AT&T recently began upgrading email accounts to a new look, and added a security feature that will help prevent the widespread hacking that has been occurring over the past few years. When the upgrade is ready, you will see the web page below if you access your “web mail” via http://att.yahoo.com/mail or http://mail.yahoo.com in a web browser. You may also access your web mail via the Mail icon on the AT&T/Yahoo or Yahoo home page. Click the “Switch Now” button to proceed with the upgrade.” If you only access your email through an program such as Windows Live Mail or Outlook you won’t notice the new look, however you should still enable the new SSL security feature described later in this article. You can click on the screen shots below to view a larger version.
To help prevent hacking of your email account, we recommend that that you immediately enable SSL. To do so, click on the gear icon on the upper-right corner of the upgraded web mail and select “Mail Options”. In the General section, click on the checkbox to the left of “Make your att.net Mail more secure with SSL (i.e. preventing others from accessing your account at Internet cafes)”. Click “OK” on the refresh notice, then click on “Save”. (See screen shot below).
