Since Yahoo is start page now, how do I import my bellsouth mail to the new page?

Debbie S: Since Yahoo is start page now, how do I import my bellsouth mail to the new page?
I cannot retrieve my bellsouth mail. How do I do that now since switching to the new yahoo page. I wish I had never made the switch!

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Answer by a_spicer2003
You don’t have to have Yahoo be your start page, and even if it is your start page … it doesn’t mean you cannot go to webmail for Bellsouth.

In your Tools > Internet Options > [General Tab] should be your HOME PAGE. You can change what is in there.

You can also download your bellsouth.net email with Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail (Windows Vista) or any other POP3 capable mail program.

Yahoo Mail Classic, or even the pay version, does not seem to have an option to download from another POP3 server.

I used to use something in Linux called “fetchmail” which could download any mailbox from any provider … and put it on the local Linux machine for reading by my username.

Some providers don’t really like you to download several other provider email boxes into your account … because if you get a lot of spam, then it magnifies their spam problem. Often stuff that isn’t even really spam – gets flagged as spam.

Me – I like to keep things seperate. Of course I do manage my own email accounts on my server for “marinetelecom.net” as my own Systems Administrator… so I mainly get my business email there – and use Bellsouth.net as well – since I’ve had it so long. I download Gmail, Bellsouth.net, and Marinetelecom.net all from within Outlook Express on XP and Windows Mail on Vista.