How do I transfer e-mail contacts to a new e-mail address?

How do i transfer my contacts to my new yahoo email address?

  • i am migrating from ATT to yahoo and want to notify my conntacts of my new email address

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    transferring contacts/ address book is easy... sign in to your ATT account export the contacts or address book to the desktop then sign it out. sign in to your yahoo account then import the files. transferring to yahoo will give you a lot of bulk mails... in order for you to get started and to know how to deal with it...check this one out.. http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2022063

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How do I Import Contacts (+ emails and calendar info) from my other webmail account? Replace Cancel Here’s how: 1. Click Options in the upper-right corner of your Mail page,then MAIL OPTIONS...you will be in the GENERAL mode...then click on CONTACTS.(left side of the screen)..once in click on TRANSFER CONTACTS TO YAHOO... 2. You will be prompted to re-enter your password as a security measure. 3. Next is a permissions page which goes over legal information. Click I Agree. If you’d rather not continue, click I Do Not Agree. 4. Verify that you’ve read the Terms of Service by clicking in the check-box. Click Start Transfer. 5. Enter the “old” email sign-in name for the account you’re transferring from, and in the pull-down menu, select the webmail domain it’s from. * Choose from: Hotmail, AOL, Gmail, Comcast, Yahoo!, Cox, Earthlink, MSN, Netzero, Juno, CS, Optonline, and Worldnet.att.net 6. Enter the email account’s password. Click Next. 7. Please wait a moment while we verify this information. If we run into a problem, we’ll ask that you please re-enter the username, provider and password info. 8. Now, leave a check in the check-boxes beside the information you’d like to transfer to your Yahoo! account. You can transfer Email, Address Book info, and usually, your Calendar info. Please note some webmail programs don’t feature calendars. * Would you like to send a note to all these contacts announcing your new email address? No problem! Leave a check in the box beside “Send a note…” And if you want to write the note yourself, just click “Click here to personalize...”. Click Next when you’re done. * Click Next to transfer the information to your new Yahoo! account. * The “Finished” page will confirm the transfer and offers you a quick route back to your Yahoo! Mail account: Take Me To Yahoo! Mail. Please note that it may take as long as 24 hours to complete the transfer. When it’s done, you’ll get a confirmation email in your Yahoo! Inbox. If you have another webmail account whose info you’d like to transfer, no problem! Import from as many of the supported providers as you want. For desktop email Interested in transferring Address Book information from your desktop application (ie, Outlook or Palm)? If so, follow these steps: 1. In the upper-right corner of your Mail page, click Options and select Mail Options. 2. On the left side of the page that opens, click Contacts Options. 3. On the right of this page, click Import/Export to get started. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If by chance your account is not listed above to transfer just enter that in your web browser and research it...Many times you will get a website that will provide the answer...IE TRANSFER (YOURS)ACCOUNT TO YAHOO.. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Third....cancel your old account... To delete your yahoo account click this link. https://edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_use... Your yahoo account comes as a package and you can only delete the whole package that includes the following: * Yahoo answers. (Your questions and answers will remain). * Flickr. * Yahoo Mail. * Yahoo notepad. * My Yahoo. * Any other yahoo program that needs your Yahoo ID and password. Once a yahoo account is deleted you will have 90 days to reactivate it by calling 866-562-7219.(6a-6p PST) Make sure you get a LIVE operator by punching the right number. All your present information in the deleted account will be held IN that account for that 90 day period ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Fourth...advise your contact list of your new email address... To notify your contacts of the email change click on OPTION...MAIL OPTIONS...go to the left side and click on ACCOUNTS..then click on ADD OR EDIT...go back and click on MAIL again...Under MANAGEMENT scroll down and click on ANNOUNCE EMAIL ADDRESS...once you are done with what you want the notice to say AND after adding your contactlist in the header click on PREVIEW AND SEND...when the new screen comes up and everything is as you want it...go below and send it.... ++++++++++++++++++++++ NOTE: Please remember to pick a best answer by clicking on the THUMBS UP at the end of that particular answer...thanx

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