{"id":1618,"date":"2013-05-18T05:51:31","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T12:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2013-05-18T06:11:58","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T13:11:58","slug":"how-to-switch-from-yahoo-mail-to-gmail-or-hotmailoutlook-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/how-to-switch-from-yahoo-mail-to-gmail-or-hotmailoutlook-com\/","title":{"rendered":"How to switch from AT&#038;T\/Yahoo Mail to Gmail or Hotmail\/Outlook.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update 5\/8\/13: AT&amp;T <a title=\"Click here to read the external website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.att.com\/latestmail\" target=\"_blank\">has announced<\/a> 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&#8217;s servers and your computer. The option to &#8220;turn on SSL&#8221; 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&amp;T\/Yahoo Mail until the upgrade has completed to see if extra security has been enabled.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to <a title=\"Click here to view the external link\" href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/insider\/2013\/01\/31\/yahoo-mail-users-still-seeing-accounts-hacked-via-xss-exploit-amid-reports-yahoo-failed-to-fix-old-flaw\/\" target=\"_blank\">ongoing security issues with AT&amp;T\/Yahoo Mail<\/a>, and other problems we&#8217;ve seen with randomly disappearing contacts and a 2-step verification process that does not work, we are now recommending that AT&amp;T\/Yahoo Mail users switch away from using the service. The most logical alternatives are <a title=\"Click here to view the article\" href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/microsoft-launches-new-email-service-at-outlook\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hotmail\/Outlook.com<\/a> and <a title=\"Click here to view the external website\" href=\"http:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/help\/intl\/en\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gmail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;d prefer to do it on your own, keep in mind that if you&#8217;re using an AT&amp;T\/Yahoo email account, you should not delete the email account associated with your AT&amp;T account since it is also used as your username for access to your AT&amp;T services.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how you can switch to Gmail <a href=\"http:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&amp;ctx=mail&amp;answer=117173\">http:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&amp;ctx=mail&amp;answer=117173<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how you can switch to Hotmail\/Outlook.com <a href=\"http:\/\/winsupersite.com\/article\/windows-live\/outlookcom-tip-import-email-143978\">http:\/\/winsupersite.com\/article\/windows-live\/outlookcom-tip-import-email-143978<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/how-to-switch-from-yahoo-mail-to-gmail-or-hotmailoutlook-com\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Article\" title=\"Print This Article\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/how-to-switch-from-yahoo-mail-to-gmail-or-hotmailoutlook-com\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update 5\/8\/13: AT&amp;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&#8217;s servers and your computer. The option to &#8220;turn on SSL&#8221; would help prevent the account hacking problem that currently plagues the email service. 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