From the Tools menu, choose Accounts.
Select the Mail tab.
Click the Add button.
From the Add menu, click Mail.
In the text box labelled Display Name, type your name and click Next.
In the Email Address and the reply address box , type your Yahoo! Mail address (be sure to include @yahoo.com) and click Next. ( for more details on these addresses see my how to set up email addresses article)
Under My incoming mail server is a... select POP3.
Type POP.mail.yahoo.com in the Incoming Mail (POP3, IMAP4, or HTTP) Server box.
Type smtp.mail.yahoo.com in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server box.
Click Next.
In the Account Name box, type your Yahoo! Mail ID (your email address without the @yahoo.com).
In the Password box, type your Yahoo! Mail password.
If you want Outlook Express to remember your password, check the Remember password box.
Do not check the boxes labelled Log on using Secure...
Click Next.
Click Finish.
Important: The Yahoo! Mail SMTP server now requires authentication. To turn this setting on:
From the Tools menu, choose Accounts.
Select the Mail tab.
Double-click the account labelled POP.mail.yahoo.com
Select the Servers tab.
Check the box next to My Server Requires Authentication.
Click OK.
To control deletion of messages from the Yahoo! Mail Server:
From the Tools menu, choose Accounts.
Select the Mail tab.
Double-click the account labelled POP.mail.yahoo.com.
Select the Advanced tab.
In the Delivery section at the bottom of the window, check Leave a copy of messages on server if you want to save your Yahoo! Mail messages on the Yahoo! Mail server as well as on your local computer. Do not check this box if you want your messages to be deleted from the Yahoo! Mail server once you have received them in Outlook Express. If you want to access your email from both the Outlook Express client and the Yahoo web based client then you need to leave a copy of the mail on the server.
Done! You can now access your Yahoo mail using Outlook Express.
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