yahoo mail is the predecessor to many email services we use today. it was released on October 8, 1997; has a dedicated following of users. Today, other email services offer more features, but Yahoo Mail still has over 200 million active users.
its user interface is minimal and the mailbox is organized into several folders. If you can connect your yahoo mail with outlook, you can enjoy more features like better contact system and calendar management.
outlook has a more stable environment and you will no longer need to re-enter your credentials in a web browser. you can add multiple accounts in outlook, and the following article will show you all the steps to connect outlook in modern versions of outlook like 2016 and 2019.
enable pop & image on yahoo
You must enable the following option to be able to log in to your yahoo account from non-yahoo apps and devices:
- Login to your Yahoo account.
- Go to your account icon and click Account info.
- Go to Account Security and enable the option ‘Allow apps that use lesser secure sign-in.’
create app password
If two-factor authentication is enabled on yahoo, you must create a new app password to use while accessing your yahoo account from a different app.
- In the Account Security, select ‘Generate app password.’
- Choose Outlook desktop from the drop-down menu. Then click the Generate button.
- Copy the password to use in Outlook. Click Done.
configure yahoo mail in outlook 2019/2016
There is a direct method to add the account in outlook.
- In Outlook, click File in the toolbar. Then go to Info and click Add Account.
- Input your Yahoo account and click Connect.
- Input the password of your Yahoo account and click Connect.
- Your account is added successfully. Click Done and start accessing your Yahoo emails in Outlook.
If there is any connectivity problem, you can also add the account manually. in the manual process, you need to mention the incoming and outgoing email servers and their port numbers.
- When you input the Yahoo email address, check the option ‘Let me set up my account manually.’ And click Connect.
- Select IMAP from the various options.
- Input the app-password which you had created earlier. Then click Connect.
- If there is an issue in connecting with your account, then you should choose the ‘Change Account Settings’ option.
- On the IMAP Accounts Settings page, you need to fulfill the following
- Incoming mail – imap.mail.yahoo.com; port number – 993.
- Encryption method – SSL/TLS.
- Outgoing mail – smtp.mail.yahoo.com and it’s port number as 465.
- Encryption method – SSL/TLS.
- Input the password of the Yahoo account again and click Connect.
- The account is connected successfully. Click Done and start working on your Yahoo account in Outlook.
configure yahoo account in outlook 2019
The process of adding yahoo account to outlook 2019 is exactly similar to outlook 2016.
- in outlook 2019, click file > info > add account.
- enter your yahoo account email address and click connect.
- enter your yahoo account password yahoo account and click connect.
- when yahoo account is added in outlook, click done.
conclusion
yahoo mail has been active for more than two decades and many users use it continuously. But if you follow the news, you may be aware of large-scale phishing attacks on yahoo accounts. In 2017, Yahoo acknowledged that more than 3 billion of its accounts were affected by account theft. That’s why you should take yahoo email security more seriously and keep a backup of emails at regular intervals. therefore, you can use kernel imap backup tool. will record all the messages in your mailbox and securely export them to a pst file. advanced features are available in the tool to select/deselect folders, apply filters, perform backups and get a full report. you can use pst file in outlook app to open messages.
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