How to Access Free Yahoo! Mail with Windows Live Mail

Setting up your Yahoo! Mail account in Windows Live Mail is a very straightforward process.

The first time you open Windows Live Mail, the "Add an E-mail Account" dialog automatically opens. If it doesn't appear, locate the "Add an e-mail account" button in Windows Live Mail's left pane; click this button to open the email account wizard:

ENTER YOUR YAHOO! MAIL ACCOUNT INFORMATION

In the first field ("E-mail address"), type your full Yahoo! Mail email address in the following format yourUserName@yahoo.com:

The second field ("Password") is requesting your Yahoo! Mail password; it is safe to give it to Windows Live Mail. Windows Live Mail will automatically choose to remember your Yahoo! Mail password, but you can uncheck the "Remember password" checkbox if you want.

The last field ("Display Name") determines how emails you send from Yahoo! will appear to recipients. The display name can be anything, and doesn't have to match your Yahoo! Mail user name (the portion of your email address which comes before "@yahoo.com").

Before clicking the Next button, make sure to check the "Manually configure server settings for e-mail account" checkbox for Yahoo! Mail:

ENTER YOUR YAHOO! MAIL CONNECTION SETTINGS

Clicking Next will bring Windows Live Mail's connection settings screen. It includes all the login/authentication data you need to enable a connection to your Yahoo! Mail account:

YAHOO! MAIL INCOMING SERVER SETTINGS

The top section of this screen deals with Incoming Server Information: in other words, how Windows Live Mail will retrieve your emails from Yahoo!'s servers. Choose "POP3" as server type. The incoming mail server value is plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com, using port 995.



Check the "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)" checkbox. You can leave the default setting for logging on, which is "Clear text authentication". Under Login ID, enter your Yahoo! Mail user name (the part of your email address that comes before "@yahoo.com").

YAHOO! MAIL OUTGOING SERVER SETTINGS

The bottom section of Windows Live Mail's email account setup screen contains the Outgoing Server Information, or the connection settings used by Windows Live Mail to send emails through the Yahoo! Mail Plus service:

The outgoing server address is plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com, using port 465. Make sure to check both checkboxes: "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)", and "My outgoing server requires authentication".

FINALIZING YOUR YAHOO! MAIL ACCOUNT SETUP

Click Windows Live Mail's Next button; you finished setting up your Yahoo! Mail account. If Windows Live Mail could successfully connect to Yahoo! Mail's servers, it will give you the following confirmation:

If Windows Live Mail does not give you this confirmation, it either means that your Yahoo! Mail password was incorrect, that your Yahoo! Mail email address has a typo, or that your Internet connection was faulty. Otherwise, your are ready to use your Yahoo! Mail account.

As soon as your Yahoo! Mail account information is downloaded in Windows Live Mail, you will see the standard folders displayed in the left pane, as well as any custom email folders you may have created.

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Access Free Yahoo! Mail with Windows Live Mail Using YPOPs! (Simple and Free)

To set up a free Yahoo! Mail account in Windows Live Mail using YPOPs!:

• Install YPOPs! and make sure it is running.
• Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu in Windows Live Mail.
• Click Add....
• Make sure E-mail Account is highlighted.
• Click Next.
• Type your Yahoo! Mail address under E-mail address:.
• Enter your Yahoo! Mail password underPassword:.
• Type your name under Display Name:.
• Make sure Manually configure server settings for e-mail account is checked.
• Click Next.
• Make sure POP3 is selected under My incoming mail server is a ___ server..
• Enter "localhost" (not including the quotation marks) under Incoming server:.
  • If "localhost" turns out not to work, try "127.0.0.1" instead.
• Check your Yahoo! Mail user name (your Yahoo! Mail address minus "@yahoo.com") is entered under Login ID.
• Type "localhost" under Outgoing server:.
• Click Next.
• Now click Finish.
• Click Close.

Access Free Yahoo! Mail with Windows Live Mail Using IzyMail (IMAP Access to Folders)

To add Yahoo! Mail to your Windows Live Mail as an IMAP account using IzyMail:

• Make sure your Yahoo! Mail account is registered with IzyMail.
• Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu in Windows Live Mail.
• Click Add....
• Make sure E-mail Account is highlighted.
• Click Next.
• Type your Yahoo! Mail address under E-mail address:.
• Enter your Yahoo! Mail password under Password:.
• Type your name under Display Name:.
• Make sure Manually configure server settings for e-mail account is checked.
• Click Next.
• Make sure IMAP is selected under My incoming mail server is a ___ server..
• Enter "in.izymail.com" (not including the quotation marks) under Incoming server:.
• Type your full Yahoo! Mail email address (including "@yahoo.com") is entered underLogin ID.
• Type "out.izymail.com" under Outgoing server:.
• Make sure My outgoing server requires authentication is checked.
• Click Next.
• Now click Finish.
• Highlight the newly added "Yahoo" account.
• Click Properties.
• Go to the IMAP tab.
• Type "_Sent" under Sent Items path:.
• Enter "_Draft" under Drafts path:.
• Click OK.
• Now click Close.