It is recommended to use IMAP for Outlook read Yahoo emails. However, in some cases you may want to setup POP in Outlook. Here is how.
- When setup Outlook, select Manual setup or additional server types.
2. In Choose Your Account type, check Pop or IMAP.
3. In POP and IMAP Account Settings, enter user information, server information, and Logon information. Click More Settings.
4. Click on Outgoing Server, check My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.
5. Click on Advanced. Enter 995 for POP3, 465 for SMTP. Also enable SSL.
6. Clock OK to continue to set up Outlook.
You can then select “POP3”, click Next, enter your email address, server information (pop.mail.yahoo.com for POP3 and smtp.mail.yahoo.com for SMTP), and all other user information.
You can then select the Advanced tab and change the POP3 number to “995” and the SMPTP number to “465”. You should then ensure that “Log-in Requires Authentication” is unchecked, click OK, and Finish. Outlook should then start downloading all messages from your Yahoo Mail account.
