Yahoo mail and Outlook 2007 (POP3 should work right?)

EdwardTeach · 14 Apr 2013 at 19:36

I have being having very irritating problems getting yahoo mail to work with Outlook recently. I Keep having problems connecting to the server.

I have tried changing my password and removing the account from outlook, and then re-installing it. This gave me access to my account via outlook for a short while, but I have returned to my computer after dinner to find it is not working again.

Has anyone else had similar problems with yahoo? any idea how to fix it? I do find yahoo a bit temperamental on mobile phones as well, i.e that i will suddenly lose the ability to access my emails.

One thing I came across whilst googling a way to fix the problem, was that you need a (paid for) yahoo plus account to use pop3. However I have also read that this only applied to US customers. I am pretty certain I have been accessing yahoo with POP3 in outlook for the last 3-4 years, and I have never had a yahoo plus account. Can anyone clarify this for me?

If anyone does use yahoo, which port settings do you use? I have a .co.uk account

marc2003 · 14 Apr 2013 at 22:42

you are right that .co.uk accounts supported pop3 on free accounts because i used it years ago. but i have no idea what it does nowadays as it's been so long.

if you log into webmail, you should find instructions on what settings to use, and make sure it's enabled etc.

EdwardTeach · 14 Apr 2013 at 22:51

marc2003 said:
you are right that .co.uk accounts supported pop3 on free accounts because i used it years ago. but i have no idea what it does nowadays as it's been so long.

if you log into webmail, you should find instructions on what settings to use, and make sure it's enabled etc.

I have it working again now, but it is irritatingly temperamental. My hotmail and gmail accounts have never had any problems.

My outlook account now has 3 copies of every email from yahoo, because I have removed and added back the yahoo account a couple of times!

marc2003 · 14 Apr 2013 at 23:23

well if i was you, i'd just ditch the yahoo account. pop3 is a load of ****.

or you could configure gmail to collect from it using pop3. that bypasses the need to set it in your client.

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/21289?rd=1

robinbredin · 14 Apr 2013 at 23:38

I had to download Outlook Connector to get some of my mail accounts to work in Outlook.

marc2003 · 14 Apr 2013 at 23:44

outlook connector is only required for hotmail (or now outlook.com) accounts.

pop3 and imap are ancient standards and all decent email clients have supported them since the year dot.

p_r_i_m_e · 15 Apr 2013 at 01:33

yahoo/btinternet have had this problem for ages

Simian · 15 Apr 2013 at 10:14

Why not set it up as IMAP rather than POP??.

I've been using IMAP on my Free Yahoo mail (and BT Internet Mail) for years!!!

Make sure the Incoming is 'yahoo.com' and the outgoing is 'yahoo.co.uk'

Only has to odd wibble every now and then!, otherwise works just like Gmail

marc2003 · 15 Apr 2013 at 10:52

yahoo supports imap? the end of the world is nigh.... :eek:

Simian · 15 Apr 2013 at 12:03

Yep!... not greatly advertised, but I found the settings and have been using them for aaaages!!

marc2003 · 15 Apr 2013 at 12:13

yahoo still suck though. fancy having the nerve to try and change for email client access in the first place.

say what you like about google ads in their gmail interface but they've always supported imap since day one for free.