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How to Bookmark "Compose Message" in Yahoo! Mail

By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com

If you compose new emails often in Yahoo! Mail — and I bet you do —, you don't have to visit the Yahoo! Mail home page first. You can go directly to the Compose screen (do not collect 20 wasted seconds) by saving a shortcut to it in your browser.

Bookmark "Compose Message" in Yahoo! Mail

To bookmark the Compose Message screen in Yahoo! Mail:

Of course, typing "http://compose.mail.yahoo.com/" in the browser address bar will take you to writing an email in Yahoo! Mail right away (possibly after a log-in screen) as well.

Bookmark Mailing Certain Recipients

If you have a few friend or colleagues you mail very frequently, you can even create individual Yahoo! Mail bookmarks that will automatically enter their email address in the To: line.

Unfortunately, new mail bookmarks only work while you are logged in to Yahoo! Mail. If your session has timed out since you last visited Yahoo! Mail, you'll be asked to log in anew.

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