How to read Yahoo! Mail Plus using Outlook 98 and 2000

Do you want to read and send your Yahoo! email with Outlook 98 or 2000? If you are a Yahoo! Mail Plus user you can. Here’s how to set up Microsoft Outlook 98 and 2000 to read and send Yahoo! Mail Plus:

1. From the Tools menu, select 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. Click Add.
3. From the Add menu, select Mail.
4. In the Display Name box, type your name as you'd like it to appear when you send an email message. Click Next.
5. In the Email Address box, type your Yahoo! Mail Plus email address (for example, jo.bloggs@yahoo.com). Click Next.
6. Complete the following information:
   • My incoming mail server is a: Select POP3 from the pull-down menu.
   • Incoming Mail (POP3 or IMAP) Server: Type pop.mail.yahoo.com.
   • Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server: Type smtp.mail.yahoo.com.
   Click Next.
7. Enter the following information:
   • Account Name: Type your Yahoo! ID (your email address without the "@domain.com").
   • Password: Type your Yahoo! password.
   • Select the Remember Password checkbox if you don't want Outlook to prompt you for your password each time you check your mail.
   • Do not select the Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) checkbox.
   Click Next.
8. Under Which Method Do You Use to Connect to the Internet, select your connection type.
   
   Note: If you chose Connect using my phone line, you must select a dial-up connection in the Dial-up Connection Wizard.
   
   Click Next.
9. Click Finish.
10. Select the pop.mail.yahoo.com account and click Properties.
11. Click the Advanced tab:
    • Under Incoming Server (POP3), select the This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) checkbox. The number in the Incoming Server (POP3) field usually changes automatically from 110 to 995. If it doesn’t, type 995.
    • In the Outgoing Server (SMTP) field, type 465. Under Outgoing Server (SMTP), select the This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) checkbox.
    • If you want to save your Yahoo! Mail messages on both the Yahoo! Mail server and on your computer, select the Leave a copy of messages on the server checkbox. If you want your messages to be deleted from the Yahoo! server once Outlook has downloaded them onto your computer, leave the box unchecked.
      
      Note: After your messages are deleted from the server, we cannot retrieve them.
12. Click OK to close the dialog box.
13. Click Finish to close the dialog box.
14. Click Close to close the box.

Troubleshooting tips

If you still can’t send Yahoo! Mail from Outlook 98 or Outlook 2000, you may be accessing the Internet through an ISP that is blocking the SMTP port. If this is the case, try using port 587 when sending email via Yahoo!'s SMTP server. To make this change:

1. From the Tools menu, select 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. Click the Mail tab.
3. Select the pop.mail.yahoo.com account and click Properties.
4. Click the Advanced tab.
5. In the Outgoing Server (SMTP) box, type 587.
6. Click Apply, and then click OK to close the dialog box.
7. Click Close to close the dialog box.

Note: You must be a Yahoo! Mail Plus user to read Yahoo! Mail in an email reader program such as Microsoft Outlook. Click here for information about subscribing to Yahoo! Mail Plus.