Having a large number of email accounts can make it difficult to manage all of them at once. But there is also a way out for that. Just combine all your email accounts in Microsoft Outlook and get all your messages in one place. So if you have a Yahoo account, here you will learn how to set up Yahoo mail in Outlook.
Before you start the process, there is something you need to do to prepare your Yahoo account. Set your Yahoo Mail IMAP settings to connect to your Outlook account, but this depends on whether you have enabled two-step verification for your Yahoo account or not.
Case 1 two-step verification is enabled
If you’ve protected your Yahoo account with 2-Step Verification, the next step is to generate a Yahoo Mail password.
- First, visit the Yahoo account security page.
- On the left side of the page, click on the ‘Account Security’ option.
- Scroll to the bottom and select the “Generate App Passwords” option.
- Select ‘Outlook Desktop’ in the ‘Select your application’ section, then click ‘Generate’.
- Copy the code and press ‘Done’.
Case- 2 When there is no two-step verification
If you don’t have two-step verification enabled, set up your Yahoo account to allow access to Outlook as follows:
- Start by signing in to your Yahoo account.
- In the upper right corner of the page, click your profile name and select Account Information.
- Then click on ‘Account Security’ and enable the option that says ‘Allow apps that use a less secure token’.
- From then on, your Yahoo account will accept logins from Outlook.
Now that your Yahoo account is set up, let’s learn how to set up Yahoo mail in Outlook.
Set up Yahoo Mail in Outlook 2016, 2019 and Office 365
To set up Yahoo mail in Outlook, you need to apply the following settings:
- Go to the File tab, click Information, and then select Add Account.
- Then enter your Yahoo email address and click Connect.
- Enter your Yahoo account password or app password.
- Click Connect and this will add your Yahoo Mail account to Outlook.
Configure Yahoo Mail in Outlook 2013 and 2010
Here are the Yahoo Mail settings for Outlook 2013 and 2010:
- Press the ‘File’ menu and then select Information.
- Click “Add Account”, then select “Manual setup or additional server types” and press “Next”. For Outlook 2010, select “Manually configure server options or additional server types.”
- Click ‘POP or IMAP’ and then click ‘Next’. For Outlook 2010, select the ‘Internet Email’ option.
- Now, in the ‘Server Information’ section, click on the ‘Account Type’ dropdown menu and then select ‘IMAP’.
- Next comes the ‘User Information’ section, enter your name and Yahoo email address.
- In the Server Information section,
- For the incoming mail server, enter imap.mail.yahoo.com.
- For outgoing mail (SMTP) server, enter smtp.mail.yahoo.com.
- In the Login Information section, the ‘Username’ text box contains your username from your Yahoo address. In the Password text box, enter the password or app password that you generated if you turned on two-step verification.
- Click on the “More Settings” option and then click on the Outgoing Server tab. Select the ‘My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication’ checkbox, then select ‘Use the same settings as my incoming mail server’.
- Click on the “Advanced” tab.
- For the incoming server (IMAP) as well as the outgoing server (SMTP), click the ‘Use the following type of encrypted connection’ drop-down arrow and select SSL.
- For the incoming server (IMAP) enter 993.
- For outgoing server (SMTP), enter 465.
- Select “OK” to return to the POP and IMAP settings window.
- Press ‘Next’ and if all the settings are correct, it will be completed successfully.
- Click Close and your Yahoo Mail account will be added to Outlook.
Configure Yahoo Mail in Outlook 2007
Yahoo Mail settings for Outlook 2007 are explained below:
- Click on the ‘Tools’ option and then select ‘Account Settings’.
- Go to the ‘Email’ tab and then click ‘New’.
- Now select MS Exchange, POP3, IMAP or HTTP and press ‘Next’.
- Now select the “Manually configure server settings or additional server types” checkbox and press “Next”.
- Then select Internet Email and click ‘Next’.
- Click the ‘Account Type’ dropdown menu and then select ‘IMAP’.
- Now you need to enter your account information as follows:
- Your name: The name that appears in the messages you send.
- Email address: Yahoo email address.
- Username: Yahoo ID.
- Password: Yahoo account login password or app password if 2-Step Verification is enabled.
When you’re done, click “More Settings.”
- Click the ‘Outgoing server’ tab, check the box ‘My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication’ and select ‘Use the same settings as my incoming mail server’.
- Click the “Advanced” tab and select SSL from the “Use the following type of encrypted connection” drop-down menu.
- For incoming server (IMAP) enter 993 and for outgoing server (SMTP) enter 465.
- Click ‘OK’ to return to ‘Internet Email Settings’.
12. Click ‘Next’ and then click ‘Finish’. This will add your Yahoo Mail account to Outlook 2007.
Configure Yahoo Mail in Outlook 2003
Yahoo Mail Outlook settings can be configured as explained here for Outlook 2003:
- Click on the ‘Tools’ option and then select ‘Email Accounts’.
- Then select “Add a new email account” and then click “Next”.
- Select IMAP and press ‘Next’.
- Enter your account and Yahoo Mail server information.
- Your name: The name you want to appear in the messages you send.
- Email Address: Your Yahoo Mail email address.
- Username: Your Yahoo ID.
- Password: Your Yahoo account login password or your app password if your account is protected by two-step verification.
- Incoming mail server (IMAP): Enter imap.mail.yahoo.com.
- Outgoing mail server (SMTP): Enter smtp.mail.yahoo.com.
- Click on the “More Settings” option.
- Click the Outgoing Server tab, select the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication check box, and then select Use the same settings as my incoming mail server.
- Click the “Advanced” tab and select the “This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)” checkbox for both incoming and outgoing server.
- For incoming server (IMAP) enter 993
- For outgoing server (SMTP), enter 465.
- Click ‘OK’ to return to the Internet Mail (IMAP) Settings window.
- Press ‘Next’ and then press ‘Finish’. Your Yahoo account will be linked to Outlook 2003.
This is how you can easily configure your Yahoo Outlook settings to access all your emails in one place.
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