How do I set up my free Yahoo mail with Outlook 2007?

I set up my Yahoo Mail! Plus account with Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 as instructed and it still won't work.?

  • Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong. I keep getting errors when trying to send and receive emails to my new account that I have set up. Maybe I missed some step I don't know but I need help.

  • Answer:

    Troubleshooting instructions For Yahoo mail POP Access Option: Click Options in the upper-right corner of your Mail page and select Mail Options. From the list on the left, click POP & Forwarding, then Set up or edit POP & Forwarding. In the top section Click the radio button for Web & POP Access. make sure to click Save when you're done. The Yahoo! Mail SMTP server requires authentication. Make sure you have enabled SMTP authentication. To turn this setting on, follow these steps: 1.From the Tools menu, choose "Account Settings." 2.Select the "E-mail" tab. 3.Select your Yahoo! Mail account and click Change. 4.Click on the "Outgoing Server" tab. 5.Check the box next to "My Server Requires Authentication." 6.Please make sure that "Log on using" is not checked. 7.Click OK and Restart Outlook Step by step guide instruction for Outlook 2007 click this link below http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/mailplus/pop/pop-36.html

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The type of e-mail account: POP3, IMAP or HTTP. Your user name. Your password. The SMTP server name or address. The POP3 server name or address. Is Secure Password Authentication (SPA) required? The port number that is used for SMTP. (Most ISPs use port 25.) Is encryption (SSL is most common) required for the port? The port number that is used for POP3. (Most ISPs use port 110.) Do you require encryption (SSL is most common) for the port? Does the outgoing e-mail server (SMTP) require authentication? If so, do you use my normal e-mail name and password? Use one of the following methods to configure the Internet E-mail information service, as appropriate for the version of Outlook that you are running.

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