How to Configure Yahoo Mail With Outlook?

Yahoo mail is one of the firsts to offers email services in the world and has been active ever since. As of this day, the email service has more than 200 million active users on the platform and is the third-largest email service provider.

Many people use Yahoo mail professionally to communicate with their family, friends, and colleagues. If you are one such persona and using Yahoo mail professionally, then you must streamline your workflow with Outlook. Yes, using Outlook to access your email will streamline your work and you don’t have to depend on some browser to browse the stuff.

If you are not sure about the working and how to access Yahoo mail in Outlook, then you’ve come to the right page. Today, we will help you in configuring the Yahoo mail account in Outlook.

Let’s get started.

Use IMAP and POP Settings

First, you have to enable IMAP and POP settings on your account or you’ll get in the Yahoo mail sign in problems.

Use these steps:

· Open a browser and log in to your Yahoo account and then click on your name from the top right and then click on the Account Info option from the top.

· Now, go to Account Security and enable the slider of the ‘allow apps that use the less secure sign in’ option.

Now, you can follow the configuration steps on Yahoo mail without any hassle.

Configure Yahoo Mail

· Open Outlook on your computer and then click on the File option from the top left corner of the window.

· Then, you need to enter the Yahoo mail address and click on the Connect button.

· The Outlook will fetch Yahoo mail server settings from the servers and then enter the password for the account.

· Now, click on the Connect button to set up the account in Outlook.

· And when you see ‘Account successfully added’ message’, click on the Done button to proceed.

This way you can configure the Yahoo mail in Outlook without a hitch. But, if you get in any trouble, then you may need to use the manual method to configure the Yahoo mail.