Setting Up A Yahoo Account In Microsoft Outlook

Outlook is an email manager program developed by Microsoft for helping the users in managing their emails, contacts and calendar entries easily and efficiently. The program allows you to manage email accounts provided by any service providers like Yahoo. Follow the simple Outlook email setup instructions given below for setting up a Yahoo email in the Microsoft Outlook program.

Instructions

• Open the Outlook application by double clicking on its shortcut icon found in the desktop. 
• Click on the Tools menu found in the Menu bar. 
• Scroll down through the drop down menu to find the option named E-mail Accounts and then click on it. 
• Now you can see an option named Add a new e-mail account, click on it and then on the Next button for going to the next page. 
• Now select the option POP3 from the drop down menu and the click on the Next button. 
• Under the User information section, type in your name and Yahoo email address with domain name and then set the Incoming mail server address as pop.mail.yahoo.com.
• Also, set the outgoing mail server as smtp.mail.yahoo.com. 
• Under the Logon Information section, type in your Yahoo email and password for logging into your account and do not forget to put a check mark in the check box found next to the option Remember password.
• Now test the Outlook email setup by clicking on the Test Account Settings button. 
• Now click on the option named More Settings and then on the General tab.
• In the mail account field found in the page, enter Yahoo! Mail, and then click on the Outgoing Server tab. 
• Now put a check mark on the box found next to the option My outgoing (SMTP) requires authentication and also on the box found next to the option Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
• Now click on the OK button for saving the settings and then on the Finish button for completing the configuration process. 

If you follow the simple instructions given above, you will be able to setup a Yahoo mail account in the Outlook program. If you experience any troubles while following the instructions given above, then contact the Outlook email support team.