Message Search and Access
Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger now share a common search platform. You may now elect to archive Yahoo instant messages along with Yahoo Mail messages and search them together (including Voice Mail, SMS, and more).
Messages stored on Yahoo servers in this manner are accessible from any computer system or device able to access Yahoo Mail or the latest versions of Yahoo Messenger.
Yahoo may scan and analyze instant messages you elect to archive in order to provide personally relevant product features, content, and advertising, and spam and malware detection.