Configure Windows Mail to connect to Yahoo Mail Plus
Wed, 11/14/2007 - 08:17 — Ciprian
We have received a lot of e-mails from people asking how to configure Windows Mail to connect to their e-mail accounts from Yahoo Mail. In this tutorial we will guide you step-by-step on how to connect to the popular Yahoo Mail Plus service. Before we continue, please note that the free Yahoo Mail service does not support POP3, and you will have to subscribe to a Yahoo Mail Plus account in order to use this feature.
Start Windows Mail and then go to Tools -> Accounts.
Click on Add to add the e-mail account.
Select E-mail Account and press on Next.
Type your name and click on Next.
Type your e-mail address and click on Next.
Choose POP3 in the incoming e-mail server drop-down list. Type „pop.mail.yahoo.com” in the incoming mail field and then „smtp.mail.yahoo.com” in the outgoing mail field. Also, don’t forget to check the „Outgoing server requires authentication” option. Then click on Next.
Type your username without „@yahoo.com” and your password. Check the „Remember password” option and click on Next.
Check the „Do not download my e-mail” option and click on Finish.
Now, select your e-mail account again and click on Properties.
Go to the „General” tab and type „Yahoo Mail Plus” in your account name field.
Go to the „Advanced” tab and check the „SSL” options for SMTP and POP3. Also type the ports 465 and 995.
Another recommended setting would be to check the „Leave a copy of messages on server” and the „Remove from server when deleted from Deleted Items”. Then click on OK.
Now it should work. Press on the Send/Receive button and you should start receiving your e-mail messages.
This completes our Configure Windows Mail to connect to Yahoo Mail Plus! tutorial. Stay tuned as we will work on more of them with different mail providers such as Hotmail or Gmail.
NOTE: this guide works ONLY for Yahoo Mail Plus clients. The free service of Yahoo Mail does not offer POP3 access, therefore you will always receive error messages when you will try to connect via Windows Mail or any other e-mail client. If you are a Yahoo Mail Plus client and you still have problems connecting, than please use the Yahoo Help page. Unfortunately we cannot offer any technical support for Yahoo accounts.
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Comments
i am having this problem to
i am having this problem to
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I can't get my email to work...I have followed all the instructions and I still get errors...help
need help in getting my e-mail account on
I need you to show me step by step on How to get my e-mail started,& connecting to another account in yahoo mail.
configuring windows mail for yahoo
Have followed the instructions which work until the Send/Receive demands entry of user name and password repeatedly (the windows verification box).
yahoo mail settings did not work for windows mail
Followed your instructions to the letter yet got the error message you see below, after hitting the send/receive botton.
The host 'pop.mail.yahoo.com' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly.
Account: 'Yahoo mail Plus', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D
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The host 'pop.mail.yahoo.com' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly.
Account: 'Yahoo mail Plus', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D
please help me to solve this problem
thank you
Connection problems
If you are getting the 'connection to server has failed' error message try using a different port : accounts>properties>advanced - I found 587 for out going mail and 110 for incoming mail worked best, but in some locations have to change outgoing port to 25 (no idea why this should change from location to location).
This has worked for me with a yahoo mail plus account for the last 6 months. I have suddenly developed another problem that other users on here are having and that is a windows security box popping up and continually asking for my password.
Anyone solved this yet? It's really bugging me!
Thanks, Phil
www.hikepyrenees.co.uk
Unable to send mail lately
Hi everyone
I am getting the same problem as Phil above that has suddenly develoed. Although I can receive e-mails, everything in my outbox can not be sent and I keep getting this windows security box popping up asking for my username and password. I type it correctly but still it pops up again. Anyone know what's going on?
Thanks
John
unable to access yahoo mails
getting the below error when i configuring yahoo email in windows mail
Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR popgate unknown command', Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC18
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i was able to follow all of your instructions and still i am getting an error message. windows mail dialog box asking me to log in to yahoo mail plus keeps on popping up. If i clicked on cancel then i would be able to view the error message.
" Account: 'Yahoo Mail Plus', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR [AUTH] invalid user/password', Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92"
I know i am typing in the correct username and password, because i was able to log in to my yahoo webmail account.
Please help.
Thanks is advance..