Monday, April 1, 2013

Yahoo! Mail on Outlook 2013

Do you want to get Yahoo! Mail on Outlook for free? Try this!

  1. Launch your Outlook (I'm using 2013 for this example, but previous versions should work as well).
  2. Select the "FILE" tab on top left corner and select "Account and Social Network Settings" under Account Information.
  3. Click on Account Settings, and in the dropdown, select "Account Settings".
  4. In the dialog window, under the E-mail tab, select New.
  5. Under Choose Service, Select "Email Account". Then click Next.
  6. Select "POP or IMAP", and hit Next.
  7. Under the POP and IMAP Account Settings, fill in your name and email address.
  8. For Server Information, fill in the following:
    1. Account Type: IMAP
    2. Incoming mail server: imap-ssl.mail.yahoo.com
    3. Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.mail.yahoo.com
  9. Logon Information:
    1. User name: <youryahoologin>@yahoo.com
    2. Password: your yahoo password
    3. Check Remember Password
  10. Leave "Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)" unchecked.
  11. Hit More Settings:
    1. Under the "Outgoing Server" tab:
      1. Check "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication
      2. Select "Log on using"
        1. User Name: <youryahologin>@yahoo.com
        2. Password: your yahoo password
        3. Check Remember Password
    2. Under Advanced:
      1. Under Server Port Numbers:
        1. Incoming server (IMAP): 143
        2. Leave "Use the following type of encrypted connection:" as "None" (this can help to prevent certificate issues, which can be extremely annoying).
        3. Outgoing server (SMTP): 465
        4. Select "Use the following type of encrypted connect:" as "SSL".
    3. Leave the rest as is.
  12.  Hit OK to close the dialog and return back to the settings windows.
  13. Hit Next and you should be done!
It should take a while to import all your mail, especially if you have lots of it. Your folders should also appear.

Hopefully, the settings would work for you. Let me know how it goes in the comments!

1 comment:

  1. This website http://www.setup-outlook.com may also be useful since it shows you how to setup any email with any version of outlook.
    Hope it helps!

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