{"id":1679,"date":"2013-06-16T09:56:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T16:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2015-03-12T00:01:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T07:01:17","slug":"att-email-upgrade-offers-security-enhancement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/att-email-upgrade-offers-security-enhancement\/","title":{"rendered":"AT&#038;T email upgrade offers security enhancement: What you need to do now to help prevent hacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AT&amp;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\u00a0occurring over the past few years. When the upgrade is ready, you will see the web page below if you access your &#8220;web mail&#8221; via\u00a0<a title=\"Click here to view the external web page\" href=\"http:\/\/att.yahoo.com\/mail\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/att.yahoo.com\/mail<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"Click here to view the external web page\" href=\"http:\/\/mail.yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/mail.yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0in a web browser. You may also access your web mail via the Mail icon on the\u00a0<a title=\"Click here to view the external web page\" href=\"http:\/\/att.yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">AT&amp;T\/Yahoo<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"Click here to view the external web page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo<\/a>\u00a0home page.\u00a0Click the &#8220;Switch Now&#8221; button to proceed with the upgrade.&#8221;\u00a0If you only access your email through an program such\u00a0as Windows Live Mail or\u00a0Outlook you won&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ATT-webmail-upgrade-notice.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1683\" alt=\"AT&amp;T webmail upgrade notice\" src=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ATT-webmail-upgrade-notice-500x290.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ATT-webmail-upgrade-notice-500x290.png 500w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ATT-webmail-upgrade-notice-150x87.png 150w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ATT-webmail-upgrade-notice-1024x594.png 1024w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ATT-webmail-upgrade-notice.png 1147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/att-yahoo-email-upgraded-ui.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1682\" alt=\"AT&amp;T Yahoo email upgraded UI\" src=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/att-yahoo-email-upgraded-ui-500x223.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/att-yahoo-email-upgraded-ui-500x223.png 500w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/att-yahoo-email-upgraded-ui-150x67.png 150w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/att-yahoo-email-upgraded-ui-1024x458.png 1024w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/att-yahoo-email-upgraded-ui.png 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 &#8220;Mail Options&#8221;. In the General section, click on the checkbox to the left of &#8220;Make your att.net Mail more secure with SSL (i.e. preventing others from accessing your account at Internet cafes)&#8221;. Click &#8220;OK&#8221; on the refresh notice, then click on &#8220;Save&#8221;. (See screen shot below).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/att-yahoo-email-SSL-checkbox1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1681\" alt=\"AT&amp;T Yahoo email SSL checkbox\" src=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/att-yahoo-email-SSL-checkbox1-500x327.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/att-yahoo-email-SSL-checkbox1-500x327.png 500w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/att-yahoo-email-SSL-checkbox1-150x98.png 150w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/att-yahoo-email-SSL-checkbox1.png 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/att-email-upgrade-offers-security-enhancement\/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\/att-email-upgrade-offers-security-enhancement\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AT&amp;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\u00a0occurring over the past few years. When the upgrade is ready, you will see the web page below if you access your &#8220;web mail&#8221; via\u00a0http:\/\/att.yahoo.com\/mail\u00a0or\u00a0http:\/\/mail.yahoo.com\u00a0in a web browser. 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