How to Set up a Yahoo! Mail Account

Go to Yahoo.com. In the top right is a Mail link. Click that to begin the email signup process

Click on the Create New Account button. It's that ginormous yellow button near the top right of the Yahoo! home page, next to the even-more-ginormous ad.

Choose your login. You can also choose to sign in with your Facebook or Google account. Instead of clicking Create New Account, click the Facebook or Google login buttons to create a Yahoo! email address. Once you've linked your Facebook or Google username and allowed the connection, you will fill out the rest of the Yahoo! Mail signup form.

Enter your basic info. Fill in your name, gender, birthday, country, language, and postal code in the appropriate fields.

Create a Yahoo! ID and password. Make it one that you will be comfortable using for a long time, as this will identify you to your email recipients. Remember that you can use numbers and letters and even a single dot.

• Type the Yahoo! ID of your choice in the field provided, and then select one of 3 domains: yahoo.com, ymail.com, and rockemail.com. Verify the availability of your username/domain combination by clicking the Check button to the right.You may have to think of an alternative username if your top choice is already taken by another Yahoo! user.
• Choose a password when you have successfully entered a unique username. Passwords must be at least 6 characters long and keep in mind that passwords are case-sensitive. You will be asked to type your password twice to ensure accuracy.

Add secure mental backup. In case you forget your login or password (yes, it happens), enter an alternate email address, and pick 2 secret questions from the pop-down menus. #*After you've selected your questions, enter the correct answer—one that you are not likely to forget. Yahoo! will ask you this question if you should forget your password in the future, in order to verify that you are the correct user.

Verify you are not a robot. Enter the visual code that only humans (with warped glasses) can read. Type the characters shown in the last section of the registration page, into the field provided.

Tips

• Choose a username that will identify you to your recipients and won't be mistaken for spam. Yahoo members often choose some variation of their birth names for their usernames.
• You can create as many accounts as you like, and use them as described in the intro. Some email providers, such as Google or Apple's Mail will let you check all email accounts.

Warnings

• Be sure to check your spelling when typing in your answer to the security question. If you spell it wrong during account setup, you may be denied access to your account later on.
• Exercise caution when giving out information on the Web. Yahoo has a secure server but cannot guarantee your privacy when chatting with others online.