I am getting about 90% junk mail so I want to change my e-mail address. I also want to delete
the old e-mail address.How do I change my Yahoo e-mail address?You do not have to change accounts because od spam. You can not completely stop all spam, but you can help to put a big dent in it.
First, try not to open any of them, that only makes them send more and more to you.
Check mark them and click on 'Spam,' this should stop those addresses from being delivered to your inbox.
Use your spam guard and block address.
Look for the 'Options' link at upper right corner of mail screen and click on it
Options /mail options
Click on 'spam' in the list on the left.
Make sure spam guard is on, by checking in the little box.
Then in 'Blocked Email Addresses,' enter the E-mail address you wish blocked, in the box after 'Add a blocked address' and click on the 'add' button, then click on save changes at top left of screen.
You will never get mail from that address again.
This should help you to control your spam.
Other tips:
Do not ever open E-mail from people you do not know; and unless you are absolutely sure who it is from then treat them as spam.
Opening spam alerts the sender that your address is a valid one and they send you loads and loads more of it to you.
Never, ever give out your account information or other personal information to anyone.
If you are on a site and you absolutely have to sign up for something, check the entire page to make sure you uncheck any lines wanting to send you any other info, notices, catalogs, ads, and the like.
Added detail:
Yes, spammers change one item in their addresses a lot, so you might try blocking the entire domain, by putting in
*@ thedomainyouwanttoblock.com
for instance: *@seeyou.com
Or, if they change the domain, instead of the company name you can block the name by putting in Imatheft_inc@*
Hope this helps.
If you still want to open a new account, then go to the home page of the mail service you wish to open an account in. For yahoo, you want to go to yahoo.com and click on mail.
Or click here:
https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_ver
Click on the 'Sign Up' link under
'Don't have a Yahoo! ID?'
Transfer your information from the old account to the new account:
How to Import Contacts from other accounts:
In upper right corner of screen, look for, then click on %26quot;Options:%26quot;
Options/ mail options
you will be in the 'general' section, click on 'contacts' in list on left of screen
Click on 'transfer contacts to Yahoo'
Re-enter your password, then a permissions page, then the TOS page.
Click 'Start Transfer.'
Enter your ID name for old E-mail account, pick the domain of old account.
Enter your old password, click next.
You may need to enter the ID name, provider and password again, if they need to verify anything
Now check the information you want to transfer to your Yahoo! account. As many as you can, as you can only do this once.
You can also send a note to your contacts of the new E-mail address. Check mark box beside, 'Send a note,' if you want your own note, click 'Click here to personalize.'
Click on 'Next'.
Click on 'Next' to transfer the information.
The 'Finished' page will confirm transfer.
It could take as long as 24 hours to complete this transfer.
or click here:
To transfer all E-mail's and contacts
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya
Then you can delete the old account, but first, make very sure that is what you want to do, if you delete the account you can never get it back, or use that ID name, either.
Any other yahoo programs associated with your mail account will also be deleted.
If you are sure:
Click on the help at the upper right corner of the screen from the account you want to delete.
Help /Account and password /Your Account Info / How can I delete my account
