The Yahoo Dash Trick
Disposable Email Address
Need to create a disposable email address (DEA) with Yahoo mail?
Read on to see exactly how.
Step 1:
Log into your Yahoo mail account.
![Log into Yahoo mail](i/ydt/300/yahoo-mail-login.jpg)
Step 2:
Go to the gear box and click on "Settings" from the drop down menu.
![Click on "Settings" from gear box drop down](i/ydt/o/yahoo-settings.png)
Step 3:
Click on "Security" from the left side menu.
![Click on "Security"](i/ydt/o/yahoo-settings-security.png)
![Click on "Security"](i/ydt/300/yahoo-settings-security.jpg)
Step 4:
Click on the "Create base name" button.
![Click on "Create base name"](i/ydt/o/yahoo-create-base-name.png)
![Click on "Create base name"](i/ydt/300/yahoo-create-base-name.jpg)
Step 5:
Enter a base name. This can not be changed and will be the same for all the disposable mail addresses you create.
![Enter a disposable email base name](i/ydt/o/yahoo-disposable-email-base-name.png)
![Enter a disposable email base name](i/ydt/300/yahoo-disposable-email-base-name.jpg)
Step 6:
Your choice may not be available.
![Yahoo base name is not available; please try another](i/ydt/o/yahoo-dea-base-name-not-available.png)
![Yahoo base name is not available; please try another](i/ydt/300/yahoo-dea-base-name-not-available.jpg)
Step 7:
If your choice is not available, enter a different base name.
![Enter a different disposable email base name](i/ydt/o/yahoo-disposable-email-base-name-2.png)
![Enter a different disposable email base name](i/ydt/300/yahoo-disposable-email-base-name-2.jpg)
Step 8:
You have created your disposable email base name!
![Yahoo disposable base name created](i/ydt/o/yahoo-disposable-email-setting.png)
![Yahoo disposable base name created](i/ydt/300/yahoo-disposable-email-setting.jpg)
Step 9:
Now you need to create keywords. Click on the "Add" button.
![Click "Add"](i/ydt/o/yahoo-add-keyword.png)
![Click "Add"](i/ydt/300/yahoo-add-keyword.jpg)
Step 10:
Enter a keyword here. It can be anything you want. Then click the "Save" button.
![Enter keyword](i/ydt/o/yahoo-save-keyword.png)
![Enter keyword](i/ydt/300/yahoo-save-keyword.jpg)
Step 11:
Your disposable e-mail address has been created!
![Base name and keyword created](i/ydt/o/yahoo-disposable-email-created.png)
![Base name and keyword created](i/ydt/300/yahoo-disposable-email-created.jpg)
Step 12:
Select your disposable email address in the "From" drop down menu when sending email. *Note: You may have to log off Yahoo and log back on in order to see your disposable email address in the drop down.
![Select disposable email from drop down menu](i/ydt/o/yahoo-select-disposable-email.png)
![Select disposable email from drop down menu](i/ydt/300/yahoo-select-disposable-email.jpg)
Step 13:
You can now give your disposable email address out to any website or person and you'll receive emails directly in your Yahoo inbox. If a website does not accept your Yahoo disposable email address, you can always try one from EmailOnDeck.com