I am setting up IM for the first time on my computer

[Mark Doliner]

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Santos, Vilma <vsantos at utsystem.edu> wrote:
> I have a yahoo network, but I am trying to plug in so that I can IM with my
> friends at UT Austin – how do I add these buddies if their account is
> different from my Yahoo?

With a Yahoo! account it is only possible to add other Yahoo! users to
your buddy list.

If they are using a different IM service then you would need an
account on that service in order to communicate with them.