if possible copy all information from the old one to the new one then cancel the old email account. I see I can add another email account under the options but will I be able to cancel the first one after? Would it be better/easier to just create a new one from scratch? I know I will have to change any accounts that use the original email address to the new one. Thank you in advance for your help/advice.
2008-09-24T05:57:43Z
Is it possible to copy/transfer contacts from one yahoo mail account to anotrher?
?2008-09-24T06:11:14Z
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Why don't you just create an "Extra Email Address" for your existing account, that's what I did. Yahoo! Mail lets you create one extra email address and you use it exactly like your primary address, and get messages sent to both addresses delivered to one Inbox. An extra email address is a second Yahoo! Mail Address that you can use with your existing Yahoo! Mail account. It is NOT a separate Yahoo! ID, or a separate Mail account. You can use both your primary mail address and your Extra Email Address to send messages from and receive messages at the same mail account.
An "Extra Email Address" comes in handy if you have an existing mail address that is no longer suitable, that you don't like or don't want to use any more, or if you just sometimes have a need for a secondary address, but don't want to deal with the hassle of logging into and checking into multiple mail accounts. You also you get the flexibility of having an address that you want and can identify with.
To get an "Extra Email Address", follow the steps below: 1. While in Yahoo!, click on the "Mail Options" link. 2. Click on "Mail Addresses". 3. At the bottom of the page you will see a section on "Extra Email Addresses". Click on "Get Started" and follow the instructions to create an Extra Email Address.
If you decide to create a new Yahoo! Mail account you can go back later and delete your old account. Click on the following link to terminate your old account: https://edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_user
Edit: You can "Import/Export" your contacts from one Yahoo! Mail account to another Yahoo! Mail Account. The following link gives you step by step instructions in how to do this. I just went to my own mail account to check it out and it is easy to do.