---
name: "gnuyahoo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnuyahoo"
version: "0.3.pre0-2"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnuyahoo"
---

# gnuyahoo(1)

The GNU Messenger for Yahoo services

## NAME

gnuyahoo  - The GNU Messenger for Yahoo services

## DESCRIPTION

GNUYahoo is a console based yahoo messenger with geeky "readline" and "guile" interface

-

  gnuyahoo \[options\]

## OPTIONS

- **-u**=*YAHOOID*, **--user**=*YAHOOID*

  YAHOO-ID is your account name.

- **-s**=*STATUS*, **--status**=*STATUS*

  Default login status number. STATUS can be one of the following numbers,

              0:  I'm Available\
               1:  Be Right Back\
               2:  Busy\
               3:  Not at Home\
               4:  Not at my Desk\
               5:  Not in the Office\
               6:  On the Phone\
               7:  On Vacation\
               8:  Out to Lunch\
               9:  Stepped Out\
              12:  Invisible\
             999:  Idle

- **-v**, **--version**

  Version information

- **-h**, **--help**

  Help on options

For more information, type "?help" from within gnuyahoo, or consult the gnuyahoo manual (available as on-line info or a printed manual).

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to "gnubot@yahoo.com"

GNU Yahoo Messenger comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You may redistribute copies of GNU Yahoo under the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the filenamed COPYING.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **GNUYahoo** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **gnuyahoo** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

-

  **info gnuyahoo**

should give you access to the complete manual.