Customising BT Yahoo! Mail

This feature is available for BT Yahoo! Online Option 1, 2, 3, and 4 users.
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Changing Your Personal Information

Your BT Yahoo! account gives you access to a wide variety of Yahoo! products and services. It stores your user name and password and any other information you added when you first created the account. You can change most account information, including your password, anytime you like.

Although you can’t change the personal name that’s permanently associated with your BT Yahoo! account, you can change the sender ("From") name that BT Yahoo! Mail uses to identify you in messages that you send. This means that you can include something other than your full user name, such as nickname, when you send email.

 

Here’s How

To change your password:

For security reasons, it’s a good idea to change your password on a regular basis.

  1. Click the My Account link at the top of the BT Yahoo! Mail page.

    Click the My Account link.

    Note: You may be asked to enter your BT Yahoo! password again at this point for extra security.

    The Account home page opens.

  2. Click the Change password link in the Quick Links section of the page.

    Click the Change password link in the Quick Links section.

    The Change Password page opens in a separate window.

  3. Follow the on-screen directions for changing your password.

 

To change your sender name:

  1. Select Mail Options from the Options menu.

    Select Mail Options from the Options menu.

    The General options page appears.

  2. On the left side of the mail options page, select the Accounts option.

    Select the Accounts option.

  3. Click the Add or edit an account link on the Accounts options page.

    Click the Add or edit an account link.

    A separate browser window opens, displaying the Mail Accounts page with information about your BT Yahoo! Mail account(s).

  4. Select the mail account that you want to edit from the list of accounts, then click the Edit button.

    Select the mail account to edit, then click the Edit button.

  5. In the From name box, enter the name that you want to appear in email messages that you send.

    Enter your sender name in the From name field

    Note: The other options on this page apply to BT Yahoo! Mail Classic, rather than the All-New BT Yahoo! Mail. See Additional Personalisation Options for more about other BT Yahoo! Mail options.  Learn more

  6. Click the Save button to save your new sender name.

  7. Close the browser window displaying the Mail Accounts page.

  8. Click the Back to Mail button to return to BT Yahoo! Mail.

    Click the Back to Mail button.

  9. The next time you send an email message, it should include your new sender name.

    Tip: You may need to sign out of Mail and then sign in again for the change to take effect.

 

What’s Next

The Mail options pages are the place to go to find more ways to customize BT Yahoo! Mail to work the way you want.

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Words to Know

  • Yahoo! Mail Plus: a fee-based, advertisement-free version of Yahoo! Mail that provides additional online protection features, control, and storage.

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