Question posted by kepman on May 29th, 2014

Why Does Yahoo Want My Other Email Addressr

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Answer #1: Posted by freginold on June 5th, 2014 4:39 PM
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Yahoo uses your alternate email address that you provide to send password reset request emails to. If you get locked out of your Yahoo account, you can request a password reset, and an email will be sent to the email address that you specified instructing you what to do.

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