Yahoo Mail allows you to access your mail in email programs like Outlook 2013. Follow these steps to get started.
Please note: this feature is available only to Mail Plus subscribers. For more information on Mail Plus, please visit this webpage.
Step 1: Activate POP access in your Yahoo Mail account:
- Sign in to Yahoo Mail with a web browser.
- Move your mouse over the gear icon in the upper-right and select Mail Options.
- Click POP & Forwarding.
- Click the Access Yahoo Mail via POP radio button.
- Click Save.
Step 2: Set up Yahoo Mail in Outlook 2013:
- In Outlook 2013, click File | Add Account.
- Select Manual setup or additional server types.
- Click Next.
- Select POP and click Next.
- On the “Account Settings” page, enter your account settings:
- Your Name: The name you want to show when you send email.
- Email address: Your full Yahoo email address.
- Account Type: POP3
- Incoming Mail Server: pop.mail.yahoo.com
- Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
- User Name: Your Yahoo ID.
- Password: Your Yahoo account password.
- Leave the “Require logon using Secure Password Authentication” option unchecked.
- Click More Settings.
- Click the Outgoing Server tab.
- Check the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication box.
- Click Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
- Click the Advanced tab. Enter advanced information:
- Incoming server (POP3) port: 995
- Check This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL).
- Outgoing server (SMTP) port: 465, 587, or 25
- Set the encryption type to SSL or TLS
- Set your desired server timeout and delivery options. We recommend leaving a copy of messages on the server.
- Click OK.
- Close and restart Outlook.
- Click Send/Receive All Folders.
You should now be able to retrieve emails from your Yahoo Mail account.
Additional Information
For troubleshooting help, see our help article about troubleshooting POP issues.
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