yahoo pop3 and smtp settings

Yahoo pop3 and SMTP support has been there for long unlike Hotmail POP3 support

which Microsoft introduced recently.With Yahoo pop3 and SMTP settings, one can send

and receive Yahoo! Mail messages easily through any other email program.

POP/SMTP are email protocols that allow you to manage one mail account from another

mail program. Earlier we saw how to read in Gmail, Hotmai mails, by configuring

Hotmail pop3 in Gmail.Similarly, you can set up Yahoo pop3 and Yahoo SMTP to funnel

your Yahoo! Email into Gmail or Microsoft Outlook or Thunderbird or any other mail

program on your PC or mobile phones. When you check your mails in Gmail or any such

email program, they will automatically check your Yahoo mail account and download

any new messages. You can also send messages as if you??re writing from your Yahoo

Email account.

In Yahoo Mail, You can also use POP/SMTP to funnel other email accounts into your

Yahoo mail account!!!

Yahoo POP3 and SMTP Settings:
Find below the basic POP3 settings that you need to configure in the email program

where you want to access Yahoo mails.

Incoming Mail (POP3) Server: pop3.mail.yahoo.com (Use SSL, port: 995)
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com (Use SSL, port: 465, use

authentication)
Account Name/Login Name: Your Yahoo! Mail ID (your email address without the ?¡

ã@yahoo.com?¡À)
Email Address: Your Yahoo! Mail address (e.g., user@yahoo.com)
Password: Your Yahoo! Mail password
Note that you also need to enable ?¡ãWeb & POP Access?¡À on your Yahoo Mail account

to send and receive Yahoo! Mail messages through any other email program.