How to configure Yahoo Mail in Outlook
If you want to arrange Yahoo mail in Outlook then you can take the help of IMAP or SMTP settings. This is an advantage for any mailing service to set up in different email addresses. To configure Yahoo Mail in Outlook, go through the following article to learn more.
To configure Yahoo Mail in Outlook, you can follow these steps:
1. First of all, you need to open your Outlook in your PC. Inside that, you will need to open the “File” tab which will be on the top left side of the window.
2. Then there, just above the “Account Settings” buttons, you will see the “Add Account” button which you need to click on which will open a window in your screen.
3. Then you will need to select the “Manual setup” or “Additional server types” option and then you will need to click on the “Next” button. In the next step, you will need to choose the “POP or IMAP” option and again click on the “Next” button.
4. Then you will be asked to enter your account details. First, you need to enter your name and your email address in two different blanks. In the Account type section, you need to choose the “IMAP” option.
5. Then reset blanks to enter the IMAP and SMTP server:
a. Incoming mail server: imap.mail.yahoo.com
b. Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.mail.yahoo.com
6. Then after that on the same page, you will need to enter your login details by entering your Username and Password in respective blanks. After that, you need to click on the “Next” button.
7. Then in the next window, you will need to go to “More settings” and there you need to select the Outgoing server tab. then you need to check the box next to “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication” and select the option “Use same settings as my incoming mail server”.
8. In the same window, see the “Advanced tab” and there you need to verify the following.
a. Incoming server (IMAP): 993 or 143
b. Incoming server encrypted connection: SSL
c. Outgoing server (SMTP): 587 or 465
d. Outgoing server encrypted connection: TLS or Auto
9. After all, you need to click on the “OK” button and again click on the “Next” button as well. If you’ve entered everything correctly, both tasks will be completed successfully and you can close the window and again click the “Next” button.
10. You’ll get a “You’re all set!” message in the window and then you need to click on the “Finish” button. After all, you will able to check your emails from Outlook as a Yahoo mail account.
The process is long but it is worth it.