Managing Mail Sub Accounts

Adding Sub Accounts Accessing a Sub Account’s Mail Deleting Sub Accounts

Adding Sub Accounts

Yahoo!Xtra allows you, as a primary member, to add up to ten sub accounts (also known as member accounts) to your primary account. Each sub account is a fully functional, stand-alone Yahoo! ID, with its own Yahoo!Xtra Pro Mail mailbox.

There are several reasons for creating sub accounts:

  • To provide separate email accounts for all members of your household.

  • To allow each member of your household to have his or her own My Yahoo!Xtra.

  • To protect your "real" Yahoo!Xtra Pro Mail address by using an alternate mail account for some email transactions. (AddressGuard is probably a better solution for this use. See the Using Disposable Addresses tutorial for information about AddressGuard.)

 

Here’s How

  1. Make sure that you are signed in to Yahoo!Xtra as the primary account holder. Only the primary member can create sub accounts.

  2. Click the My Account link, which is located at the top of most Yahoo!Xtra pages, such as the Yahoo!Xtra Pro Mail page.

  3. Click the Manage Sub Accounts quick link.

    Click the Manage Sub Accounts quick link.

    Note: Only primary members have the Manage Sub Accounts link. If you are signed in using a sub account, you won’t have this option.

  4. In the Sub Accounts section of the My Account & Billing page, click the Create New Sub Account button.

    Click the Create New Sub Account button.

    The Create a sub account page appears.

    Tip: You may see an initial screen asking you to verify your Yahoo! ID and password.

  5. On this page, provide the person’s name, a new user name, and a password for the sub account that you’re creating.

    Provide the person’s name, a new user name, and a password for the sub account.

  6. Click the Create This Sub Account button.

    Click the Create This Sub Account button

    The next screen offers you several options for configuring services for the new account.

  7. Select the configuration options you want, then click Next.

    The final screen confirms the creation of the new account and offers you several options for continuing:

    • Sign in as this Sub Account
    • Go back to Member Center
    • Create Another Sub Account (This option doesn’t appear if you’ve already created the maximum number of sub accounts.)

  8. To access the new sub account’s mail immediately, click the Sign in as this Sub Account button.

 

What’s Next

Each sub account that you create has most of the same Yahoo!Xtra Pro Mail features as the primary member’s account, including an inbox, Yahoo!Xtra Contacts, and calendar that are accessible from any web-connected computer.

Learn how to access a sub account’s mail.

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Words to Know

  • AddressGuard: a feature of Yahoo!Xtra Pro Mail that allows you to create and use disposable email addresses.
  • Member account: an account linked to the primary account, typically for another member of the household; same as "sub account".
  • Inbox: a folder where you receive incoming email.
  • Member account: an account linked to the primary account, typically for another member of the household; same as "sub account".
  • Primary account: the person who has financial responsibility for a household’s Yahoo!Xtra account; same as "primary member".
  • Primary member: the person (an adult) who has financial responsibility for a household’s Yahoo!Xtra account; same as "primary account".
  • Sub account: an account linked to the master account, typically for another member of the household.
  • Yahoo!Xtra Contacts: a listing of people and their email addresses associated with each Yahoo!Xtra Pro Mail account; also known as Address Book.
  • Yahoo! ID: the name by which a person is known to the Yahoo! network.
  • Yahoo! ID: the name by which a person is known to all Yahoo! networks.