Using Yahoo email in Mac OS mail app

I can’t fault your reasoning, but one suggestion is inspired by something some computer programmers do. (Some love it, many hate it when their employers foist it upon them) It’s called Peer Coding/Peer Programming. In the case of coders, one person sits at the keyboard and does the typing, writing the code, and a second person sits with them and they actively talk through what they are doing, bouncing ideas back and forth. That also puts two sets of eyes on the screen to look for errors. 

If you have an indulgent friend you can convince to be your co-pilot they might be able to help you spot any discrepancies in how your system is set up or what might be. They don’t have to be better at tech than you; they just need to be able to follow instructions and have enough computer familiarity to watch for anything that doesn’t look like what they expect from those instructions. Even if they don’t understand it all, by you answering their questions you may spot exactly what isn’t as if should be. (I’ve even found that people with a little less understanding sometimes are better at seeing mismatches because they are only looking at patterns, symbols, and general concepts rather than meaningful details that they have preconceived notions about. Not always, but often; as long as they aren’t feeling like they are going to be quizzed on the information.) 

The peer doesn’t need to learn or teach. They are a sounding board. but I totally understand the e-Mail address having been the reason to stay. It’s a nightmare to change addresses. At least with the webmail access you could transition gradually.

Actually, that’s a question… How long will Cox give customers before telling Yahoo to close e-mail accounts that are associated with closed Cox accounts? I mean now the process of severing from your cable company involves canceling with two companies. (Unless they give Yahoo control to create and close cox.net addresses?) It really bothered me when Cox disallowed extra e-mail addresses. We had a family address as our primary used only for the cox account purposes and then each had our own personal e-mail addresses. When Cox changed that policy and required me to make my personal address the user account that meant I had to give my password to the second head of household so that they could also manage the account. Otherwise their e-mail only gave them limited access to the account management, no authority to billing, customer service, etc. it was totally inappropriate that I should have to share my personal e-mail password with another person. Each e-mail had to have a real person, no second addresses for a person allowed. I wonder if that policy still stands. Presumably Yahoo has the capability to handle more addresses (I assume Cox was just minimizing the number of e-mail accounts they had to manage, and the associated server storage space.)

At least Apple lets + users create anonymized e-mail addresses so that their 3rd party account logins do not connect directly to their personal address, reducing the risk of identity thieves connecting all of your accounts. (If all of your various website accounts use your same personal e-mail address as the username then it is easier for scummers to use social media data mining to break into more of your accounts. They just keep trying to login with your address. But if you have an anonymized address then your actual personal address won’t be recognized by the website. Plus you’ll be able to tell an e-mail is phishing if it comes addressed directly to your personal address (instead of forwarded to it) since that isn’t the address associated with that website. 

Anyway, enough of my bird walking. I hope you find your best solution.