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# Email
Changing email services is actually much easier than most people think.
It's really only a few steps.
1. Create a new account.
2. Set up your old account to forward to the new account.
3. Begin using your new account, exclusively using it to read and reply.
4. Commit to only using the new account consistently.
## New Mail Providers
[How private is your email? Not very | Hacker News : `https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9811311`](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9811311)
### Proton Mail
A highly popular choice in today's world.
They offer hosting solutions if you have your own domain.
### Riseup
## Mail Forwarding
Below are links on how to set up mail forwarding in common service providers.
### Google: @gmail.com
[TBD/TODO]
### Yahoo: @yahoo.com, @myyahoo.com, @ymail.com, @yahoo.*
1. Log in to your Yahoo Mail account.
2. Click the gear icon in the upper-right corner and select "More Settings".
3. In the left-hand menu, click on "Mailboxes".
4. Under the "Mailbox list," select your primary Yahoo mailbox account.
5. Scroll down to the "Forwarding" section and enter the email address where you want your messages to be forwarded.
6. Click "Verify." Yahoo will send a verification email to the address you entered.
7. Log in to the destination email account, open the verification email from Yahoo, and click the verification link to confirm ownership.
8. Return to your Yahoo Mail settings, enable forwarding, select the verified address, and click "Save" to activate the feature.
[Enable automatic email forwarding in New Yahoo Mail : `https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN36684.html`](https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN36684.html)
[Enable automatic email forwarding in Yahoo Mail : `https://help.yahoo.com/kb/auto-forwarding-address-sln29133.html`](https://help.yahoo.com/kb/auto-forwarding-address-sln29133.html)
### Microsoft: @outlook.com, @hotmail.com, @live.com, @msn.com
[TBD/TODO]