Microsoft KB Archive/296524

= How to Configure Outlook for Yahoo! POP3 Account =

PSS ID Number: 296524

Article Last Modified on 3/11/2004

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
 * Microsoft Outlook 2002

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This article was previously published under Q296524





SUMMARY
Yahoo! offers Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) e-mail services as well as Web-based e-mail services. This article describes how to configure an Internet e-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 following the Yahoo! Web site

http://www.yahoo.com

and then click the Mail link.

You must be a member of the Yahoo! Delivers program to use Outlook to access messages on the Yahoo! servers.

How to Configure a POP3 E-mail Client
The following are the basic server settings for Yahoo! Mail:

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

 * 1) On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.
 * 2) Click Add a new e-mail account, and then click Next.
 * 3) Click the Add button.
 * 4) Click POP3, and then click Next.
 * 5) Enter your e-mail account information.
 * 6) In the Your Name box, type your name as you would like it to appear.
 * 7) In the E-mail Address box, type your Yahoo! e-mail address, for example, user@yahoo.com.
 * 8) In the Incoming mail server (POP3) box, type pop.mail.yahoo.com.
 * 9) In the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) box, type smtp.mail.yahoo.com.
 * 10) In the User Name box, verify that everything before the at symbol (@) symbol of your Yahoo! e-mail address is displayed.
 * 11) Enter your Yahoo! password.

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

How to Control Deletion of Messages from the Yahoo! Mail Server

 * 1) In the properties of the Internet E-mail settings, click the More Settions button.
 * 2) Click the Advanced tab.
 * 3) Click to select the Leave a copy of messages on the 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, do not check select this option.
 * 4) Click OK.
 * 5) Click Next.
 * 6) Click Finish.

Some information in this article is provided by Yahoo! and may be subject to change without notice. For current information please go to the following Yahoo! Web site

http://mail.yahoo.com/?.intl=us

log on to your Yahoo! account, and then click Help Desk.

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