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Last Updated: 08 January 2009
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Want to "POP" your Yahoo! Mail into Eudora 5.1 or higher? Here's how:

  1. Click the "Tools" menu and select "Personalities."
  2. Right-click in the "Personalities" box (on the left of the screen) and select "New."
  3. The New Account Wizard takes you through the set up.
  4. Use the following settings:
    • Personality Name: Yahoo! Mail.
    • Account Settings: Select "Create a new account."
    • Personal Information: Enter your name.
    • Email Address: Enter your Yahoo! Mail address (e.g. user@yahoo.co.uk).
    • Login Name: Enter your Yahoo! Mail ID (your email address without the "@yahoo.com").
    • Incoming Email Server: Type "pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk" and make sure that "POP" is selected at the bottom.
    • Outgoing Email Server: Type "smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk."
    • Check the box next to "Allow authentication."
  5. Click the "Finish" button when you're…finished!

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

  1. Click the "Tools" menu and select "Options."
  2. Click the picture on the left that says "Incoming Mail."
  3. Check "Delete from server after…" if you want your messages to be deleted from the Yahoo! Mail server after you've received them in Eudora. Do not check this box if you want to save your Yahoo! Mail messages on the Yahoo! Mail server as well as on your local computer.

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