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Transferring emails or data between accounts

ID: SLN2681
Refers to: Yahoo! Account , Mail , Mail Classic , Mobile Mail

Description

Learn what to do if you need to transfer any of the following from one account to another:

  • Individual emails
  • Your full mailbox, including folders
  • Contacts

Resolution

Individual emails:

  • In order to transfer single messages, manually forward your desired email message from one account to your other account.

Full mailbox:

  • It is not possible to transfer your entire mailbox to another account using Yahoo! Mail.
    - To complete this type of action, we recommend using a third-party product (for example, TrueSwitch [English Only Website]).

Contacts:

  • Moving your contacts to a third-party account outside of Yahoo!:
    - You will need to export your contacts from Yahoo! Contacts and then import them into your third party account.
    - To learn how to export your Yahoo! Contacts, see our help article about exporting contacts.
    - Importing into your third-party account: For instructions on how to import into your third-party account, consult their product documentation.
  • Moving your Yahoo! Contacts from one Yahoo! account to another Yahoo! account:
    - See our help article about importing contacts from one Yahoo! account to another.

Additional Information
  • Deleting an account:
    - Before closing your Yahoo! account, be sure to take measures to save any valuable information.
    - To learn how to delete an account, see our help article about closing your Yahoo! account.


Last updated: January 25, 2013
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