thanks for your reply.

I have had a gmail account and an apple .me account that I use as base accounts. my att account was from over 10 years ago as an sbcglobal account. I then upgraded to uverse and used the addresses a bit. I am no longer a uverse customer and have contacted everyone I know about the new addresses.  the yahoo account is still getting mail. I have had it forwarded to my current addresses but it has been long enough.  I want anyone who uses one of the old addresses to get a dead end when it is sent.

how hard could it be for att or yahoo to delete this account?  when I called the number they actually told me to google the answer!  I still have a wireless account with them.  if they had any type of customer service what so ever they would have gotten me to someone who can delete the account.