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Disable Yahoo Mail alerts in Yahoo Messenger?

Is there any way to stop the Yahoo mail alert from popping up on my PC when Yahoo Messenger is launched? This is very aggravating, especially when I'm trying to read something on my Windows system!

Dave's Answer:

I can totally understand how that can get annoying, so you'll be glad to know that you can disable these notifications!

Here are the instructions on how to disable mail alerts:

Open Yahoo! Messenger
Click Messenger --> Preferences or CTRL+Shift+P
Under category click Alerts and Sounds
In the "Alert me when" box click "I receive email in Yahoo! Mail"
Uncheck the boxes next to "Displaying a dialog box", "Showing an icon in the system tray" and "Showing a message in the bottom right corner of my screen". If you prefer not hear the pow alert as well uncheck "Playing a sound..."
Click OK and you're done.

So as not to leave you in the dark, let's also define these three options:

"Displaying a dialog box" is the Windows dialog box that pops up notifying you of new mail. "Showing an icon in the system tray" is the envelope that appears when new mail arrives. "Showing a message in the bottom right corner of my screen" is the box that comes up giving you the subject of the message or how many emails.

Additionally, you can customize all your alerts in a very similar manner: Select the alert you want to change then check or uncheck the boxes as desired. You can even change what sounds you hear.

Hope that helps take some of the aggregation out of your computing experience!

Thanks to Mya Leigh for her help with this question.

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Comments

I just want to THANK YOU for providing the great directions for diabling Yahoo Mail alerts. The sound (like a gunshot) caused my heart to skip a beat with each new message.

Paul

Posted by: Paul at July 18, 2005 3:35 AM

So what do you do when the above doesnt work.

I have followed your instructions and have all alert for anything unchecked but I still get the You have mail pop up.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled messenger and it still does it.

Yahoo tech support basically has given up.

Posted by: anne at August 3, 2005 11:44 PM

This is really useful! Thanks.

Posted by: Rob at January 13, 2006 3:30 PM

Works great. Thanks!

Posted by: noname at February 12, 2007 8:08 AM

Dear DAVE,

I belong to messenger yahoo mail with a chat w/friends I have trouble having a conference with them and today I signed on and I am blocked this is very confusing because I can not sign in as invisible and I am constantly being bothered by trying to undue things that occur. can you help me deal with these problems

Posted by: starleo14672 at January 27, 2008 2:12 PM

My ID is not Showing a message in the bottom right corner of my screen

Posted by: Dattatraya Mane at February 4, 2008 12:55 AM

when I am using messenger, after I a few minutes I can no longer send any message. IT just stops letting me send. I can still receive from the person I am IMing but have to give up after about 1 or 2 minutes, Any advice?

Thanks

Lucy

Posted by: Miss Lucy at April 20, 2008 9:16 AM

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!! :-)

Posted by: Munir at August 9, 2008 11:15 AM

i am having proplems getting into my spam mail.could you help me please?

Posted by: gabreal ironhawk at October 23, 2008 11:22 AM

I have alot of blocked e-mail addresses. I'd like to delete them all from my blocked area on yahoo. How do I do this?

Posted by: Kat at December 5, 2008 9:04 PM

Hi,

It' ok for Yahoo Mail alerts but the problem is for Yahoo Personals alert ! The settings described above not works in this case.

If I log in with another id (same computer), there is not Yahoo Personals alert (pop up that if you click it redirects you to Yahoo Personals).

What is absolutely not acceptable is that I am not a member of Yahoo Personals !!!

Any solutions?

I restored a backup of the Registry but it not solves the problem.

Therefore it seems my id for some reasons I don't know has been added to an "advertising list". When I log in the Yahoo server orders Yahoo Messenger to pop up the Yahoo Personals alert.

Posted by: Jack at February 2, 2009 11:18 PM

I started getting notification of yahoo personals messages at least a month ago. I have no personals account. I have all notifications disabled but it doesn't matter I still get them all. I started getting notification of about 235 for a while then about 110. after a while more now I get notified I have about 35. To top it all off I do not have an account. I logged in once to see them and then was asked to make a profile for Personals. There is nothing there. While I am not married this could start some major arguments for those that are. I personally think it is a rude for of advertising for yahoo personals. Like junk mail.

Posted by: Ron at February 9, 2009 3:34 AM

im trying to download yahoo messenger 9.0 it says install is incomplete or other applications are running .. what should i do?

Posted by: sato at February 14, 2009 10:37 AM

i don't know how to get yahoo e-mail

Posted by: lana at February 21, 2009 9:56 AM

when i create id in yahoo messenger it dont allow me to use cosecutive dots or underlines and some other restrictions,is it possible that i can make yahoo id of my own choice like some other ppl doing so?

Posted by: Zahi at March 25, 2009 11:28 PM

So.. i'd like follow these instructions to disable yahoo messenger, but back to Pre-Step 1: How do you "open Yahoo Messenger?"

Posted by: kate at April 14, 2009 5:57 PM

I would like to disable yahoo mobile. can you provide instructions? thanks for any help.

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