Yahoo to Yahoo Migration: 4 Easy Ways to Transfer All Your Mail

So you want to transfer Yahoo email to another Yahoo account? Don’t worry, I have got you covered. I just recently performed the same process to tie two of my Yahoo accounts together and merge all of their mail.

I will explain to you step by step what I did, what mistakes you should avoid, and some secret tips to make the entire process much simpler. Without further ado, let’s get started by exploring the reasons that prompt users to attempt an inter-account Yahoo Mail transfer.

Why Transfer Yahoo Email to Another Yahoo Account?

Yahoo made some adjustments to its storage quota, reducing the total available space by 98%. Users who treated their 1 TB mail storage as a personal archive now had to keep all emails within the 20 GB limit.

Although you have the option to regain lost storage by paying a premium, no one will shell out $9.99/month/TB for multiple Yahoo accounts. That is why many Yahoo users merge their different email accounts into a single repository.

Moreover, having multiple accounts with the same domain is confusing. You might send emails to a contact who does not have your second email ID in their safe sender list. So the mail sits in their junk section until expiry, and your message never reaches the person. By combining different Yahoo accounts into your main ID, you can avoid such situations.

The maximum number of Yahoo accounts a single person can have is 10. If you want to create a new one, you will have to merge all existing Yahoo accounts to create space for new ones.

It may be that your workplace uses Yahoo to carry out all official communication. If a colleague leaves, you might be put in charge of their Yahoo mail. To make things smoother, you can merge accounts. This is a normal situation people face in their workplace.

It is also possible you made a Yahoo account as a child with a name not appropriate for formal conversation. As you still receive important emails there, you can make a new Yahoo account with a proper user account and transfer all your data there. So you can avoid embarrassing situations and maintain access to critical mail at the same time.

There might be other situations that force you to merge accounts. The methods I am about to describe are independent of initial conditions. Let us start by exploring what built-in features Yahoo has to merge two accounts.

Automated Forwarding to Transfer Yahoo Mail to Another Account

To get new emails in a different Yahoo ID, set up automatic forwarding. As of early 2021, Yahoo made this a premium-only feature. You must procure either Yahoo Mail Plus or the “Access + Forwarding” plan.

Once you have the plan, the steps are simple:

• Step 1. Log in to your old Yahoo Mail account.
• Step 2. Click the Settings gear at the top right corner, then select More Settings.
• Step 3. Look for Mailboxes in the left side pane and click it.
• Step 4. Select your source Yahoo email address.
• Step 5. In the Forwarding section, type the email address of your new Yahoo account.
• Step 6. Click on Verify. Yahoo will send a verification email to your new account.
• Step 7. Log in to your new Yahoo ID, open the verification mail, & complete confirmation.

After this, all new emails sent to your old Yahoo address will be automatically forwarded to your new one.

Also Read: How to Transfer iCloud Emails to Yahoo Mail?

This process has a few issues:

It is a paid feature that you have to pay for a Yahoo account that you are about to close permanently, which does not seem like a smart decision.

This $5 per month payment is on top of the ~$10 subscription fee you are paying for the extra storage, bringing the total to $15 per month.

Auto-forwarding does not shift your legacy emails, so if your primary requirement was to move those emails, this method is not recommended for you. I have other methods as well.

Manually Forward All Mails

You can still forward emails in Yahoo. You can use this process to transfer remaining mail that could be forwarded with auto forwarding. Moreover, as this feature is free, anyone can use this to merge the mail data of two Yahoo accounts.

Check Out: How I did a Gmail to Yahoo Migration with Attachments

Here is what you need to do

• Step 1. Open any browser and log in to your Yahoo account.
• Step 2. Open any mail (this is compulsory); you can’t forward mail directly from the folder view.
• Step 3. Once a mail is open and visible, click on the right-pointing arrow icon.
• Step 4. Type your new Yahoo account address and hit send.

Repeat for every email you want to see in the new account.

This method, too, has its disadvantages:

The major limitation is the one-email-at-a-time transfer; if the number of emails is small, this is not a big deal. However, most Yahoo users have had the same account for decades. During which time they would have accumulated thousands upon thousands of emails. It is not possible to manually forward this many emails.

Morver forwarding the emails changes its metadata. If you work in an industry that does not compromise on compliance, you could land in hot water.

Professionally Transfer Yahoo Email to Another Yahoo Account

Use the best-in-class IMAP migration tool to move your Yahoo mail between accounts. It can not only move your main inbox but also send items and even the custom folders, plus all attachments, flawlessly.

Available on both Windows and Mac, this utility offers what other methods fail at, that is, the combination of safety plus security.

Here is what you have to do to transfer Yahoo mail data with this tool

Step 1. Launch the tool on your system. The tool auto-selects IMAP endpoints, and the email workload checkbox is also marked for you. Just apply a date filter if you need it and press Next.

Step 2. Validate the source Yahoo Mail server by selecting it from the dropdown. The port number and IMAP server name will auto-fill. Repeat for the destination as well.

Step 3. On the User mapping screen, download a template, edit it to fill multiple Yahoo mail accounts in the source and destination columns, and then upload it via the import button.

Step 4. Check the accounts in the user list, prioritize, and validate, then press Start.

Use an Email Client to Drag and Drop

You can set up both of your Yahoo accounts in the same desktop-based email client. Then use the drag-and-drop facility to move a bunch of emails together across the two accounts.

The number of emails you can move depends on the UI of the email client.

You could use Outlook, Thunderbird, or any other client that is your favorite, just make sure to connect the Yahoo account carefully.

The way many email clients keep email accounts can make it difficult for you to drag and drop and vertically scroll at the same time. So what I suggest you do is open two instances of the same client. Set up a split-screen view with the source Yahoo on one side and the destination Yahoo on the other. Then drag and drop horizontally.

Conclusion

Here, I gave you plenty of ways to transfer Yahoo email to another Yahoo account. Choose the one that works best for you. What I would suggest is to go for the utility; it offers the most solid transfer capability out of any method. The rest is up to you.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What IMAP settings should I use in Yahoo for migrating emails to another account?

You should use the default IMAP settings, which are as follows:

• imap.mail.yahoo.com for the incoming server (Port 993 with SSL)
• smtp.mail.yahoo.com for the outgoing server (Port 465 or 587 with SSL).

Q. When I perform email migration between two Yahoo accounts, do my contact and calendar details also move?
No, the methods that I have covered here are only applicable to Yahoo emails. To move contacts and calendars, you have to move them separately.

Q. Does the inter-account Yahoo Mail migration change the original email date?
If you perform a manual migration, like drag and drop or forwarding the messages, then the email metadata changes. However, the tool will preserve the original metadata and attachments during migration. Giving you one more reason to choose it over manual methods.

Q. Is there any limit to the number of emails I can migrate between two Yahoo accounts?
Yes, Yahoo has a built-in limit that only allows the transfer of a maximum of 500 emails per day. This limit applies to all methods that I have described here, except the professional tool.