Are you in need to get your emails in Yahoo accessed in Outlook 2016/ 2013? Do you find difficulty in configuring the Yahoo account on Outlook 2019? Stick with the article to know how to setup Yahoo mail in Outlook application. You can find the settings for POP and IMAP Yahoo account types.
One can have a situation in which he/she needs to move from Yahoo mail to Outlook. One such was found in a forum and is shown below
“In our organization, we use Yahoo! Mail for email services. Due to the Yahoo mail issues, now we are shifting to Outlook for better emailing service. I have no idea on how to export Yahoo email data on Outlook so that the important data is not lost. Do you know any such process that can help me? Please tell, if any exists.”
The best solution for this is to configure Yahoo on Outlook. It will save all emails in Yahoo on Outlook application and there will be no data loss. Now let us move to the solution straightly.
How to Setup Yahoo Mail in Outlook 2013?
In Outlook 2013, you can follow the below process to get your Yahoo emails on Desktop Outlook.
Steps to Access Yahoo Mail on Outlook
- Launch MS Outlook 2013/ 2016.
- Click on the File menu and move to the Info tab.
- Click on Add Account option.
- Add Account window is opened. Choose for Manual setup or additional server types option and press Next to proceed.
- Choose for POP or IMAP radio button and click on Next option.
- For POP and IMAP Account Settings, enter Your Name and Yahoo Email address under User Information.
- For Server Information, choose Account Type: IMAP / POP
Yahoo IMAP Account Settings:
- Incoming mail server: imap.mail.yahoo.com
- Outgoing mail server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Yahoo POP Account Settings:
- Incoming mail server: pop.mail.yahoo.com
- Outgoing mail server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
- For Logon Information, enter the Yahoo mail Username and Password.
- Click on More Settings option.
- Move on Outgoing Server tab and enable My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication option. Also, choose the option Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
- Then shift to the Advanced tab.
Yahoo IMAP Account Server Port Number and Encryption:
- Incoming server (IMAP): 993 and select SSL encryption mode
- Outgoing server (SMTP): 465 and select SSL encryption mode
Yahoo POP Account Server Port Number and Encryption:
- Incoming server (POP): 995 and select SSL encryption mode
- Outgoing server (SMTP): 465 and select SSL encryption mode
- Click on the OK button to close the active window.
- On Add Account window click on the Next option. This will start a test for the Server configuration of Yahoo mail entered. It will take some time.
- After successful completion of account settings testing, click on Close option.
- Click on Finish button to exit the setup window.
- Restart the Outlook application.
This will give you access to use Yahoo email in Outlook application. It is suggested to be very sure about the configuration steps. The account testing will show an error if there is any mistake within the configuration. Once the Yahoo mail is added, you can easily access the Yahoo mail on Outlook. This is the only setup process of Yahoo mail in Outlook.
In case, if someone feels it be complex or an error is failing the configuration you can try an alternative solution. In this process, you can directly save Yahoo emails to hard drive and then import the data into Outlook application. The Import function in Outlook will help you perform this task.
Conclusion
The article above is a workaround to solve the query on how to setup Yahoo mail in Outlook. If you have your Yahoo mail with the Account type IMAP or POP, try using the steps discussed above to successfully access your Yahoo emails in Outlook application.
