Can I use MS Outlook to check my Yahoo mail?

How to configure Yahoo.mail POP server and MS Outlook to check mail from my Yahoo mailbox?

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  have you got the free version??? if so,, you cant. have you got the paid(Plus) version??? if so,, you can. The ability to access Yahoo! Mail via a POP3 email client (such as Outlook or Outlook Express) is only available to customers of our premium Yahoo! Mail Plus service. If you have not purchased the Yahoo! Mail Plus service, you will be unable to retrieve messages via an email client. To determine whether or not you have purchased this service, please visit the My Services page. * For all Netscape clients * For Outlook clients * For Eudora 5.1 or higher clients * For Outlook Express for Mac clients * For Outlook 2002(XP) clients * For all other mail clients If you have purchased the service, but continue to experience errors, then please visit our POP help pages. For Outlook: Yahoo! Mail users can read their email in Outlook by subscribing to the Yahoo! Mail Plus service. This service allows you to use Outlook or another POP3 client to access and manage your Yahoo! Mail messages. Outlook allows you to add a new email account to your existing profile. This means you do not have to replace your current settings in order to send and receive Yahoo! Mail messages. Unfortunately, Microsoft Outlook 97 does not support authenticated SMTP, and thus Microsoft Outlook 97 cannot be used to read Yahoo! Mail messages. Microsoft Outlook 98 and 2000 To add a new email account to your existing profile: 1. From the Tools menu, select "Accounts." If you do not see "Accounts," place your cursor over the two arrows at the bottom of the list to display more choices. 2. Click the "Add" button. 3. From the Add menu, click "Mail." 4. In the Display Name box, type your name as you would like it to appear when you send a message, and click "Next." 5. In the Email Address box, enter your Yahoo! Mail address (for example, "[email protected]") and click "Next." 6. In the box labeled "My incoming mail server is a..." select "POP3" server. 7. Type "pop.mail.yahoo.com" in the Incoming Mail (POP3 or IMAP) Server box. 8. Type "smtp.mail.yahoo.com" in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server box. 9. Click "Next." 10. In the Account Name box, enter your Yahoo! Mail ID (your email address without the "@yahoo.com"). 11. In the Password box, enter your Yahoo! Mail password. 12. Check "Remember Password" if you do not want Outlook to prompt you for your password each time you check your mail. 13. Do not check the box labeled "Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)." 14. Click "Next." 15. Choose the appropriate connection type under the "Which Method Do You Use to Connect to the Internet" heading. 16. If you chose "Connect using my phone line," you will need to select a dial-up connection in the Dial-up Connection Wizard and click "Next." 17. Click "Finish." Important: The Yahoo! Mail SMTP server now requires authentication. To turn this setting on, follow these steps: 1. From the Tools menu, choose "Accounts." 2. Select the "Mail" tab. 3. Select your Yahoo! Mail account and click "Properties." 4. Click on the "Servers" tab. 5. Check the box next to "My Server Requires Authentication." 6. Please make sure that "Log on using Secure Password Authentication" is not checked. 7. Click "OK." To control deletion of messages from the Yahoo! Mail server: 1. From the Tools menu, select "Accounts." 2. Click on the "Mail" tab. 3. Select your Yahoo! Mail account and click "Properties." 4. Click on the "Advanced" tab. 5. Check "Leave a copy of messages on server" if you want to save your Yahoo! Mail messages on the Yahoo! Mail server as well as on your local computer. Please note that setting your email client to remove messages from the server will cause your messages to be deleted from the server. Once the messages are deleted, we are unable to retrieve them. 6. Click "OK." 7. Close Microsoft Outlook and restart. If your ISP blocks port 25 or if you're unable to send email, then you will need to use port 587 when sending via Yahoo!'s SMTP server. To make this change, please follow the directions below: 1. From the "Tools" menu, select "Accounts" 2. Select your Yahoo! POP account and click on the "Properties" button 3. Click on the "Advanced" tab 4. Next to "Outgoing server (SMTP), change port 25 to 587 5. Click "Apply", then click "OK" and "Close"