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Does anyone know of a way I can have mail forwarded from my Yahoo account to another one (without having to pay money)?

Get the POP information and you should be able to set it up through the other account.

If I knew what POP information was, how would I get it? And if I had that info, what would I do with it?

Basically, what I want to do is: I have another Yahoo address, that I never get any mail in. But if I did, I'd need to see it right away. But I seldom check, because I hate logging in every day, only to find nothing.

POP stands for Post Office Protocol; basically, it's what makes email work (more or less). If you go into your mail options in yahoo, it has a section for checking other mail through that account, and it will ask you for the POP server id and such like. Contact yahoo to get it.

I thought yahoo had stopped pop access for free accounts, but I just checked mine, and it seems that it's available provided I sign up to be spammed with "special offers, discounts, and promotions".

I have a yahoo.co.uk address - YMMV.

I have a co.uk address too ... not many people have it. ;)

What is ymmv?

.co.uk? Cheat! I happen to know you go for coffee with Ms F, so you're on another continent. 8~)

YMMV = your mileage may vary (i.e. it may be different for you)

But I want to check Yahoo through another account. Whenever I click on the Yahoo help link about forwarding, it tells me I should pay them money. I was hoping I missed something, and someone could help me out.