I do not use Yahoo Mail except for checking it about once a day and sending all of the spam to the spam folder. If you switch back to Yahoo 7 Classic Mail, it does have the IM interface. I use Gmail for my main emailing accounts and use Outlook 2003 for handling my email so I rarely use the Gmail webpage interface but I know that Gmail also has their IM service built into their email page but I never get any spammers or any other IM's from the Gmail service when I am occasionally on the website page checking my spam folder for any possible good mail that might have gone in there.
Here's another answer I found in a search. "You can NOT remove the new Chat feature from your Classic Mail----BUT---- you CAN disable it so it doesn't sign you in when you go to Mail. When the page loads, look for the IM contact list on the left hand side. Click where your status says "Available" and THEN select "Sign out of Chat". This will disable the feature. Yes the small blue box will still be there under the trash, but it's not activated. That's the best we can do at the moment." Hope that helps. I haven't been able to verify this since I do not get the Yahoo Chat/IM service when I sign into my Yahoo Mail account. Lenny Vasbinder http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and files... https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Susan LHeureux Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 10:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Y!M] (unknown) Hi. How do I get Yahoo messenger off my mail page so I don't keep getting a message from the same person to add me to the online contacts list every time I open mail? I am not interested in belonging to Yahoo messenger and deleted the program from my computer. Thanks. Susan L'Heureux
