Tech Master Guide

Yahoo POP3 setting enables you to configure your yahoo mail on to your favorite email client like outlook or outlook express or other favorite clients. Or you can configure it in a mail enabled phone like blackberry mobile.

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

After a correct configuration all mails will be downloaded to your computer on to a .pst file.
The main difference between yahoo pop3 and gmail pop3 settings is, on gmail account we have control over the mails. That is, from the account settings of Gmail we can decide whether to store a copy of the mail on the main server and one copy is download to our system. So that we cann access all mails from anywhere if our pop3 configured pc or laptop is not with us.
But on Yahoo, there is no such settings available for free yahoo mail users. All mail will be downloaded on the very next moment we click send and receive button from the mail client.

Yahoo POP3 and SMTP Settings:

• 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 “@yahoo.com”)
• Email Address: Your Yahoo! Mail address (e.g., user@yahoo.com)
• Password: Your Yahoo! Mail password