Using Yahoo Messenger With Non-Yahoo Email

[tHE LoRd]

Hi All,

We can use any email with MSN Messenger after registering this email as Passport.

Can we use any email address such as Gmail, with Yahoo Messenger? If it's possible, how?

Thanks in advance.

[DouglasLWarren]

I believe you can use any email address for yahoo IM but you must register for a Yahoo screen name.

From Yahoo! help:

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Every person needs a unique ID to identify themselves when using Yahoo! Messenger. After you have installed the program, you will see a Get a Yahoo! ID button where you can sign up for a Yahoo! ID if you do not already have one. If you have already created a Yahoo! ID for any Yahoo! services - Mail, My! Yahoo, Yahoo! Personals, etc. - you can use that for Yahoo! Messenger as well. A Yahoo! ID is the first part of a Yahoo! Mail address - e.g. dairyman88 in dairyman88@yahoo.com

If you need to sign up for a Yahoo! ID, you will be taken to a web page that asks you to:

Select an ID (e.g. dairyman88)

Choose a password

Enter a security question in case you forget your password

Enter your name, language, zip code and gender

After completing this process, your Yahoo! ID will be active.

To sign in to Yahoo! Messenger, type your Yahoo! ID and password into the Yahoo! Messenger ID and password boxes, and then click the Sign In button.

Maverick

[tHE LoRd]

What I undestand from help:

1- You must get a Yahoo ID to use Yahoo Messenger.

2- As they define Yahoo ID "A Yahoo! ID is the first part of a Yahoo! Mail address - e.g. dairyman88 in dairyman88@yahoo.com"

These could tell that it's impossible to use a non-yahoo email address to log to Yahoo Messenger, for example, you can not use someone@gmail.com to log to Yahoo Messenger, while you can do this with MSN Messenger.

Anyway, thanks for help :)