Why do I have to verify my alternate email address in mail services like one provided by yahoo?
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We require verification of a valid, alternate email address (not a Yahoo! Mail address) to protect your Yahoo! account and to: \nCommunicate with you if you're unable to log in to your account. \nAlert you if we should witness suspicious activity with your account. \nIssue you a new password if you ever forget your current one. \nEnsure that your email address is valid and owned by you.
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You can't change your e-mail address, you just have to create another one...
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It is most likely that your email address has been used to "spoof" emails to people. Spoofing is where someone uses your email address as the address on an email they sent to others. Difficult to defend against.\n\nAnother possiblity is that you have a computer virus that has taken over your email address book, but then the emails would come from people that were in your address book. You should use an antivirus software program at all times. Just in case you might want to do a virus scan of your computer.
922301
I use yahoo email its simple because you can use your ID for everything else yahoo.
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why would you just give away your e-mail address like that?
722329
Just compose an e-mail with the alternate address. Instead of using the Yahoo address in "To:" just put the other address on there. Write your message and send.
272788
Have you entered your username and pw for SMTP authentication?  You have to authenticate for both incoming and outgoing messages when using an email client w/yahoo mail plus.
138599
Use a different email address.
460824
yahoo offers such a policy .. u can create another address but the mail comes to inbox of the other address...
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I agree with the first two answers.  However, it may have nothing to do with your computer.  There are several attackers who capture your email address from another location, and use it to send email by using your email address as the source.  There is really nothing you can do about this scenario.
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Consider creating an alias for your existing email id at\nhttp://edit.yahoo.com/config/list_alias?.src=ym\n\nGetting alias would not change anything for the acocunt, you will still get mails in the same account.\nyou can ask people to send you mails on the new id that you got, but if someone sends it on the old, that is not a problem either.
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To validate your email address (if Yahoo! Mail), you should only be required to preform this action if you setup your account with a secondary email address. If that is the case, check your email for the address that you signed up with and validate the email account by following instructions in message. This same principle applies to many validation forms
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you need to have a special mail ID i mean \n@ your choice
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because there may be a virus on your computer or you have to go to adresses and put the email addresses
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It depends on the mail service provider. If its a free service, its difficult as you have unmatched the security question. If its a paid mail, you contact the administrator or webmaster who can help you.\n\nCheers\n\nShaba!
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You can't an email address is not tied to an IP address.  Anyone could login and use email whether it's web based or not.
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If its automated, its a way of making sure your email is a 'live' addres (ie , you use it regularly) so they can track whether or not you've opened it and then add your address to a mailing list for advertising etc.