Click to Go Back to FAQ Topics What is AddressGuard?
If you’re ever worried about giving out your email address on a web site, AddressGuard is for you. Instead of leaving your address open to spam, you can use a disposable email address, while still accessing all your mail in one place. You can create up to 500 disposable addresses with Yahoo! Mail Plus. Use these when you want to give an email address to a site that you suspect might share or sell it. Create several if you shop at different places and want to have a different email address for each store. You can view messages sent to each of your disposable addresses in your Inbox or a folder that you designate. Each disposable address has two parts: a base name and a keyword. Base name The base name is the same for all your disposable addresses but it’s different from your Yahoo! ID. By using this profile, you can keep spammers from guessing your Yahoo! ID and your primary email address. Keyword The keyword identifies what you are using the disposable address for. You can use the name
