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Using Multiple Yahoo! Email Addresses

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Working With Disposable Addresses From the Yahoo! Toolbar

The Yahoo! Toolbar is a free, customizable toolbar that works with Internet Explorer so you can use your favorite Yahoo! features anywhere on the Web. The Mail button on the Toolbar includes links to create or manage your disposable email addresses so you can access AddressGuard while browsing a Web site. This is especially handy when you want to provide an address to a new vendor while visiting their Web site.

Note: Using the Toolbar Mail button, you can create and edit the basic preferences of a disposable address; the Address (keyword), and Deliver To folder and Notes options. To edit all of the preferences for a disposable address, you need to go to the AddressGuard page.

 

Here’s How

  1. Make sure that the Yahoo! Toolbar is installed in your Internet Explorer browser and that you are signed into Yahoo!.

    If the Yahoo! Toolbar isn’t installed, you can download it from toolbar.yahoo.com.

  2. Click the Mail button on the Yahoo! Toolbar located near the top of your browser.

    The Mail menu on the Yahoo! Toolbar.

  3. To add and use a new disposable address, select Add Disposable Addresses from the Mail menu and do the following:

    • If you haven’t signed in, you’ll be prompted to do so.

    • In the small window that opens, complete the Address (type the keyword) and optionally edit the Deliver to and Notes options, then click the Add Disposable Address button.

      Complete the form, then click the Add Disposable Address button.

    • In the confirmation window, you can easily copy the new address so that you can paste it into the Web site that you’re visiting.

      Copy the address so that you can paste it into the Web site you’re visiting.

  4. To edit a disposable address, select My Disposable Addresses from the Mail menu and do the following:

    • In the small window that opens, select a disposable address, then click the Edit button.

      Select a disposable address, then click the Edit button.

    • Edit the Deliver to and the Notes options, then click the Save Changes button.

      Edit the Deliver to and Notes options, then click the Save Changes button.

 

What’s Next

Once a disposable address has served its purpose, it's easy to delete.

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Words to Know

  • Disposable email address: a customized email address that you create using AddressGuard to protect your regular Yahoo! Mail Plus address.
  • Folder: a container that holds individual elements specific to the context; for example, email messages in Yahoo! Mail.
  • Keyword: the unique, second part of a disposable address you create using AddressGuard.
  • Toolbar: a row of buttons across the top of the browser window that you can click to perform various tasks.