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Make sure "POP3" is selected under "My incoming mail server is a ___ server"

Install YPOPs! and make sure it is running

  • Install YPOPs! and make sure it is running.


Select "Tools | Accounts..." from the menu in Outlook Express

  • Open Outlook Express.
  • Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu in Outlook Express.


Click "Add" and select "Mail..."

  • Click Add and select Mail....


Type your name

  • Type your name.
  • Click Next >.


Enter your Yahoo! Mail address

  • Enter your Yahoo! Mail address ("hmmzl34@yahoo.com", for example).
  • Click Next > again.


Make sure "POP3" is selected under "My incoming mail server is a ___ server"

  • Make sure POP3 is selected under My incoming mail server is a ___ server..
  • Enter "localhost" under Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server:.
    • If "localhost" does not work, try "127.0.0.1" instead.
  • Type "localhost" under Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: as well.
    • If "localhost" does not work, again try "127.0.0.1" instead.
  • Click Next >.


Type your Yahoo! Mail user name under "Account name:"

  • Type your Yahoo! Mail user name under Account name:.
    • The user name is your Yahoo! Mail address sans "@yahoo.com". In this example, the user name is "hmmzl34".
  • Enter your Yahoo! Mail password under Password:.
  • Click Next >.


Click "Finish"

  • Click Finish.


  • Highlight localhost in the Internet Accounts window.
  • Click Properties.


  • Type "Yahoo! Mail" under Mail Account.
  • Click OK.
  • Click Close.

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