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Using Disposable Addresses

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Creating Additional Disposable Addresses

Using the base name you chose when you set up your first disposable address, you can create new addresses whenever you need them. You can indicate the folder into which Yahoo!7 Mail delivers messages addressed to a disposable address, and you can specify what name you want your recipient to see in the "From" information.

 

Here’s How

  1. Go to the Disposable Addresses option page in Yahoo!7 Mail . (Remind me how.)

  2. To create a new address, click the Add button.

    Click the Add button.

    A form appears for creating a new disposable address.

  3. Type a keyword to complete your disposable email address.

    Use a word or abbreviation that makes sense to you and make sure not to use spaces or symbols.

    Type a keyword to complete your disposable email address.

  4. Complete the other options as you like.

    Complete other options for your disposable address.

    • Deliver email to: Select a folder in which Yahoo! delivers messages sent to this disposable address.

    • Apply filters: Check this option if you want Yahoo! to apply your personal filters to the messages before delivering them.

    • Use SpamGuard: Check this option if you want SpamGuard to filter all messages sent to your disposable address. If SpamGuard identifies a message as spam, it delivers the message to your Spam folder, even though you set the Deliver to option for this address to a personal folder.

    • Sending Name: The name your recipients see in the From area of messages sent from this address. This name appears in addition to the disposable address.

    • Notes: Add a note to help you remember the purpose of this disposable address.

  5. Save your changes by closing the Options tab.

 

What’s Next

You can change the options for a disposable address any time by selecting the address and making your changes.

Once you share disposable addresses with people or businesses, you can expect to get messages sent to those addresses instead of your "real" Yahoo!7 Mail address. When you open an email message, you’ll see which address the sender used on the message’s To: line.

Example of an email message addressed to a disposable address.

 
 
 

Words to Know

  • Base name: the first part of your disposable address, which is common to all the disposable addresses you create.
  • Display name: a personal nickname of your choosing that appears on your profile on Yahoo!7; protects the privacy of your real name from people you don’t know.
  • Disposable email address: a customised email address that you create to protect your regular Yahoo!7 Mail address.
  • Filter: a rule that Yahoo! Mail uses to direct an incoming message to a particular folder.
  • Personal folder: a mail folder that you create and use to organise your email messages.
  • Spam: unsolicited email on the Internet; also called "junk mail".
  • Spam folder: a permanent folder that SpamGuard uses to hold messages it considers spam.