Using POP with Yahoo! Mail in Microsoft Outlook 2007
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Please note: this feature is available only to Mail Plus subscribers. For more information on Mail Plus, please visit this webpage.
To set up POP for Microsoft Outlook 2007:
- Go to Tools and Account Settings – below the E-mail tab click New.
- Choose E-mail Service. Click on the Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP radio button.
- Click the Manually Configure Server Settings or Additional Server Types check box. This will automatically fill in all of the required fields.
- Click Next.
- Click on the Internet E-mail bubble, then click Next.
- Enter the following information:
- Your Name: Display Name you want to use, for example, Jo Bloggs
- Email address: Full email address, for example, jo.bloggs@yahoo.com
- Incoming Server: Contact your ISP or Hosting Company for this setting. (See note below if your mail provider is Yahoo!)
- Outgoing Mail server: Contact your ISP or Hosting Company for this setting. (See note below if your mail provider is Yahoo!)
- User name: The first portion of your email address, for example, jo.bloggs@yahoo.com
- Password: Your email account password. Put a check on the "Remember Password" checkbox if you want your username and password to be remembered whenever you access your account in Outlook 2007.
Note: If your mail provider is either yahoo.com, rocketmail.com, or ymail.com then the incoming and outgoing settings are as follows:
- Incoming Mail Server pop.mail.yahoo.com
- Outgoing Mail Server smtp.mail.yahoo.com
If your mail server requires SMTP Authentication, follow these steps. If you are not sure if your mail server requires SMTP Authentication, please contact your hosting company or ISP:
- Click More Settings.
- Navigate to the Outgoing Server tab.
- Check My Outgoing Server requires SMTP Authentication.
- Click OK.
- Click Next.
- Click Finish.
Note: If you would like to leave your messages on the Yahoo! server while popping mail to Outlook, please follow these steps: