Free SMS

With Yahoo! Messenger for SMS, you can send and receive Yahoo! Messenger instant messages on your mobile. You just need a TELKOMSEL connected phone that can send SMS messages. Chat in real time with your friends, family, and co-workers -- whether they're across the room or across the country. You can do it all by sending SMS messages from your mobile phone.

TELKOMSEL Mobile customers, you will be charged Rp. 500 (subject to any promotional rates by TELKOMSEL) for sending messages from your handset when you are logged into Yahoo! Messenger for SMS. Refer to important terms and conditions and pricing information.

Signing In from your computer

Signing into Yahoo! Messenger for SMS is easy with Yahoo! Messenger. Instead of signing out of Yahoo! Messenger when you leave your computer, go to "Login" on Yahoo! Messenger and select the menu item "Login to Mobile Device".

The first time you use this feature, you will be prompted to provide your carrier and mobile phone details. Thereafter, simply click on the menu item with your mobile number under "Login". You can also edit your Messenger Preferences to be always auto-signed into Messenger for SMS whenever you exit Messenger on your computer.

Signing In from your mobile phone

If you are away from your computer, the alternative way to sign into Yahoo! Messenger for SMS from your mobile is to send a SMS message "in [your Yahoo! ID] [your password]" like the example below.

in myyahooid
mypassw0rd

For example, if your Yahoo! ID is "myyahooid" and your password is "mypassw0rd", your message would be "in myyahooid mypassw0rd".

Send the message to 4246.

Once successfully signed in, you will receive a list of your online friends. Your status message will appear to users on the PC version of Yahoo! Messenger as "I'm on SMS".

NB: Use lowercase for your password.

Signing Out from your mobile phone

To sign out of Yahoo! Messenger, send a SMS message "out" and sent to 4246.

Automatic Sign Out

If you're signed in, but don't use the SMS service for a week, you will automatically be signed out and sent a free SMS message inviting you to sign in again. You will then have to sign in again the next time you access any of these services.

Any offline messages will be archived and retrieved the next time you log on to Yahoo! Messenger on your computer. Archived messages will not be sent to you via SMS.