# Can you have more than one Yahoo e-mail account? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 20, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-more-than-one-yahoo-e-mail-account/115076 "2002-06-20T15:42:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-more-than-one-yahoo-e-mail-account/115076/1 "2002-06-20T15:42:59Z")
I did a search on the board here and went through the long Terms of Service on Yahoo but couldn’t find anything. I really like my Yahoo account now and don’t want to jeopardize its status by breaking a rule, but I could really use another one. Any ideas/experiences/anecdotes to share? ---
**Author:** ![Ill\_Logik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Ill\_Logik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ill_Logik)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-more-than-one-yahoo-e-mail-account/115076/2 "2002-06-20T15:51:51Z")
It’s ok to have more than one account. I have three: One for friends and family, one for work, and one for when I buy stuff online… Guess which one gets about 100 junk mails every day… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-more-than-one-yahoo-e-mail-account/115076/3 "2002-06-20T16:20:30Z")
Great! That’s all I needed to know! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-more-than-one-yahoo-e-mail-account/115076/4 "2002-06-20T17:20:52Z")
Caution: I have 2, neither of which I ever use any more. They fill up with junk even if you never use them to sign up for anything. ---
**Author:** ![jmy9595](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@jmy9595](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmy9595)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-more-than-one-yahoo-e-mail-account/115076/5 "2002-06-20T17:58:31Z")
If you don’t log into your Yahoo account though for I think it’s 120 days they make it inactive. Used to delete it but now it’s recoverable. I let my oldest account lapse into inactivity because I was getting 100 Chinese/Taiwanese spams a day, reactivated it last week and within 15 minutes got the first Asian spam. Unreal. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-more-than-one-yahoo-e-mail-account/115076/6 "2002-06-20T18:25:10Z")
If you get another account, be sure to go to "Options-Delivery Service-Yahoo Delivers and unsubscribe to everything–Yahoo! will automatically subscribe your email to several (dozens…:rolleyes: ) lists otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![jmy9595](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@jmy9595](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmy9595)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-more-than-one-yahoo-e-mail-account/115076/7 "2002-06-20T18:32:37Z")
Good point, pepperlandgirl. This also applies to accounts already active. Be sure to check your Marketing Preferences. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-more-than-one-yahoo-e-mail-account/115076/8 "2002-06-20T18:38:19Z")
I deselected everything and still get tons of spam at my Yahoo address. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-more-than-one-yahoo-e-mail-account/115076/9 "2002-06-20T20:31:49Z")
I’ve had mine for about three weeks and haven’t gotten a single unexpected E-mail. Is it only a matter of time? Also, when I signed up, I remember one of the fields was “Alternate E-mail Address (Optional)” yet it had a little \* next to it indicating it was required. And when I tried to leave it blank, it wouldn’t let me. How misleading.