New Home for BT email
BT's email was previously outsourced to Yahoo, hence "BT Yahoo", but this arrangement is coming to an end and these email accounts are to move to BT's own systems.
Read BT's news here: http://home.bt.com/news/btlife/the-bt-yahoo-mail-login-experience-is-changing-11363812900474?s_cid=con_FURL_yahoo_loginchange
After the change, you will sign into your BT email at a different page. I have no security concerns with the change itself which will be managed by BT.
SCAM WARNING
Fake emails
Do not fall for emails, apparently from BT, asking you to follow a link to confirm your details or login to your new BT email. This is a common method crooks use to steal login details and bank details via a fake website. It is really easy to get a link in an email to read "www.bt.com" whilst having it actually go somewhere else.
BT will send links to advertising but they will NOT send a link for you to login, they will tell you to find your own way via bt.com.
Simple Precautions
These checks follow for web pages used for personal banking and shopping as well as email, anywhere that you are entering personal of financial data.
Correct Address?
Check that the address of the web page you are on is where you expect to be. The address is shown at the top of the screen. A BT.COM page will have "bt.com" before the first single slash, e.g. http://home.bt.com/ or http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayPnSHub.do?btheader_primarynav_index=2
Secure?
Before entering username and password or any other personal details, ensure that the address of page you are on starts https:// by checking at the top of the screen. The 's' on https indicates that this is a Secure site and you should also see a Closed Padlock symbol. If these are present then your details will be encrypted before leaving your computer.
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