Tip: If you use Outlook, and have a Business Email address associated with a Yahoo! ID, we can automatically configure your POP settings for you. Learn more.

Outlook allows you to add a new email account to your existing profile. This means you do not have to replace your current settings in order to send and receive Yahoo! Business Email messages. To configure your POP settings for Microsoft Outlook 2002 (sometimes referred to as Outlook XP) and 2003:

1. From the Tools menu, select "Email Accounts." (If you do not see "Accounts," place your cursor over the two arrows at the bottom of the list to display more choices.)



2. Select the radio button next to "Add a new email account" and click the "Next" button.
3. Select the radio button next to "POP3" and click the "Next" button.



4. Enter the following information:

   User Information

   • Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the "From" field of your outgoing messages.
   • Email Address: Enter your full Yahoo! Business Email address (for example, "user@widgetdesigns.com").

   Server Information

   • Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.bizmail.yahoo.com
   • Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.bizmail.yahoo.com

   Login Information

   • User Name: Enter your Yahoo! Business Email address.
   • Password: Enter your Yahoo! password.

   

5. Do not check the box next to "Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)."
6. Click the "More Settings" box and select the "Outgoing Server" tab.
7. Check the box next to "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication."
8. Click the "Advanced" tab.
9. Under "Incoming Server (POP3)," check the box next to "This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)." The port number in the "Incoming Server (POP3)" field should automatically change from 110 to 995. If it doesn't, make sure to change the port number to 995.
10. Under "Outgoing Server (SMTP)," check the box next to "This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)." Enter port number "465" in the "Outgoing Server (SMTP)" field.
11. If you would like to keep a copy of your email messages on the Yahoo! Mail server, select the "Advanced" tab. Check the box next to "Leave a copy of messages on the server."



12. Click the "OK" button.
13. Click the "Next" button on the Email Account Wizard, then click "Finished."

Important: The Yahoo! Mail SMTP server requires authentication. To turn this setting on, follow these steps:

1. From the Tools menu, select "Email Accounts."
2. Select "View or change existing email accounts" and click "Next."
3. Select your Yahoo! Business Email account and click the "Change" button on the right.
4. Click the "More Settings..." button in the bottom-right corner of the Email Accounts window.
5. In the Internet Email Settings window, click the "Outgoing Server" tab. Ensure that the box next to "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication" is checked.

To control deletion of messages from the Yahoo! Mail server, follow these steps:

1. From the Tools menu, choose "Email Accounts."
2. Select the radio button next to "Edit an existing account" and click the "Next" button.
3. Double-click your Yahoo! Business Email account.
4. Select the "Advanced" tab.
5. In the Delivery section at the bottom of the window, check "Leave a copy of messages on server" if you want to save your messages on both the Yahoo! Mail server and on your computer after you download your email. If you want your messages to be deleted from the Yahoo! Mail server after you have received them in Outlook, do not check this box.

We strongly recommend that you enable SSL for both POP and SMTP, as detailed in the above instructions. This will ensure that your Yahoo! ID, password, and email messages are transmitted securely between your mail client and the Yahoo! servers. However, if you choose to not use SSL for SMTP, your email client will likely default the SMTP port to 25. If your ISP blocks port 25, or if you're unable to send email, then you will need to use port 587 when sending via Yahoo!'s SMTP server. To make this change, please follow the directions below:

1. From the "Tools" menu, select "Accounts."
2. Select your Yahoo! Business Email POP account and click the "Properties" button.
3. Click on the "Advanced" tab.
4. Next to "Outgoing server (SMTP)," change port 25 to 587.
5. Click "Apply", then click "OK" and "Close."