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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

I have a lot to say, but ...

I have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but most of all I'd like to say thank you for all your efforts on this Web site by buying you a chai!

I do have a comment, now that you mention it!