# Help with yahoo email?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-yahoo-email/990721>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 26, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-yahoo-email/990721 "2023-09-26T13:16:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![LynnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-yahoo-email/990721/1 "2023-09-26T13:16:13Z")

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When I try to log into my yahoo email acct, I get a prompt asking for another email acct for acct recovery. There used to be an option: “Remind me later”–but now that’s option is gone.

So I gave my email address at [tutanota.com](http://tutanota.com), but get msg “invalid email”–

Is there any way to bypass this? I’ve had this yahoo acct over 15-yrs, send/receive only about 5-6 msgs/day; it’s never been misused for sending spam or whatever–so it’s not a problematic acct–

Can I get past this blocking message? [am using Chrome if it matters]

–Thanks for help, tips

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-yahoo-email/990721/2 "2023-09-26T13:36:04Z")

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Removed, clearly I’m not awake yet or something.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-yahoo-email/990721/3 "2023-09-26T13:36:54Z")

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I think this a generic Yahoo mail question, nothing to do with this message board.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-yahoo-email/990721/4 "2023-09-26T13:38:49Z")

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I have my [yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com) recovery email set to my gmail account. And I have my [gmail.com](http://gmail.com) recovery email set to my yahoo account. They seem to cooperate with each other. I believe you can also use a phone number as a recovery vector.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-yahoo-email/990721/5 "2023-09-26T13:59:42Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> I have my [yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com) recovery email set to my gmail account. And I have my [gmail.com](http://gmail.com) recovery email set to my yahoo account.

That’s exactly what I’ve done. Works well.