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Microsoft Outlook 2010

To configure your POP settings in Microsoft Outlook 2010:

  1. Launch Outlook 2010.
  2. From the File menu, select Info, then click Add Account.

    Business Email Contacts Tab
    Outlook 2010: Add Account

  3. Select the radio button next to "Manually configure server settings or additional server types" and click the Next button.

    Outlook 2010: Manually Configure Radio Button
    Outlook 2010: Manually Configure Radio Button

  4. Select the radio button next to "Internet Email" and click the Next button.

    Outlook 2010: Internet Email Radio Button
    Outlook 2010: Internet Email Radio Button

  5. 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! Business Email address (for example, user@widgetdesigns.com).
    • Server Information
      • Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.bizmail.yahoo.com
      • Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.bizmail.yahoo.com
    • Login Information
      • User Name: Enter your Yahoo! Business Email address.
      • Password: Enter your Yahoo! password.

    Do not check the box next to "Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)."

    Click the More Settings button.

    Outlook 2010: Login and Server Information
    Outlook 2010: Login and Server Information

  6. On the Outgoing Server tab:
    • Check the box next to "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication."
    • Select the radio button for "Use same settings as my incoming mail server."

    Outlook 2010: Outgoing Server Tab
    Outlook 2010: Outgoing Server Tab

  7. On the Advanced tab:
    • Under "Incoming Server (POP3)", check the box for "This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)".
    • The port number in the "Incoming Server (POP3)" field should automatically change from 110 to 995. If it doesn't, change the port number to 995.
    • Under "Outgoing Server (SMTP)", select "SSL" from the "Use the following type of encrypted connection" drop down.
    • Enter port number 465 in the "Outgoing Server (SMTP)" field.
    • In the Delivery section at the bottom of the window:
      • Check "Leave a copy of messages on server" if you want to save your Business Mail messages on the Yahoo! Mail server as well as on your local computer. Do not check this box if you want your messages to be deleted from the Yahoo! Mail server when they are downloaded to Outlook.
      • Check "Remove from server after ___ days" if you would like downloaded messages to be deleted from the Yahoo! servers after the specified period of time.
      • Check "Remove from server when deleted from 'Deleted Items'" if you would like Outlook to delete the copies messages on the Yahoo! servers when you delete the copy in Outlook's Deleted Items folder.
    • Click the OK button to close the Internet Email Settings window.

    Outlook 2010: Advanced Tab
    Outlook 2010: Advanced Tab

  8. Click the Next button.

    Outlook 2010: Email Account Wizard Next Button
    Outlook 2010: Email Account Wizard Next Button

  9. Click Finished.

    Outlook 2010: Email Account Wizard Finished Button
    Outlook 2010: Email Account Wizard Finished Button

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