Setting up Yahoo! Mail in Windows Live Mail
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To set up Yahoo! Mail in Windows Live Mail:
- Open Windows Live Mail.
- Select Add e-mail account in the left side of Windows Live Mail.
- "Add e-mail account" opens. - Enter the following information in Add e-mail account:
- E-mail address: Enter your full Yahoo! Mail email address (e.g., user@yahoo.com).
- Password: Enter your Yahoo! Mail password.
- Remember password: Clear this check box (optional) if you don't Windows Live Mail to retain your Yahoo! Mail password.
- Display Name: Enter the name you want to display on your sent messages.
- Manually configure server settings for e-mail account: Check the check box for this item.
- E-mail address: Enter your full Yahoo! Mail email address (e.g., user@yahoo.com).
- Select Next.
- In the "Add email account " window, enter the following information:
- My incoming mail server: POP3
- Incoming server: pop.mail.yahoo.com
- Port: 995
- This server requires a secure connection (SSL): Check the check box for this item.
- Log on using: Clear text authentication.
- Login ID (if different from e-mail address): Your Yahoo! Mail user name (the part before "@yahoo.com").
- Outgoing server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com.
- Port: 465
- This server requires a secure connection (SSL): Check the check box for this item.
- My outgoing server requires authentication: Check the check box for this item.
- Select Next.
-On successful connection to the Yahoo! Mail servers, the message "You have successfully entered in the information required to set up your account" displays. - To set the Yahoo! Mail account as the default account if you have multiple accounts: Select Set this account as the default mail account.
- Select Finish.