But of course, if we only met our friends once a year, that would be terrible. Do you and your friends go online often? If so, and if you have the Yahoo! Messenger, you can add them onto your friends list! Try the new online invitation to invite your friends onto your Yahoo! Messenger list. You can instantly add friends who are on Gmail, Hotmail, Facebook, MySpace and more.

Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Select the online service where your contacts are stored, i.e. Hotmail, Gmail, MySpace.

Step 2: Fill in your username and password for the service. Repeat that for each service you want to get contacts from.

Step 3: We’ll show you which of the friends in your address book(s) are already using Yahoo! Messenger. You can then quickly add them to your contact list and they will receive a prompt from you to confirm the request and add you to their list. If they’re not online at the time, they’ll receive the request the next time they sign in. Until they approve your request, they’ll remain in your list with an “Add request pending” note next to their name.

Step 4: We’ll show you all the other friends from your address book(s) that are not yet using Yahoo! Messenger.  For the friends that you select, we’ll send them an email on your behalf, inviting tme to chat with you on Yahoo! Messenger. From the email they receive, they can easily add you to their Messenger contact list, or if they’re new to Messenger, download the program and get started.

Add your friends and start chatting and share files and videos with Yahoo! Messenger’s easy-to-use tool!