
The actual client, originally called Yahoo! Pager, launched on Maand renamed to Yahoo! Messenger in 1999. Messenger dates back to Yahoo! Chat, which was a public service.

The service also offered, file transfers, webcam hosting, a text messaging service, and chat rooms in various categories.Yahoo!

Messenger was provided free of charge and could be downloaded and used with a generic 'Yahoo ID' which also allowed access to other Yahoo! Services, such as.
