Adding an Email address to Yahoo! Mail

So you’ve found the perfect domain name, and you’ve setup an email address using that domain name. Now you want to be able to send emails from Yahoo! Mail using that address.

Here’s how to add email accounts to use to send emails in Yahoo! Mail.

In Yahoo! Mail:
Select Options then Mail Options (near the top right corner of your Yahoo! Mail screen)
On the menu on the left, click Accounts.
Click on Add or Edit Accounts
Click on Add.
• Step 1: Account Name, enter
your name for this account. This is what you will see in the drop down menu of your available email addresses.
• Step 2: Enter Email Address

Fill in Name. This will be the name that people receiving your email will see.
Fill in Email. This is the email address that the person receiving your email will see.

• Step 3: Setup Mail Server – in most cases, this isn’t necessary and you can skip this step.

You will then see a notice about Yahoo! Mail’s requirement to verify your account.

Click on Send Verification and Yahoo! Mail will send you the verification number needed to complete this process for the email address you are setting up.

Open a new browser window to check your emails for the Confirmation Code. If you’ve already setup forwarding of the email account to Yahoo! Mail, then the notice will arrive in your Yahoo! Mailbox. If not, you will need to go to the mailbox where the email account’s mail is received.

Enter the Confirmation Code in the box and click Verify Account.

Yahoo! Mail will then have you log into your existing email account.

In order to use this email address, in Yahoo! Mail, click New to start a new email. Then click on the arrow next to the From box. You should have a drop down menu showing your available email addresses.

Now you’re ready to use that email address from Yahoo! Mail.

If you wish to setup a default email address:
In Yahoo! Mail:
Select Options then Mail Options (near the top right corner of your Yahoo! Mail screen)
On the menu on the Left, choose Accounts.
Choose on the account you want as the default.

Click on Make Default in blue at the top of the adjacent box.

When replying to existing emails, by default, Yahoo! Mail will reply using the email name that was used by the original sender.