do what you want, because I see no "grouping" capability
in the email contacts list. Those contacts are just one group of its
own. There don't appear to be "groups within groups" that I can see.
http://help.yahoo.com/tutorials/ms9/mess/im_contactlist1.html
I expect Yahoo did it that way (added email), so that a Messenger
user could contact a non-Yahoo user. It doesn't give me the impression
of being intended as a full featured email service.
Paul
Well, this is all very bizarre. I looked at the link you provided, and
just doesn't seem to fit in my case. For example, the link mentions
directories. I see none on the mail home page. Another poster mentioned
Categories.I see nothing about it on the mail home page. Same deal for
Addresses--Addresses are not on the page either.
Let me try this to see if it makes any sense. Suppose I create a msg to
one person with New. I get a msg saying ooPs! We were unable to access
your Contacts. Retry or Cancel. I select Cancel and write my msg, then
send it. A page appears saying the msg was sent. It also says Recipents
not in your Contacts. Would you like to add them. I say no.
So my question is why can't it see my Contacts? Very odd that it gave
me the msg "not in your Contacts".
In any case, if someone knows where there's a *Yahoo Group or forump*
devoted to e-mail questions, I would appreciate it.
I found via Google a 7/24 Yahoo Mail free hot line. I called, and they
wanted my name and e-mail address. No problem. Then they wanted to take
control of my computer. No thanks I said. Forget that.