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Instant email notification is what one needs in their busy schedule. If you are not receiving the Yahoo notifications on your device, you will have to open your email repeatedly to check through these notifications. To avoid this repetitive signing into your Yahoo email for any alerts, you can opt for Yahoo Mail alerts service. You should follow the steps given in this blog to enable these alerts.

Turning on the Yahoo email alerts

1. Firstly, check if the desktop alerts are turned on in your system’s browser settings.
2. Also, check if the Yahoo notifications are not blocked on your device as the blocking of the notifications will result in not receiving the Yahoo alerts on your device.
3. Now, go to the Yahoo email in your browser.
4. Ensure to use the full version of the Yahoo email.
5. On the top-right corner of your Yahoo inbox is a gear icon. Tap on that gear icon to open your email settings.
6. Tap on the option of View email.
7. Now, check the Enable Notification box to enable the notification alerts for your Yahoo email.
8. If you cannot find this option on your browser, your browser does not support the enabling of the email alerts for your Yahoo email. Try changing your browser and continue with the process.
9. Select the Save option to save any changes.
10. Now, exit and close your Yahoo email account and then reopen it in the same browser.
11. Make sure that you allow “****.mail.yahoo.com” to display the email alerts on your browser.
12. Lastly, ensure that your Yahoo email account is open in a compressed tab to view the notification alerts.

Every browser has its own set of procedures for different processes like resetting a password, how to recover mail in Yahoo, or enabling the Yahoo alerts. Further, in the blog, we shall discuss the procedures of some most used browsers.

Enabling Yahoo alerts on Google Chrome

1. Click on the Google Chrome browser to launch it on your computer.
2. On the extreme right of the URL field, click on the menu button.
3. Select settings from the menu.
4. Now, visit the Privacy section and, after that, move to Content settings.
5. Make sure that the options for “Allow all sites to show notifications” or “Ask when a site wants to show notifications (recommended)” are enabled.
6. Under the notification tab, click on Manage exceptions and ensure that in Deny list, there is no entry for “****.mail.yahoo.com.”
7. Double tap on done option to save the changes.

Enabling Yahoo alerts on Mozilla Firefox

1. Click on the browser’s Open Menu button.
2. Tap on the Preferences option.
3. Now go to the Content Category.
4. Select the Choose option under the Notifications button.
5. Check the block list to ensure that there is no entry for “****.mail.yahoo.com.”
6. Finally, exit the window

If you do not find your browser in the above list, contact the Yahoo email service providers to start receiving the Yahoo alerts on your device only at Contact for Service.

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