You can't change your name but you can add another to your present account OR make a new one....see below
To clarify what is below...when you add another name to the present
account you will not lose anything...IE: contacts...address list.
etc...You will have to send an email to all your friends advising them
of the new email address...if someone makes a mistake and sends it to
the email address you don't like anymore it will go to the same inbox
so you don't lose any messages.
To notify your contacts of the email change click on OPTION...MAIL OPTIONS...go to the left side and click on ACCOUNTS..then click on ADD OR EDIT...go back and click on MAIL again...Under MANAGEMENT scroll down and click on ANNOUNCE EMAIL ADDRESS...once you are done with what you
want the notice to say AND after adding your contactlist in the header click on PREVIEW AND SEND...when the new screen comes up and everything is as you want it...go below and send it....
Click the link below to get an extra email address for your existing
account. It´s absolutely free. Use it just as you would for your
primary address (which of course you can still use). To make things
handy, you can send and receive email from either address from the same
Easiest way is simply to ignore this old email. After some time Yahoo will block it when they observe that you are not accessing it. Export your address book from Yahoo. Create a new account.Import your old address book. Send your new email to your close friends and only those whom you want them to contact you. It will take some time from spammers to know your new email address
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You can't change your name but you can add another to your present account OR make a new one....see below
To clarify what is below...when you add another name to the present
account you will not lose anything...IE: contacts...address list.
etc...You will have to send an email to all your friends advising them
of the new email address...if someone makes a mistake and sends it to
the email address you don't like anymore it will go to the same inbox
so you don't lose any messages.
To notify your contacts of the email change click on OPTION...MAIL OPTIONS...go to the left side and click on ACCOUNTS..then click on ADD OR EDIT...go back and click on MAIL again...Under MANAGEMENT scroll down and click on ANNOUNCE EMAIL ADDRESS...once you are done with what you
want the notice to say AND after adding your contactlist in the header click on PREVIEW AND SEND...when the new screen comes up and everything is as you want it...go below and send it....
Click the link below to get an extra email address for your existing
account. It´s absolutely free. Use it just as you would for your
primary address (which of course you can still use). To make things
handy, you can send and receive email from either address from the same
inbox. http://edit.yahoo.com/config/list_alias?...
Should you want to make your secondary email address as your primary
you can click on OPTIONS...MAIL OPTIONS...go to the left side of the
screen and click on ACCOUNT INFORMATION...submit your password again
and once in to your account you will see EMAIL INFORMATION..Click on
designate which one you want as your primary Then click on SAVE.
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Easiest way is simply to ignore this old email. After some time Yahoo will block it when they observe that you are not accessing it. Export your address book from Yahoo. Create a new account.Import your old address book. Send your new email to your close friends and only those whom you want them to contact you. It will take some time from spammers to know your new email address