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Forgot Your Password?
If you forget your password you can go to http://edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_forgot_pw and by answering the security questions Yahoo! will change the password on your account and tell you what it now is.
Changing Your Security Questions
If, for some reason, you feel the need to change the security question for your account just follow these steps.
To update your Password Question/Secret Answer, please forward the following information to:
my-login-request@yahoo-inc.com
- Yahoo! ID
- ZIP or Postal Code you provided during registration (Please also include country)
- Date of birth you provided during registration (mm-dd-yr)
- Your current Password Question and Secret Answer
- Your requested Password Question and Secret Answer
- Alternate email address that we currently have on record for you, if applicable.
The punctuation, spelling, and spacing of your new Secret Answer is very important.
Yahoo will copy the Secret Answer exactly as it appears in your email.
Account Hacking
Hacking a Yahoo! account (or cracking) is not as easy as some people make out.
Yahoo! has patched nearly all it's login servers so cracking is nigh on impossible.
But to make sure your account is better protected here are some ideas
- Don't make your security question obvious
- Don't post your date of birth anywhere online
- Don't use single words for your password (ie. timothy, metro, sesame)
- Use a combination of letters and numbers for your password (ie. 1z2x3c, t1m0thy, )
- Use a mixture of upper and lowercase letters such as AlPhA, SexY1