To configure your POP settings for Microsoft Outlook 2002 (sometimes referred to as Outlook XP) and 2003, follow these steps:

1. From the Tools menu, select "Email Accounts." You may have to click the arrows.
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! Mail address (for example, "user@yahoo.com.ph").

   Server Information

   • Incoming mail server (POP3):
     
     pop.mail.yahoo.com.ph
   • Outgoing mail server (SMTP):
     
     smtp.mail.yahoo.com.ph
   Login Information
   • User Name: Enter your Yahoo! ID (your email address without the "@yahoo.com.ph").
   • 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. 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."
9. Click the "OK" button.
10. 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. Click "Tools," then select "Email Accounts."
2. Select "View or change existing email accounts" and click "Next."
3. Select your Yahoo! Mail 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 is checked next to "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication."
6. Click the "Advanced" tab and ensure that you have not selected "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" under the incoming (POP3) or outgoing (SMTP) port settings.

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 the Yahoo! 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 Yahoo! Mail messages on both the Yahoo! Mail server and on your local computer. 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.

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 "E-mail Accounts"
2. Select "View or Change existing email accounts" and click on "Next"
3. Select your Yahoo! POP account and click on the "Change" button
4. Next, click on "More Settings"
5. Click on the "Advanced" tab
6. Next to "Outgoing server (SMTP), change port 25 to 587
7. Click "OK", then click "Next" and "Finish"