How to forward Yahoo Mail to Gmail
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Forward Yahoo Mail to Gmail
These instructions are only valid if you have DSL service through AT&T Yahoo, or if you've got Yahoo Mail Plus. First, determine if you're using the older (Classic) or new Yahoo Mail interface. Then follow these instructions.
OLD VERSION OF YAHOO MAIL
- Go to "Options" to the upper-right of your message section. (to the right of Mail Upgrades).
- Choose "POP Access and Forwarding"
- Click the Forwarding radio button and enter your Gmail address.
- Click the Save button to the lower left.
NEW VERSION
- Look for Options to the upper-right.
- Click on it and choose "Mail Options" from the drop-down.
- Click "POP & Forwarding" from the menu on the left.
- Click the link that comes up to the right ("Set up or edit POP & Forwarding ")
- Click the Forwarding radio button and enter your Gmail address.
- Click the Save button to the lower left.
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I thought they dropped that requirement?! I definitely don't pay for Mail Plus, and that option seems to exist for me. Maybe it's because I get my DSL from AT&T/Yahoo?
Wow, I don't know. Did you get your eMail address through AT&T Yahoo too?
My email with Yahoo predates my DSL service through them, but there might be an automatic semi-upgrade if you do. Not sure.
That could be. It would be very generous of them at that. Do you think the hub needs to be updated?
Hey Jonno - you're right. A friend who doesn't have DSL through AT&T Yahoo said that she couldn't forward her mail. I've added a note at the top of the Hub.
Way to go livelonger. Great hub by the way
IF only I'd known the truth about email,yahoo and the internet as early as 1968 I MIGHT BE a rich jerk but as of now I'm a poor jerk.
I live in New England where our DSL provider was Verizon, and the POP/Forwarding directions here worked for us. Then, this weekend, Fairpoint Communications officially took over DSL service, and are not extending the partnership with Yahoo. As a result, our yahoo email addresses which were linked to our Verizon accounts were "unlinked" and since then I can't access my email via Thunderbird email client. Looks like I will finally be making the switch to Gmail (had no issues with Yahoo since I was able to use an email client program with it up til now)
Jonno.Norton says:
17 months ago
It has been my experience that you cannot use POP access or mail forwarding with Yahoo unless you sign up for a Yahoo! Plus Account, which is $20 I guess. I just tried doing this for a friend that doesn't want to switch to gMail (which I highly recommend doing) unless he can get all his old mails at his new gMail account. Normally that wouldn't be a problem, but Yahoo is the only eMail provider that I know of that charges for POP and Forwarding.
Check it out, it's not available unless you pay:
http://mailplus.mail.yahoo.com/