Using Microsoft Outlook For Yahoo Email Address

The email application client that comes as part of the Microsoft Office suite is Microsoft Outlook. Outlook helps a user manage and access email very easily and it is possible to add Yahoo email account in Outlook. This will help the user access the emails coming to the Yahoo account from Outlook. Well, given below are the instructions that will provide help with Outlook mail setup for Yahoo email.

Instructions

• Start Microsoft Outlook application in your system. Next, from the menu File, you need to click on the option Tools. Click on the option Account Settings after scrolling down through the list.
• Next, you need to click on the tab Email followed by clicking the button New. This will make available a new dialog box.
• Now, you need to select the option for Microsoft Exchange, IMAP, HTTP or POP3. After that, click Next.
• In to the field called Name, you need to enter your complete name and note that, this is the name that will appear to the recipient once you send the email.
• In to the field for Email address, you need to type your full Yahoo address and check mark the box that is seen adjacent to Manually configure server settings or additional server types. After that, click Next.
• Now, the option called Internet E-mail needs to be selected followed by clicking Next.
• Next, click on Account type and select the option called POP3. As the Incoming mail server, you need to select pop.mail.yahoo.com.sg and as Outgoing mail server, select smtp.mail.yahoo.com.sg.
• Now, in to the field for username, you need to enter your full Yahoo user ID and the corresponding password in the field for Password.
• Do not check mark the box for Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA). Now click on the option More Settings.
• Now you need to select the tab Outgoing server and check mark the box for My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.
• Next, you need to select the tab Advanced and check mark the box for This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) for the section Incoming Server. The port number assigned for this should be 995. Similarly, check mark the box for the same for the Outgoing server. After that, assign the value 465 as the port number, followed by clicking the OK button.
• Finally, click Next.

The above instructions will help you add Yahoo email account in Microsoft Outlook. For any help with Outlook, contact the Outlook support center online.