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I need to know why there is not a smilie next to my name in an email sent to me on yahoo.?

Ok, I am for real with this, and cannot find an answer anywhere on the web. Guess I do not know where to look. But, here it is.. I was sent an email by someone I consider a friend, and see that he sent it to a few people at the same time. I notice a couple of the addys he listed have a yellow smiley, showing they have instant messenger. There is not a smiley next to my name, however, even though I have IM.

Does the lack of a smiley showing my IM mean I am not on his messenger list? Or is this something that doesnt show because of some preference I chose? I notice some of the other contacts he sent this joke to have, some do not have, the IM symbol. Hope I make sense explaining this. Thanks.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    either he hasn't listed you or u need to accept to be of his ims

  • 1 decade ago

    Well usually a "lit up" smiley means that the person is online. And a dim "gray" smiley means that the person is currently not connected to the internet.

    Don't know why YOUR smiley didn't light up, maybe you can't see your own light up. Maybe only others can.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Open the innovations tab, then Mail or extra innovations, then Account alternatives. (that is help >> in Beta Mail) interior the final section, a field on the main suitable might desire to teach your alternatives for the From: call. Edit that, then keep changes (above the field)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    cuz you dont have yahoo messenger duh!!!!!!!!

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