One of the best things about Yahoo Mail is its compatibility with an email client. Whether you are using Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple Mail or MS Outlook, you can easily configure your Yahoo Mail account on any of such email clients. Below you can find step-by-step instructions for setting up Yahoo Mail account on MS Outlook.
- Open Microsoft Outlook on your computer and click on the File tab located on the top-left corner of the program’s window. A drop-down menu will appear on your screen.
- From the drop-down menu, you will need to click on the Add Account You will be directed to a new window where you will need to select the checkbox next to “Manual setup or additional server types” option and click on the Next button.
- On the next screen, you will need to select the POP or IMAP option and click on the Next This will direct you to the POP and IMAP Account Settings window.
- Under POP and IMAP Account settings, you will need to enter the following information in the relevant field as instructed:
User Information
- Your Name: You will need to enter your Name here
- Email Address: You will need to enter your Yahoo Mail Email Address.
Server Information
- Account Type: Select IMAP
- Incoming mail server: Enter mail.yahoo.com
- Outgoing mail server (SMTP): Enter smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Logon Information
- User Name: Enter your user name
- Password: Enter your password
- After entering the information, click on the More Settings button located at the lower-right corner. Under More Settings window, you will need to select the Outgoing server tab and select the checkbox next to following two options:
- My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication
- Use same settings as my incoming mail server
- Then, go to the Advanced tab and enter the information as mentioned below:
- Incoming server (IMAP): Enter 993 or 143
- Incoming server encrypted connection: Select SSL
- Outgoing server (SMTP): Enter 587 or 465
- Outgoing server encrypted connection: Select TLS or Auto
- After that, click on the OK button and then on the Next. A Test Account Settings window will appear on your screen. If you would have entered the fields with correct values, the account settings test process will complete successfully and your Yahoo Mail account will be configured to your Outlook email program.
If still you are getting any issue so you can do live chat with Yahoo customer support team to fix your issue.