said by janderso1 :

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I got the email today inviting me to upgrade to Yahoo.
Do I need to bypass my router during the upgrade?
After the upgrade, do I need to change the login in the router and if so will it be newname@sbcglobal.net?
Does the news server/news server login change?
If you don’t have to install any software upgrade, why does it immediately try to install the “Yahoo Install Manager”?

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said by cookeys :

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said by janderso1 :

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I got the email today inviting me to upgrade to Yahoo.
Do I need to bypass my router during the upgrade?
After the upgrade, do I need to change the login in the router and if so will it be newname@sbcglobal.net?
Does the news server/news server login change?
If you don’t have to install any software upgrade, why does it immediately try to install the “Yahoo Install Manager”?

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I got the same email today. All very good questions. I am still waiting a while to do this. I want to see if people are successful before doing it.

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If you have to ask what EFNET is, you don't need broadband

I also got the email inviting me to upgrade to Yahoo.

Yes, I think I will upgrade to SBC Yahoo DSL and "merge"
my Yahoo id, but I have a few questions. I have read all the FAQs,
but am not clear on a few points.

1)  When my yahoo id is "merged", is it possible to still login
to yahoo with the just "merged" id, and see mail sent to me.
Or, is the only option to get to my mail is to logon to SBC Yahoo
with my xxx.ameritech.net id?

2) When I merge my free Yahoo email id, will my current structure,
twenty-nine email folders and inbox, and all my email filters,
be maintained, or will the "merge" process just dump all the
email from my yahoo id into my SBC Yahoo inbox?

kthansen

said by kthansen :

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I also got the email inviting me to upgrade to Yahoo.

Yes, I think I will upgrade to SBC Yahoo DSL and "merge"
my Yahoo id, but I have a few questions. I have read all the FAQs,
but am not clear on a few points.

1)  When my yahoo id is "merged", is it possible to still login
to yahoo with the just "merged" id, and see mail sent to me.
Or, is the only option to get to my mail is to logon to SBC Yahoo
with my xxx.ameritech.net id?

2) When I merge my free Yahoo email id, will my current structure,
twenty-nine email folders and inbox, and all my email filters,
be maintained, or will the "merge" process just dump all the
email from my yahoo id into my SBC Yahoo inbox?

kthansen

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Well, I did the migration this morning, even though the
migration page said to "wait till tomorrow".

Guess what, It appears to have worked perfectly and
immediately.  Mail works fine, client & Web based.
I did not like SBC changing my default home page, but
easy to change back.

Oh yea, I DID NOT merge my free yahoo ID, as everyone
recommended.  BUT, one minor problem, and probably of my
making, because of an option I took during the migration
process.  I can not be logged on to SBC Yahoo, and free
yahoo at the same time in different browser windows.

The migration process asked me if I had a free yahoo id,
and I said no, so that probably caused my minor problem.

Does anyone know if there is something I can do about this
after the migration is done?  Thanks

said by janderso1 :

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I believe the reason you can’t be logged on to both accounts at the same time is that they are trying to use the same cookie. My work around is to use a different browser for each account.

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said by janderso1 :

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kcazzie
Kthansen wanted to be logged into both accounts at the same time but in different windows.

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said by AmeritecTech :

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That's what we're saying, Kcazzie. That the only way it can be done is with separate browsers.

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said by AmeritecTech :

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Change nothing. You can choose not to install software in the migration, also.

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said by AmeritecTech :

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Oops! You will have to make changes, I just realized. It only updates mail settings for Outlook Express, so you'll need to change your settings for Outlook (although the servers you're currently using will still work for an undetermined amount of time).

Mail servers will be pop.ameritech.yahoo.com and smtp.ameritech.yahoo.com, and login name will be the full uid@ameritech.net.

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said by cookeys :

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Ok, here's a couple of questions.

I don't really understand all that's going on with this anymore. I haven't been paying close attention for some time now.

1. What will happen if someone doesn't migrate their account voluntarily? Will it eventually be done for them without their knowledge or consent?

2. Is there anything at all about this that could possibly screw up a connection, get someone's speed capped, or anything like that?

3. Will these mail servers be more stable than the crappy servers that Ameritech currently has?

That's all I can think of for now.

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said by cookeys :

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So, what exactly is it then?

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said by mlnesh :

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I'm using Win XP's PPPOE, will have have to download an additional software if I want to upgrade to Yahoo! ???

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said by pjhofmann :

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I too will wait a long while before entering myself into the SBC goliath database. Alhtough I do appreciate very much being able to keep my email address . I've heard from many pissed off AT&T customers about their email changing 2-3 times in the past year.

pjhofmann

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said by AdamB :

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What kind of software in this upgrade? Isn't there a Yahoo browser like AOL or something?

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said by cookeys :

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Now, I can't access any of my secondary account's email. I can get email with my primary account.

Eeeek!

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said by schmendrick6 :

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said by cookeys :

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Now, I can't access any of my secondary account's email. I can get email with my primary account.

Eeeek!

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You have to go into "My Account" from the SBC Yahoo homepage and import the sub accounts. Problem is (at least for me) is after the 7 - 15 times it takes for me to log into the homepage, I get "This page cannot be displayed" for almost EVERY link on it!!

Man, I should have NEVER upgraded... Connection manager doesnt work either!

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said by schmendrick6 :

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said by cookeys :

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Now, I can't access any of my secondary account's email. I can get email with my primary account.

Eeeek!

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You have to go into "My Account" from the SBC Yahoo homepage and import the sub accounts. Problem is (at least for me) is after the 7 - 15 times it takes for me to log into the homepage, I get "This page cannot be displayed" for almost EVERY link on it!!

Man, I should have NEVER upgraded... Connection manager doesnt work either!

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said by horist :

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So... my question is... How long do we have before we have to switch?

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said by Maxo :

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Will these mail servers be more stable than the crappy servers that Ameritech currently has?
I would guess they will be about the same.

So what are the Premium Services?
»support.sbcglobal.net/other/4566.shtml

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said by kcazzie :

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Next question...I signed out of Yahoo/DSL...And signed into my old yahoo account with 'E' and Yahoo Messenger...Am I OK...?...Or will I have to keep my new Yahoo account to get on...?...This seems to easy...Or I didn't do something right...

Edit...Just signed on to my router as id@ameritech.net and worked, this is the new one I just put in, actually old one I haven't used in a few years...Is this right...?...I thought we would have a different sign on...?...

[text was edited by author 2003-01-22 09:43:17]

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