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How to access Yahoo! Mail using Microsoft Outlook

Yahoo mail and Microsoft OutlookYou can use Microsoft Outlook with many email accounts. Most Email providers such as Google’s Gmail, Microsoft’s Hotmail and many other providers provide free POP and SMTP access which allows you to use and integrate all your Email Accounts using Microsoft’s Outlook Express. The only exception is Yahoo’s Yahoo! Mail. In this day and age it is really unfortunate that Yahoo does not provide free POP and STMP access to the users of its free Yahoo! mail.

Note: Yahoo does provide free POP and SMTP access to its premium Yahoo! Mail Plus which requires a paid subscription. If you are one of those who has a Yahoo! mail Plus account, scroll down to the bottom of this article on how you can access Yahoo! Mail using Microsoft Outlook.

Note: If you are using Microsoft Outlook 2010, scroll to the bottom of the article for configuring Outlook 2010 to use Yahoo! Mail

How to access Yahoo! Mail using Microsoft Outlook

Step 1: Download YPOPs
You need to download a small application called YPOPs. YPOPs is an application that provides POP3 and SMTP access to Yahoo! Mail. YPOPs acts as a gateway between Yahoo! Mail and Microsoft Outlook. For those who opted for the new Yahoo Mail beta are good too to use this to access Yahoo! mail using Outlook. Download YPOPs from SourceForge.

Step 2: Install YPOPs.

When configuring YPOPs, while the default settings are pretty good, I like to customize them a bit.

* In Receiving Email, under download Email Category, I choose to select just Unread email to download so that I won’t download all the hundreds of emails I have.

* In Sending Email, I check Save email in Yahoo’s Sent Items Folder

* In Miscellaneous, it is good to check Automatically start YPOPs! when Windows starts so that you don’t have to worry about launching it everytime you launch Microsoft Outlook.

YPOPs configuration settings for Yahoo! Mail

Step 3: Configure Microsoft Outlook to access Yahoo! Mail

* For Microsoft Outlook 2003, Go to Tools –> Email Accounts.  Select Add a new email account. Click Next.  Check POP3 and click on Next

* For Microsoft Outlook 2007 or 2010, go to Tools –> Account Settings and under Email click New… Under Add a new Email Account select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP. Then under Add new Email account, check Manually configure server settings or additional server types* Type your name under Your Name

NOTE: If you are using Microsoft Outlook 2010, go to Step 4 directly. Everyone else, please follow instructions below.

* Type in your Yahoo! Mail address under Email Address which is the full youremail@yahoo.com

* Under Incoming mail server (POP3) type in localhost.  (If localhost does not work type in 127.0.0.1 instead)

* Under Outgoing mail server (SMTP) type in localhost. (If localhost does not work type in 127.0.0.1 instead)

* Under Username type in your Yahoo! Mail address. For example if your email address is asmith2233@yahoo.com, then type in asmith2233. Enter your Yahoo! Mail password and check remember the password

Yahoo! mail using Microsoft Outlook settings

* Click More settings. Under Outgoing Server tab check My outgoing server(SMTP) requires authentication

* Click OK and then Next and then click Finish

Yahoo! Mail configured for Outlook Express

Update Step 4:

Configure Yahoo Mail using Microsoft Outlook 2010

For Microsoft Outlook 2010, select IMAP from the drop down box above the incoming mail settings box.

  • For Incoming mail: imap.n.mail.yahoo.com
  • For Outgoing mail: smtp.mail.yahoo.com

Click More settings

  • Under Outgoing Server tab check: My outgoing server(SMTP) requires authentication
  • Under advanced tab, using Server port numbers for:
  • incoming server (IMAP) 143 with NONE for type of encrypted connection
  • outgoing server (SMTP) 587 with NONE for type of encrypted connection

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  • raksmey

    not work

  • neha

    dost not wrk

  • manoj sharma

    thanks for google .com

    i feel like a very good

    because my job are pending only for outlook configure anb back up

    than very very thanks for u

  • Jose Luis

    Doesn´t work
    try a lot of combinations a nothing happened.

  • nazrul

    doesn’t work. Plz tell me a better way…………..

  • XinTron

    Been looking for a solution for downloading my email from Yahoo.com (not plus account) and was excited this was the solution! Followed the steps, but….. It’s not working!

    Can anyone help who has this working?

  • cleo

    This doesnt work anymore. Yahoo is on to this already & blocks it in order to make you pay for their upgrade.

    • Heba

      not working, Yahoo blocked option for pop3 to access mail, under options> “pop and forwarding”> payed upgrade is required

  • http://www.baddawi.com/forum/ Adam

    Very interesting .. thanks you

  • mayur

    i didint get you

  • Ahmed S. Fathi

    It dosen’t work, try to update your post,thanx

  • http://myworldforex.com Sera

    I tried also my bset all what you have saud to do.
    It does not work with Locahost or 127.0.0.1

    So I am wondering what left to be done.
    Some on has an Idea?
    I do have Outlook 2007

    Thank u

  • http://myworldforex.com Sera

    I tried also my best all what you have saud to do.
    It does not work with Locahost or 127.0.0.1

    So I am wondering what left to be done.
    Some on has an Idea?
    I do have Outlook 2007

    Thank u

  • Masoud

    the only way to do it is this instruction and it will work
    http://www.khimhoe.net/2009/09/01/how-to-setup-yahoo-mail-in-outlook-2007/

    YOU MUST ALSO GO TO YAHOO MAIL AND UNDER OPTION ENABLE POP3

    otherwise will not work.

    this is 100%

    good luck

    • Rene

      There is no optiont in yahoo optiont to enable pop forwarding unless you have YPlus. And if you have YPlus then there is nothing to worry. The point is to do this with the help of YPOPs!!

  • AHN

    I am able to send but not able to receive emails with ypops on outlook 2007.
    Any suggestions?
    Error msg says timed out.
    Also sent message stays in outbox though the receiver receives it.

    • jkoolmc

      go into outlook and change email accounts, then into more settings- advanced, where it says server timeout slide it over all the way to long it will say 10 minutes. that should fix your timeout issues. I have same problem except that when i download ypops there is no install icon

  • me

    i’ve tried it. it didn’t work.
    i use a yahoo.co.uk account.
    it always gives me a send and receive error.
    i think the problem is from the proxy settings in the ypop.
    cab anyone help???

  • masoud

    the only way to do it is this instruction and it will work
    http://www.khimhoe.net/2009/09/01/how-to-setup-yahoo-mail-in-outlook-2007/

    YOU MUST ALSO GO TO YAHOO MAIL AND UNDER OPTION ENABLE POP3

    NO NEED FOR YPOP

  • isotopes

    Masoud (or anyone else):

    I cannot enable POP3 with non-paid version of Yahoo.

    Am I missing something?

    Any other workarounds?

    • Sera

      Try this one:

      http://www.khimhoe.net/2009/09/01/how-to-setup-yahoo-mail-in-outlook-2007/

      This is not the only thing you need to do:
      Changing the state of your POP into your yahoo mail account ( free version):
      You need als to log into your yahoo account.
      Go to Options , click and then go to Other Options ( scrol down),and then go to where they talk about POP and authorise the POP acces to your mail account.

      If it is not working you made a mistake somewhere,
      I have done it and It is really working after many years trying to find out how!
      Thanks to the Guy who helped me! ( Masoud)

    • masoud

      Just follow the instruction and it will work mate…..

      the only way to do it is this instruction and it will work
      http://www.khimhoe.net/2009/09/01/how-to-setup-yahoo-mail-in-outlook-2007/

      YOU MUST ALSO GO TO YAHOO MAIL AND UNDER OPTION ENABLE POP3

      NO NEED FOR YPOP

  • Ika

    I’m using Outlook 2010 to open Yahoo! free email account
    Try this setting below, it works…

    Incoming mail:
    imap.n.mail.yahoo.com

    Outgoing mail:
    smtp.mobile.yahoo.com

    Click More settings.
    Under Outgoing Server tab check My outgoing server(SMTP) requires authentication
    Under advanced tab, using Server port numbers for
    incoming server (IMAP) 143 with NONE for type of encrypted connection
    outgoing server (SMTP) 587 with NONE for type of encrypted connection

    • MOFI

      I’m using Outlook 2010 too. I used your instructions. Still didn’t work for me. Any suggestions?

    • Fahad

      Hi,

      Like everyone else I tried to search for these settings almost everywhere but couldn’t find any working. But the above settings surely worked very well with my Outlook 2007.

      Thank You mate for the working settings for Yahoo! Mail Free to work with Outlook….

      Fahad

    • Qamar

      with all the bullshit on this forum only one guy (IKa) knows what to do…………… i followed your instructions and my outlook is working………. thanks man………… and by the way who the hell is this masoud?

  • Vasu

    How do u download sent mails from Yahoo! into MS Outlook?

  • http://ainmaisarah69@yahoo.com ain maisarah

    salam

  • gaurav

    dear all
    i have installed miscrosoft outlook and i want to install the yahoo mails in this but all things are done correctly when i pressed send and received one pop up msg showing user name and password… and i submitted but again n again showing same popup i put it all inforation correctly… but didnt completed.. please help to solve the problem…

  • noflair

    hello,
    first thing i`d like to add 2 simple steps to solve this problem once and for all(i haven`t read all the post,so someone could have already written this) without needind to install YPOPs or any other program….the tutorial that i followed is for Outlook 2007,but i used it for outlook 2003 and it worked perfectly….
    so this is the first step
    STEP 1http://www.khimhoe.net/2009/06/20/how-to-enable-pop3-in-yahoo-mail/

    STEP 2
    http://www.khimhoe.net/2009/09/01/how-to-setup-yahoo-mail-in-outlook-2007/

    If you follow these 2 steps exactly,then the problem is solved.
    I wish you good luck!

  • Dr Londhe

    Some clarifications. Now( I’m not sure since when) is is not possibel to enable POP an forwarding to you free yahoomail account unless you upgrade to yahoo plus. I have tried Y pops many time with both 2007 and now with 2010 outlook. but is just not working. I always receive a error message.

  • Read Ypops

    Enable POP with free yahoo account.
    Go to the yahoo profile and change your zone to Yahoo! Asia.
    Now go back and try to access POP settings…it works
    I guess Yahoo have no faith in azn $$$$. dumbsluts

  • Chaempy

    Try this:

    Go to your yahoo account, change your profile to Yahoo! Asia on Account Settings. This should add another feature in the mail options. Next, you need to tick the “Allowed POP/ Forwarding” option.
    Save the changes.

    Then open your Outlook.
    Go to Tools > Account Settings

    Use these:

    Incoming mail:
    pop.mail.yahoo.com
    Outgoing mail:
    smtp.mobile.yahoo.com

    Click More settings.

    - Outgoing Server tab: check My outgoing server(SMTP) requires authentication
    Under advanced tab, using Server port numbers for
    incoming server (POP3) 995, check “This server requires encrypted connection”
    outgoing server (SMTP) 587. set to “None” for type of encrypted connection

    Close that More Settings window.

    Click “Test Account Settings” to run a test, and click Next when you’re done.

    Hope this helps

  • BruceH

    I combined all of the Methods above and here is the solution. FYI, I have windows 7, microsoft office 2007, and free yahoo account.

    Log into yahoo email account and click under “Hi, your name” and click on “Account Information”.

    Under “Account Setting” and “Set language, site, and time zone” change “Regional Site and Language” to “Yahoo!Asia” then click save.

    Go back to mail and on right hand side click “Options” –> “Mail Options” –>”Pop & Fowarding” and check “Allow your Yahoo! mail to be POPed” and make sure to click “save changes” right on top of “Pop & Fowarding”.

    On your outlook under incoming mail : pop.mail.yahoo.com

  • BruceH

    Cont.
    On the Outgoing mail: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
    Incoming Server (POP3): 995
    Outgoing Server (SMTP): 587
    “None” for type of encrypted connection

    There you go. no more pop up asking for password either

  • james

    I can’t instal ” ypops”. there is no instalation icon

  • james xavier

    I can’t instal ”ypops”. There is no instalation icon.

  • Pradip Bhaskar Gupte

    I tried to download application for MS2003. When I download there is winzip file opens showing all files .I saved in my folder on my laptop .However ICON does not appear in system ray or elsewhwre so I cannot configure.

    Please give me instructions. I am having MS OUTLOOK2003 on my laptop

  • maryS

    Hi guys,

    I have just synced 2 of my yahoo accounts to outlook 2007. The first one worked fine after i enabled the POP3 option in Yahoo Mail more options. But it didn’t work right away with the other account. When i checked the difference I saw that the 2nd account was registered in the Yahoo US regional site. Unfortunately, Yahoo US will REQUIRE you to upgrade to Yahoo Mail Plus. When I changed my account settings to Yahoo Philippines the POP3 option was enabled and I successfully synced it as well in Outlook.

    My advise is to use another regional site. Try Yahoo Philippines or Yahoo Singapore. I know for sure those two sites works.

    Hope this helps.

    • Kate

      Thank you very much! It worked.

  • Lauren

    alright i tried this and now my microsoft outlook is all messed up, even my calendar and everything.

  • C.J.

    I’m using Outlook 2010 to open Yahoo! free email account
    Try this setting below, it works…

    Select “IMAP” from the drop down box above the Incoming Mail settings box.

    Incoming mail:
    imap.n.mail.yahoo.com

    Outgoing mail:
    smtp.mail.yahoo.com

    Click More settings
    .
    Under Outgoing Server tab check: My outgoing server(SMTP) requires authentication

    Under advanced tab, using Server port numbers for:

    incoming server (IMAP) 143 with NONE for type of encrypted connection

    outgoing server (SMTP) 587 with NONE for type of encrypted connection

    This worked for me!

    • Daneduah

      dan-IT yh man dats true its reali works for me too. guys try it

    • Brittagious

      Amazing CJ!! Thank you!! It worked!

    • askstudent

      Thanks C.J. for the additional tip. We will rework this Outlook 2010 setting into the main article.

    • OriginalHotrodder

      C.J.  You’re awesome!  I just set it up on Outlook 2003 and it works perfectly!  Thanks to you I now have all my email accounts running under Outlook.  You made my night!!!

    • renanna

      Thank you so much!!! It worked without Ypops in Outlook 2010

       (F) 

  • Robin

    I am very important to use microsoft outlook, but i do not understand that how i use the microsoft outlook. In my Computer when am click on microsoft outlook 2007 then
    the system ask me..,,,.,,
    “Microsoft Exchange Server”
    and
    “email address”
    So, please tell me how am can use microsoft outlook 2007.,,
    I am very important to use ms outlook2007
    Plz if u know how using ms outlook 2007 so kindly to tell me.,.,
    robinpal48@yahoo.in
    robinpal48@gmail.com
    contact No.: +9180539-23456

  • kenny

    this does not work in outlook 2007, tried many times, dont work. it times out every time.

  • Pankaj

    please configure it for outlook 2010

  • jamey

    for 2007 when i type in my password to connect to localhost it does not work

  • Dattfamily

    it doesnt work

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/YU3XXY6VN7LNI5ZGPMHRHT4NN4 Tiffany

    This shit is fucking Awsome 2010 outlook with ypops is the shiznit

  • Ray Rael

    The tips C.J. gave worked well.  Awsome work. Thanks.

  • Doug

    totally worked after MANY different tries.  This one is the right one

  • Sean Scott

    Actually, Yahoo has always provided FREE POP access – just not to US accounts.  If you want to get it for free (and who doesn’t?), simply join a foreign Yahoo like Australia’s: yahoo.com.au  POP3 will work well on Outlook.  I’ve used it for over a decade.

    • askstudent

      Thanks Sean. That’s a great suggestion!

  • JW

    Thank you… this is the only article that helped my dumb ass. 

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