How to switch from AT&T/Yahoo Mail to Gmail or Hotmail/Outlook.com

Update 5/8/13: AT&T has announced a June upgrade to their web mail that may include a security feature used by most other email services that encrypts email over the internet between Yahoo’s servers and your computer. The option to “turn on SSL” would help prevent the account hacking problem that currently plagues the email service. As such, you may want to hold off on switching away from using AT&T/Yahoo Mail until the upgrade has completed to see if extra security has been enabled.

Due to ongoing security issues with AT&T/Yahoo Mail, and other problems we’ve seen with randomly disappearing contacts and a 2-step verification process that does not work, we are now recommending that AT&T/Yahoo Mail users switch away from using the service. The most logical alternatives are Hotmail/Outlook.com and Gmail.

We can help you make the switch in about an hour in most cases, including setup of your new email account on all of your computers and portable devices. If you’d prefer to do it on your own, keep in mind that if you’re using an AT&T/Yahoo email account, you should not delete the email account associated with your AT&T account since it is also used as your username for access to your AT&T services.

Here’s how you can switch to Gmail http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&answer=117173

Here’s how you can switch to Hotmail/Outlook.com http://winsupersite.com/article/windows-live/outlookcom-tip-import-email-143978