Mozilla Thunderbird
To add a new Yahoo! Business Email POP email account in Mozilla Thunderbird:
(Instructions based on Thunderbird 11.0 and may differ from other versions of the program)
(Instructions based on Thunderbird 11.0 and may differ from other versions of the program)
- Launch Thunderbird
- Click the "Tools" menu link.
Thunderbird: Tools Menu Link - In the "Tools" pull-down menu, click "Account Settings".
Thunderbird: Tools Pull-Down Menu - In the Account Settings Window, click the Account Actions button.
Thunderbird: Account Actions Button - In the Account Actions pull-down menu, click "Add Mail Account..."
Thunderbird: Account Actions Pull-Down Menu - In first Mail Account Setup window enter the following information:
- Your Name: Enter the name you would like to appear in the "From" field of outgoing messages.
- Email Address: Enter your full Yahoo! Business Email address (for example, "j.smith@yourdomain.com").
- Password: Enter your Yahoo! Business Email password
- Click the Continue button.
Thunderbird: Mail Account Setup - Login Information - In the second Mail Account Setup window:
- Select the radio button for the desired server type, in this case: POP3 (keep mail on your computer)
- Click the Manual config button
Thunderbird: Mail Account Setup - Server Type - In the third Mail Account Setup window enter the following information:
- Incoming:
- Server type: POP3
- Server hostname: pop.bizmail.yahoo.com
- Port: 995
- SSL: SSL/TLS
- Authentication: Normal password
- Outgoing:
- Server type: SMPT (default setting, not editable)
- Server hostname: smtp.bizmail.yahoo.com
- Port: 465
- SSL: SSL/TLS
- Authentication: Normal password
- Username: Enter your entire Yahoo! Business Email address
- Click the Create Account button
Thunderbird: Mail Account Setup - Server Information - Incoming:
- Click the "Tools" menu link.
Thunderbird: Tools Menu Link - In the "Tools" pull-down menu, click "Account Settings".
Thunderbird: Tools Pull-Down Menu - Click "Server Settings" under the appropriate mail account on the left.
Thunderbird: Server Settings Link - Use checkboxes to specify your preferences:
- Leave messages on server (if you don't want messages to be deleted from the Yahoo! servers when they are downloaded to Thunderbird)
- For at most ___ days (if you want to specify how long copies of downloaded messages remain on the Yahoo! servers before being deleted from the Yahoo! servers)
- Until I delete them (if you want copies of downloaded messages to remain on the Yahoo! servers until you actively delete them or the Business mail account is closed)
- Click the OK button to submit the settings.
Thunderbird: Server Settings - Delete Mail from Server Options
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