How can I utilize microsoft outlook for my yahoo e-mail?

Question

If I attempt to use outlook, I get a metamail error message, and outlook doesn't function.

Answer 1

If you have the upgraded version of yahoo mail, ($20 per year) then open your yahoo mail and got to options... Options mail... and choose the pop forwarding in the left hand column. and follow the instructions.
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Answer 2

Download YPops from "http://www.ypopsemail.com/" and follow these instructions:-
Install YPops and run MS Outlook XP

1. Select Tools -> Email accounts from the main menu
2. Select Add a new email account and click o­n Next
3. Select POP3 as the Server Type. Click Next
4. Enter your username and full Yahoo! email address under 'User Information'
5. Enter your Yahoo! Login id and password under 'Logon Information'
6. Enter '127.0.0.1' as your Incoming mail server
7. Enter '127.0.0.1' as the SMTP server as your outgoing mail server
8. Click on the More Settings button and select the Advanced tab
9. Increase the Server Timeout to 'Long' (10 minutes)
10. Select the Outgoing Server tab
11. Enable "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication". Select "Log on using" and enter your Yahoo Mail address as the username and your Yahoo Mail password as the password.
12. Click Ok to close the More Settings dialog
13. Click Next and then Finish

Answer 3

Do you mean you want to download your mail from your Yahoo! account to Outlook? If so then you should read:

"Download Messages From Yahoo! Mail for Free" (http://winston-blog.blogspot.com/2006/10/download-messages-from-yahoo-mail-for.html)

The article has links to the software and instructions on how to set it up.
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As many of you know, the free version of Yahoo! Mail does not provide POP3 access. In layman's terms, you can't download messages from Yahoo! Mail to your desktop e-mail client. In order to receive POP3 access you need to upgrade to Yahoo! Mail Plus, which will cost you $19.99/ year. However, there is a poor man's alternative to gain POP3 access to Yahoo! Mail and it won't cost you a dime.

YPOP is a free open source application which allows users to access their messages from Yahoo! Mail. Currently, it supports the following OS: Windows, Mac, Solaris and Linux. It supports several popular desktop e-mail clients, such as: Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird and Eudora. Use of YPOP's in no way violates your license agreement with Yahoo! Mail. How does it work? Here is what the developers' had to say:

""How do we do it you ask? Well, this application is more like a gateway. It provides a POP3 server interface at one end to talk to email clients and an HTTP client (browser) interface at the other which allows it to talk to Yahoo!"

You can download YPOPs at SourceForge.net. For instructions on how to install and configure it for your desktop e-mail client, see the following links:

Outlook (Windows XP)
Outlook 2003
Outlook Express
Mozilla Thunderbird
Eudora
For the complete list of desktop clients supported, go to Email Clients.

YPOPs developers provide YPOPs for free but welcome any donation to continue developing YPOPs.

Answer 4

You have to get the Plus account and there is a modest charge for it. The free accounts don't work.