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I am getting a flashing/changing tab heading announcing a message from someone and can not stop it

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the tab heading states: carmeliagtrosenwald sent you anew message, then it alternates with the standard heading, farmboy1050-yahoo mail. I have no way to stop this from happening, do not know this person, and don't know how to retrieve or delete the message

the tab heading states: carmeliagtrosenwald sent you anew message, then it alternates with the standard heading, farmboy1050-yahoo mail. I have no way to stop this from happening, do not know this person, and don't know how to retrieve or delete the message

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Disable Yahoo Messenger in your Yahoo Mail account.

Use the arrow on the right of your account name to go offline or sign out.

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Disable Yahoo Messenger in your Yahoo Mail account.

Use the arrow on the right of your account name to go offline or sign out.

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that solved the problem. I thought I was not signed in to the messenger thing, just don't use it at all. thanks