The Yahoo Mail Connection (June-08-2007)

You're here to make the connection between Yahoo Mail and Outlook.

You can only use your Yahoo email with Outlook if you have a premium mail account. In other words, you must be using either:

A Yahoo Mail Plus account ($19.99 per year)

A Yahoo Business Email account ($9.95 per month)

If you don't have one of these account types, you cannot connect Yahoo Mail and Outlook.

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Converting a free Yahoo account to a Mail Plus account is easy. This link opens a new window that walks you through the Mail Plus upgrade process. Be sure to return to this page once you have upgraded your account so we can configure Outlook to work with it.

The process of configuring both types of Yahoo Mail to work with Outlook is almost the same. The following steps walk you through the process:

NOTE: As part of the process for configuring Yahoo email with Outlook you will tell the Yahoo mail servers not to keep copies of messages on the server once you view them with Outlook. This means they will not be visible from the Web once you read them with Outlook. This is most likely the way you want things to work anyway (having multiple versions of a message floating around is a recipe for confusion), but is something to be aware of.

What Version of Outlook are You Using?

If you are using Outlook 2007, go here. For other versions, follow the instructions in the next section and skip the ones for Outlook 2007.

Configuring Outlook to Work with Yahoo Mail

1. In the Outlook main menu, click Tools, then E-mail Accounts. This launches the E-mail Accounts wizard.


2. Select Add a new e-mail account, then click Next.


3. Select POP3, then click Next.


4. Enter your name as you want it to appear in messages in the Your Name field.


5. Enter your full Mail Plus address (user@yahoo.com) or Business Mail address (for example, user@yourdomain.com) in the E-mail Address field.


6. Enter your Yahoo ID in the User Name field. For a Mail Plus account, enter your mail address without the "@yahoo.com". For a Business Mail account, enter your mail address including the "@yourdomain.com".


7. Enter your Yahoo password in the Password field.


8. Set the Remember password check box if you don't want to have to enter your password manually each time Outlook checks your mail.


9. Make sure that the check box next to Log on using Secure Password Authentication is CLEARED.


10. For a Mail Plus account, enter "pop.mail.yahoo.com" in the Incoming mail server (POP3) field and "smtp.mail.yahoo.com" in the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) field.


11. For a Business Mail account, enter "pop.bizmail.yahoo.com" in the Incoming mail server (POP3) field and "smtp.bizmail.yahoo.com" in the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) field.


12. Click More Settings to open the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box.


13. Click the Outgoing Server tab.


14. Set the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication check box.


15. Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.


16. Click the Advanced tab.


17. Make sure that This server requires a secure connection (SSL) is NOT checked under either Incoming server (POP3) or Outgoing server (SMTP).


18. Make sure that Leave a copy of messages on the server is NOT checked.


19. Click OK to return to the Internet E-mail Settings screen.


20. Click Test Account Settings. The Test Account Settings dialog box appears and Outlook sends a test message using the settings you have just entered. If all is well, a Congratulations! message appears in the dialog box. Click Close to close this dialog box. If you didn't see the Congratulations! message, go back through this procedure from the top to check all your settings.

Note: If the Test Account Settings dialog box reports that Outlook cannot send the test message, and you have checked that you have completed all other steps correctly, your ISP may be blocking Port 25. To find out what that means and how to fix the problem, go to the Mail Tips page and view the Work around the Port 25 problem tip.


21. Click Next then Finish.

Configuring Outlook 2007 to Work with Yahoo Mail

1. In the Outlook main menu, click Tools, then Account Settings. This opens the Account Settings dialog box.


2. On the E-mail tab, click New. This launches the Add New E-mail Account wizard.


3. On the Choose E-mail Service screen, select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, then click Next.


4. On the Auto Account Setup screen, set the Manually configure server settings of additional server types checkbox and click Next.


5. On the Choose E-mail Service screen, select Internet E-mail, then click Next.


6. Enter your name as you want it to appear in messages in the Your Name field.


7. Enter your full Mail Plus address (user@yahoo.com) or Business Mail address (for example, user@yourdomain.com) in the E-mail Address field.


8. Select POP3 in the Account Type list.


9. For a Mail Plus account, enter "pop.mail.yahoo.com" in the Incoming mail server (POP3) field and "smtp.mail.yahoo.com" in the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) field.


10. For a Business Mail account, enter "pop.bizmail.yahoo.com" in the Incoming mail server field and "smtp.bizmail.yahoo.com" in the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) field.


11. For a Mail Plus account, enter "pop.mail.yahoo.com" in the Incoming mail server field and "smtp.mail.yahoo.com" in the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) field.


12. Enter your Yahoo user name in the User Name field. For a Mail Plus account, enter your mail address without the "@yahoo.com". For a Business Mail account, enter your mail address including the "@yourdomain.com".


13. Enter your Yahoo Mail password in the Password field, then enter it again in the Retype Password field.


14. Set the Remember password check box if you don't want to have to enter your password manually each time Outlook checks your mail.


15. Make sure that the check box next to Log on using Secure Password Authentication is CLEARED.


16. Click More Settings to open the Internet E-mail Settings dialog box.


17. Click the Outgoing Server tab.


18. Set the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication check box.


19. Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.


20. Click the Advanced tab.


21. Make sure that Leave a copy of messages on the server is NOT checked.


22. Make sure that This server requires a secure connection (SSL) is NOT checked under either Incoming server (POP3) or Outgoing server (SMTP).


23. Click OK to return to the Internet E-mail Settings screen.


24. Click Test Account Settings. The Test Account Settings dialog box appears and Outlook sends a test message using the settings you have just entered. If all is well, a Congratulations! message appears in the dialog box. Click Close to close this dialog box. If you didn't see the Congratulations! message, go back through this procedure from the top to check all your settings.


25. Click Next then Finish.

Note: If the Test Account Settings dialog box reports that Outlook cannot send the test message, and you have checked that you have completed all other steps correctly, your ISP may be blocking Port 25. To find out what that means and how to fix the problem, go to the Mail Tips page and view the Work around the Port 25 problem tip.