ZEXPEX: How to Access Free Yahoo! Mail with Outlook

To fetch mail from and send mail through a free Yahoo! Mail account in Outlook:

Install YPOPs! and make sure it is running.
Select Tools | Account Settings... from the menu in Outlook.
Go to the E-mail tab.
Click New....
Make sure Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP is selected.
Click Next >.
Type your name (what you want to appear in the From: line of messages you send) under Your Name:.
Enter your full Yahoo! Mail address (e.g. "example@yahoo.com") under E-mail Address:.
Make sure Manually configure server settings or additional server types is checked.
Click Next >.
Make sure Internet E-mail is selected.
Click Next >.
Make sure POP3 is selected under Account Type:.
Type "127.0.0.1" under both Incoming mail server: and Outgoing mail server (SMTP):.
Type your Yahoo! ID under User Name:.
- The Yahoo! ID is also the first part of your Yahoo! Mail address,
  i.e. everything before "@yahoo.com". If your Yahoo! Mail address is
  "example@yahoo.com", the ID is "example".
Enter your Yahoo! Mail password under Password:.
Click More Settings ....
Go to the Outgoing Server tab.
Make sure My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication is checked.
- Leave Use same settings as my incoming mail server selected.
Click OK.
Now click Next >.
Click Finish.

To retrieve mail from and send mail through a free Yahoo! Mail account in Outlook 2003:

Install YPOPs! and make sure it is running.
Open Outlook.
Select Tools | E-Mail Accounts... from the menu.
Make sure Add a new e-mail account is selected.
Click Next >.
Check POP3.
Click Next >.
Type your name under Your Name:.
Enter your Yahoo! Mail address under E-mail Address:.
Type "localhost" under both Incoming mail server (POP3): and Outgoing mail server (SMTP):.
- If "localhost" later turns out not to work, you can try "127.0.0.1" instead.
Type your Yahoo! ID under User Name:.
- The Yahoo! ID is also the first part of your Yahoo! Mail address,
  i.e. everything before "@yahoo.com". If your Yahoo! Mail address is
  "example@yahoo.com", the ID is "example".
Enter your Yahoo! Mail password under Password:.
Click More Settings ....
Go to the Outgoing Server tab.
Make sure My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication is checked.
- Leave Use same settings as my incoming mail server selected.
Click OK.
Now click Next >.
Click Finish.

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