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Yahoomail.com, The largest e-mail provider

Yahoomail.com, the largest e-mail provider on the Internet is a web based e-mail service from Yahoo and is used by millions of users across the world.

The yahoomail.com logo is situated at the top left hand side of the homepage. The ‘Sign In to Yahoo!' box is displayed to the right side of the screen. Users can sign in by entering their Yahoo ID and password. If the user does not have an existing yahoo id he can easily create one using the ‘Sign Up' link situated just below the ‘Sign In' button. The space in the center of the homepage carries advertisements of products and services. There is a ‘Yahoo' link at the top right hand corner of the homepage which takes users to the Yahoo homepage. The ‘Help' link is located near the ‘Yahoo' link. The yahoomail.com homepage is both simple and easy to use.

The user is taken to his Yahoo mail account page once he signs in. A customized welcome message bearing the user's Yahoo ID (For e.g. "Welcome, Steve123") greets the user with the ‘Sign out' and ‘My Account' links located below the welcome greeting. The menu items such as ‘Mail', ‘Addresses', ‘Calendar' and ‘Notepad' are all displayed below the Yahoo Mail logo. The ‘Inbox', ‘Draft', ‘Sent', ‘Bulk' and ‘Trash' folders are situated to the left side of the homepage. The ‘Search shortcuts' namely ‘My Photos' and ‘My Attachments' are located below the Folders.

The "Check Mail" and "Compose" buttons appear below the main menu. When the user clicks on the ‘Check Mail' option, the inbox of the user is opened. The user can view the mails that he has received, delete unwanted mails, mark selected messages as spam and move selected messages using the ‘Delete', ‘Spam', ‘Mark' and ‘Move' buttons. The user can compose mails by clicking on the ‘Compose' button. The user can send the mails after composing them by clicking on the "Send" button. The "Save as a Draft" button allows the user to save a draft of the composed mail. Yahoo offers the search textbox at the top right hand corner which lets the user to search for information on any topic from the Internet. Prominent features of the free version of Yahoo Mail include 1 GB of memory space, 10 MB attachments, protection against spam and viruses. Yahoo Mail also offers the Plus Version of Yahoo Mail which provides 2 GB memory space and POP3 access. Yahoo has a Business version of Yahoo Mail meant for business people. Yahoomail generates revenue through advertisements.