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Can my Yahoo! ID have an "@" sign in it?


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Yahoo! user IDs cannot have an "@" sign in them except as a designator between the first part (username) and the domain name.

  • You can use max@yahoo.com as a Yahoo! ID
  • You cannot use m@x as a user IDs


Last updated: April 24, 2013
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