Set up Yahoo Mail in Outlook
You can also access your Yahoo mails via Outlook if you set up the program accordingly. We explain the individual steps in Outlook and which server information is required for mail setup.
Yahoo! Set up mail in Outlook 2010
How to set up Yahoo! in Outlook 2010.
- First click on [File] and on [Add account].
- A new wizard window appears, where you select the [Configure server settings or additional server types manually] option and click twice on [Next].
Configure Yahoo Mail settings for POP servers
Then enter the following data in the new window:
- Your name: Desired sender name, e.g. Max Mustermann
- Email address: full email address, eg
- Incoming server: pop.mail.yahoo.com
- Outgoing mail server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
- Username: the first part of your email address, without the @ yahoo.de extension. In the example: max.mustermann
- Password: the password of your mail account. Check "Save password" so that you do not have to enter the password every time.
- Make sure that the login option "with secure password authentication" is not activated.
After clicking on "Further Settings" another window opens.
- Select the "Outgoing mail server" tab and activate the option [The outgoing mail server (SMTP) requires authentication].
- Switch to the "Advanced" tab and check [Server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)].
- Outgoing server drop down menu select [SSL].
The port of the incoming mail server (POP3) should be 995 and that of the outgoing server (SMTP) 465. If not, simply type in the numbers.
Set up Yahoo IMAP server in Outlook
If you want to use IMAP instead of the POP3 protocol, follow the same procedure as above. You only need to change the following:
- Incoming server: imap.mail.yahoo.com
- Inbox port: 993