How to configure Outlook express for Yahoo account

Many users find it difficult to configure Microsoft outlook for yahoo email account. In this article we will see how we can do that.
The first thing that you have to do for configuring Microsoft outlook is to upgrade your yahoo mail account to Yahoo Mail Plus, which is a paid service. Yes it’s a fact that you cannot set up a free Yahoo email account in Outlook express. If you try to set up a free Yahoo account in Outlook express, Yahoo will block it.

For upgradation of Yahoo account you have to visit the official yahoo website. After upgradation, open Outlook Express. Highlight the Tool tab and in that point to Accounts. In the account window you will see all the emails.
To start setting Yahoo Mail Plus account, you have to click on Add button on the right hand side and then select mail. This will open the internet connection Wizard window. Then type your first name in the name box. Click on next button. Type your email address in the email address box provided. Give the correct email address as the incorrect address will lead to unsuccessful set up of your mail account and it will show error messages. Click on Next. Select POP3 as your incoming mail server from the drop down arrow.
Then type incoming server as plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com and outgoing mail server as plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com in the relevant box. Click Next. Fill your email address in the account name box. Fill the password. Click on check box remember password, if it is not checked automatically.
Click Next button. Click on Finish button to avoid the Internet connection wizard window. Now you will come back to account window where you will see your newly set up Yahoo mail account. Select it and click on the properties icon on the right hand side. In the properties dialog box, highlight the Servers tab. Click to check the box next to my server which needs authentication under outgoing Mail server.
Now take your cursor to Advanced Tab. Type 465 as the outgoing server number in the outgoing mail box and 995 as the incoming server number in the incoming mail box. Check both the boxes mentioning this server requires a secure connection below the incoming and outgoing mail servers. Adjust the server time out if you want otherwise leave this option. Then you have to check the box having written leave a copy of message on server. This will allow you to check or read messages from anywhere in the world.
If you don’t check this option, all the messages will be downloaded to your outlook Express from the web-mail account. So in case if you are away from your home computer and want to open your web-mail account for any new messages from outside internet connection you will not be able to read the message. Then click on apply button and then Ok icon to exit from the Properties window. Exit the account window. Close outlook express and reopen it so that changes can be saved. Then after click on send/receive button to start downloading the messages.