How to Create an Email Address On Yahoo

Yahoo email is known for its ease-of-use features and seamless navigability and is used by millions of people worldwide. If you are new to the world of computers and have just started using the Internet, having a Yahoo email address is a great way to begin your online experience. You can start communicating and sending files, photos, attachments and emails to your friends, relatives and acquaintances worldwide. Creating an email address on Yahoo is free and fairly simple.

Things You'll Need

• Laptop or desktop computer
• Internet connectivity

Instructions

1. Connect to the Internet through your Internet service provider or other Internet connectivity option/service.

2. Click on the browser icon (Internet Explorer or Firefox, for example) on your desktop or on the task bar below. A browser window will open up.

3. Type http://www.yahoo.com in the URL address bar or the search field at the top of the browser window. The Yahoo home page will open up. Toward the top right of the home page, you will see two messages about mail: "Sign In" and "Sign Up."

4. Click on "Sign Up." A new window will open up with a few information fields displayed.

5. Fill in your personal information for all of the three steps. Furnish details like your name, date of birth, gender and location or postal address.

6. Select a name that will be your Yahoo email ID, and type in the password.

7. Select two security question and provide answers to them to prevent any misuse of your email account and to retrieve your password if you ever forget it.

8. Agree with the privacy policy and terms and conditions for using Yahoo! mail.

9. Click the "Create My Account" tab. You will be taken to a window congratulating you and displaying all your account details. Save this information. There will also be another tab, "Continue," that will take you to your Yahoo email account page. Start using your new Yahoo email address.

Tips & Warnings

• Provide a strong password for better security of your email account.

• Never share your password with anyone.

References

• Yahoo Mail Registration