Microsoft KB Archive/254066

= OL2000: (CW) How to Configure Outlook to Use a Yahoo! POP3 Account =

PSS ID Number: 254066

Article Last Modified on 10/8/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000

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This article was previously published under Q254066



NOTE: The procedures in this article only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Corporate or Workgroup option. With this option, you can use Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) services. To determine your installation type, click About Microsoft Outlook on the Help menu. If you have the Corporate or Workgroup installation, you see "Corporate or Workgroup".



SUMMARY
Yahoo! offers POP3 e-mail services as well as web-based e-mail. The information in this article is intended to be used to configure an Internet Mail account with Microsoft Outlook.



MORE INFORMATION
Yahoo! offers POP3 e-mail services to its customers who join the Yahoo! Delivers program. For details on how to sign up for this service, or to check whether you already are a member, visit the following Web site

[http://www.yahoo.com Yahoo! Web site]

and then click the Mail link.

You must be a member of this Yahoo! Delivers program to use Outlook to access e-mail on the Yahoo! servers.

To Configure a POP3 Email Client
To use an e-mail client to send and receive Yahoo! Mail messages, you must designate a new incoming (POP) mail server and a new outgoing (SMTP) mail server.

These are the basic server settings for Yahoo! Mail:

To Add a New E-mail Account to Your Existing Profile

 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Services.
 * 2) Click Add, and then click Internet E-mail. Click OK.
 * 3) Type a name for the new service such as "Yahoo Mail".
 * 4) Type your name as you would like it to appear in the display box.
 * 5) In Email Address, type your Yahoo! Mail address (for example, "user@yahoo.com"). Click Apply.
 * 6) Click the Servers tab.
 * 7) In Incoming mail (POP3), type pop.mail.yahoo.com.
 * 8) In Outgoing mail (SMTP), type smtp.mail.yahoo.com.
 * 9) In Account Name, enter your Yahoo! Mail name (your address without the "@yahoo.com".
 * 10) In Password, type your Yahoo! Mail password.
 * 11) Click to clear the Log On Using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) check box.
 * 12) Click the Connection tab.
 * 13) Choose the appropriate connection type.
 * 14) Click OK.

To Control Deletion of Messages from the Yahoo! Mail Server

 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
 * 2) Click the Mail Services tab.
 * 3) Click to select your Yahoo! Mail account and click Properties.
 * 4) Click the Advanced tab.
 * 5) Click to select the Leave a copy of messages on server check box if you want to save your Yahoo! Mail messages on the Yahoo! Mail server as well as on your local computer. If you want your messages to be deleted from the Yahoo! Mail server once you have received them in Microsoft Outlook Express, do not check this box.
 * 6) Click OK.
 * 7) Close Outlook, and restart.

Some information in this article is provided by Yahoo! This information is subject to change without notice. For current information, visit the following Yahoo! Web site.

http://mail.yahoo.com

Log into your Yahoo! account, and then click Help Desk.

IMPORTANT: The Yahoo! Mail SMTP server now requires authentication. To turn this setting on, follow these steps:
 * 1) From the Tools menu, click Services.
 * 2) Click your Yahoo! Mail account, and then click Properties.
 * 3) Click Servers.
 * 4) Click to select the My Server Requires Authentication check box, and then click OK.

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