Smaller Pictures and Yahoo Mail

[BK]

My son has Windows XP and uses Yahoo Mail to send pictures. When he selects
the pictures to email and chooses "make my pictures smaller," he seems to be
limited to only 2 pictures in Yahoo Mail. If he selects more than that,
everything freezes up. By process of elimination, he discovered that 2
pictures seems to be the limit. Even then, the pictures aren't really
"attached" to his email screen. He has to copy and paste the path into the
"browse" box in order to keep the smaller pictures available to email.

Also, is there a way for him to use Outlook Express to send and receive his
Yahoo mail? I use Outlook Express and can choose as many pictures as I
want to "make smaller" and email. Wondered if his Yahoo Mail account could
be used via Outlook Express? We just don't know all the appropriate server
information to set up a new account in Outlook Express.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

This isn't an Office question but I know that you can because I just sent my
niece directions on Monday. Use Google - it's there and it walks you thru
step by step.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[BK]

JoAnn

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. However, I haven't found any
information about emailing the smaller pictures through Yahoo Mail. The
only step-by-step information I could find was how to access the "make my
pictures smaller" option which we already can do.

I've searched for "email smaller pictures with Yahoo" and "yahoo email
smaller pictures" and "steps for emailing smaller pictures in Yahoo." Not
getting anything helpful to my particular issue.

Any other specifics you might be kind enough to share with me???

This isn't an Office question but I know that you can because I just sent
my niece directions on Monday. Use Google - it's there and it walks you
thru step by step.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

My son has Windows XP and uses Yahoo Mail to send pictures. When he
selects the pictures to email and chooses "make my pictures smaller," he
seems to be limited to only 2 pictures in Yahoo Mail. If he selects more
than that, everything freezes up. By process of elimination, he
discovered that 2 pictures seems to be the limit. Even then, the
pictures aren't really "attached" to his email screen. He has to copy
and paste the path into the "browse" box in order to keep the smaller
pictures available to email.

Also, is there a way for him to use Outlook Express to send and receive
his Yahoo mail? I use Outlook Express and can choose as many pictures
as I want to "make smaller" and email. Wondered if his Yahoo Mail
account could be used via Outlook Express? We just don't know all the
appropriate server information to set up a new account in Outlook
Express.

 

[PA Bear]

If it's a US- or CA-based account or if it's not associated with his ISP
subscription, he'd have to subscribe to Yahoo Mail Plus
(http://mailplus.mail.yahoo.com/) to be able to access the account in OE or
another POP3 Mail Client.

That being said, there workarounds (e.g.,
http://sourceforge.net/projects/yahoopops/).
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net; DTS-L http://dts-l.org/

BK wrote:

 

[N. Miller]

My son has Windows XP and uses Yahoo Mail to send pictures. When he selects
the pictures to email and chooses "make my pictures smaller," he seems to be
limited to only 2 pictures in Yahoo Mail.

It sounds like he is trying to use the "Send To...Mail Recipient" option
from the image selection menu which pops up when clicking on the Yahoo! web
mail 'Attach' button. I can right click on an image in that menu, and select
that option, but it doesn't do anything for me. The image is added to the
attachment list in the web browser, but it remains the original size.

If he selects more than that, everything freezes up. By process of elimination,
he discovered that 2 pictures seems to be the limit. Even then, the pictures
aren't really "attached" to his email screen. He has to copy and paste the path
into the "browse" box in order to keep the smaller pictures available to email.

It sounds like he is doing something that doesn't really work with Yahoo!
Web Mail. OIC. The "Email recipient" icon in the "Send To" folder is for
MAPI clients. AFAIK, Yahoo! Web Mail is not a MAPI mail client, so this
option shouldn't even work.

FWIW, if I don't try to use the "Send To" option, I can attach as many files
as I want in the Yahoo! Web mail view; up to the maximum email size limit
allowed by Yahoo! (which is 10MBytes; but overhead means no more than
6MBytes of images, or so).

Also, is there a way for him to use Outlook Express to send and receive his
Yahoo mail?

Yes; maybe. If he is using a Yahoo! Mail account in the 'yahoo.com' domain,
he has to pay $19.99 a year for a Yahoo! Mail Plus account; or use a third
party web-to-POP proxy. I don't use such an application, so I don't know if
it can be configured for using SMTP for sending. As an 'at&t Yahoo! HSI' DSL
subscriber, I can use 'smtp.mail.yahoo.com', though I am supposed to use
'smtp.att.yahoo.com'.

Or any of the Yahoo! Mail CC TLD domains should work. I use POP3/SMTP with
free Yahoo! Mail from Australia ('pop/smtp.mail.yahoo.com.au') and Japan
(pop/smtp.mail.yahoo.co.jp). I had to subscribe to Yahoo! Delivers on those
free web mail accounts.

BTW, the Yahoo! Mail Plus account only costs $19.99 per year, and increased
the email size to 20MBytes (which is more than most ISPs offer to their
users, so be careful what you send to whom).

I use Outlook Express and can choose as many pictures as I want to "make
smaller" and email. Wondered if his Yahoo Mail account could be used via
Outlook Express? We just don't know all the appropriate server information
to set up a new account in Outlook Express.

All the details are available through the Yahoo! online Help system.

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Oops. Earlier this week I sent my niece a link to the Yahoo page because she
dumped AOL and is now using Verizon DSL. Guess I need to contact her.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[N. Miller]

Oops. Earlier this week I sent my niece a link to the Yahoo page because she
dumped AOL and is now using Verizon DSL. Guess I need to contact her.

Verizon give their subscribers four choices for ISP service:

AOL
MSN
Yahoo!
Plain old Verizon.

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

She's using Yahoo but there's nothing to stop their users from using
something else, such as GMail or Hotmail, etc.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[PA Bear]

If her Verizon mail account is handled by Yahoo, maybe not.

 

[N. Miller]

She's using Yahoo but there's nothing to stop their users from using
something else, such as GMail or Hotmail, etc.

Um, yeah, but...

http://verizon.yahoo.com/

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I honestly don't know what her set-up is. She just emailed me last week and
I know she was using the web interface. I find most web mail interfaces to
be a product of a demonic mind.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[N. Miller]

I honestly don't know what her set-up is. She just emailed me last week and
I know she was using the web interface. I find most web mail interfaces to
be a product of a demonic mind.

Verizon users have a choice; but once the choice is made, they are stuck
with the consequences for a minimum of six months. AT&T users have no
choice:

http://att.yahoo.com/

We get access to the Yahoo! Mail servers free; or use of the web mail
interface. But, aside from access to old, legacy prodigy.net SMTP message
submission servers as alternates, we are stuck with 'pop.att.yahoo.com' for
downloading email with POP3 clients.

I can't tell you what her setup is either; she could use a free Yahoo! Mail
account regardless of whether she is using Verizon-AOL, Verizon-MSN,
Verizon-Yahoo!, or just plain Verizon. Only if she is using Verizon-Yahoo!
will she have free access to Yahoo! POP3/SMTP servers. (Rather, access for
the cost of her Internet service from Verizon.)

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.