Access Yahoo Mail in Microsoft Outlook 2007

Access Yahoo Mail in Microsoft Outlook 2007

It's good to have options. Here's how to access your Yahoo Mail account's messages in an external mail program like Microsoft Outlook 2007.

Step 1: Enabling POP in Yahoo Mail

Step 2: Setting up your Yahoo Mail account in Outlook 2007

1. Select Tools | Account Settings.
2. Click the E-mail tab.
3. Click New.
   - It's just below the tab label.
4. Click Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP.
5. Click OK.
6. Click Manually configure server settings or additional server types.
7. Click Next.
8. Click Internet E-mail.
9. Click Next.
10. Fill in the following information or take the action:

Label	Information	or action
Your Name	Your name or an alias name
E-mail Address	Your Yahoo! address — for example, jo.bloggs@yahoo.com
Incoming mail server	pop.mail.yahoo.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP)	smtp.mail.yahoo.com
User Name	The first portion of your email address, for example, jo.bloggs@yahoo.com
Password	Your email account password.
Remember password		Select to avoid being asked for a password.
Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)		Make sure this is clear of a checkmark.

11. Click More Settings.
12. Click Outgoing Server.
13. Click My Outgoing Server requires SMTP Authentication.
14. Click Advanced.
15. Fill in the following information or take the action:

Label	Information	or action
Outgoing server (SMTP)	465*
Use the following type of encrypted connection	SSL
Incoming Server (POP3)	995
This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)		Select
Leave a copy of messages on the server		Select **

16. * Another setting enables SSL/TLS and uses 587 as the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) port number.
    Either way, you must enable either the SSL or TLS mode for the Outgoing SMTP server.
    ** This makes your emails accessible in Outlook and Yahoo Mail.
17. Click OK.
18. Click Next.
19. Click Finish.