How do I change my name for my yahoo email?

How to change what my name comes up as on a yahoo mail email, it appears different to the recipients of my Ema?

  • when I send an email, the person that receives it say that it doesn't say my name, it says a name that I want to change, cause its not the right name! I wrote my name as something elts, but I want to change it! I want people to know when they get an email its from me! I went into edit profile and all that, no where could I find the name that it appears on the recipients email! it just says the correct name on the profile edit thing??????? its what I wrote when I first signed up for yahoo. I want to change the name that appears to the recipients of my email! Ah please help!!!

  • Answer:

    You're going to have to go into your settings and change the "from line" setting. Mail page>>options>>mail options>>and the "general" page opens. Near the top of that page----erase whatever is showing, on the "From line" and type in something else---a nickname or your real name---or anything you wish-----then click "save" changes at the top of page. ......................................… You cannot leave that line blank---otherwise Yahoo will insert something there---either the account name or most likely "False". ......................................… Just in case you're using the "New Mail". Mail page>>options>>mail options>>accounts (side panel)>>add/edit an account>>Yahoo mail (side panel)>>edit>>general preferences----and change it and save it.

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Click "options" (top right) on your mail page, under "management" click "general preferences". At the top, in the "from name" box enter the name you want. Changes are also possible for "reply to". Make sure you save your new settings. Note: "From" cannot contain special characters like the @ symbol. And the address in "reply to" can't exceed 40 characters. http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/settings/settings-30.html;_ylt=ArkBhTM9duSZzH8o2ClNSeX3KSd4

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