Free IMAP e-mail with Yahoo

[Jskid]

Can this be done? A long time ago I used YPOPS but I don't think they support IMAP.

 

[lxskllr]

Wikipedia says they have IMAP, but I've never used it myself. Yahoo is my spam trap mail service. I don't use it for anything important.

Edit:
Reading further, it looks like there's some hoops to jump through with IMAP...

It is possible to get direct IMAP access. Yahoo! operates IMAP and secure IMAP servers (imap.mail.yahoo.com in particular), which are globally accessible. According to the Yahoo! company, IMAP access is only allowed for smartphones on mobile networks, not desktop computers.[32]

For regular internet users, an IMAP proxy like Yahoo IMAP Connector[33] may be needed to connect to the Yahoo! IMAP servers. Alternatively, modifications are available for some email clients, such as Mozilla Thunderbird and Mutt.[34] The proxy method is required to access Yahoo email through commercial email clients like Microsoft Outlook.

It is also possible to send mail through mail clients as Yahoo! also operates an SMTP server (smtp.mail.yahoo.com). It is necessary to enable SSL through port 465. For IMAP and SMTPS access, the username is the user's Yahoo! Mail address, and the password is the same as for webmail access.

Mac OS X users can directly set up an IMAP account in Apple Mail 4.4. After entering a full name, email address, and password, hold down the Option key. The Create button will change to Continue, allowing one to manually configure the account settings.

Apple Mail 5.0 included with Mac OS X Lion supports easy and direct IMAP account setup.

Maybe you'd like Gmail. That has easy IMAP :^D

 

[Jskid]

Wikipedia says they have IMAP, but I've never used it myself. Yahoo is my spam trap mail service. I don't use it for anything important.

Edit:
Reading further, it looks like there's some hoops to jump through with IMAP...



Maybe you'd like Gmail. That has easy IMAP :^D

I've got Yahoo on my phone but want all my e-mail accounts in Outlook on my desktop. Thanks, I'll let you know when I try.

 

[Jskid]

After trying somethings I got it to work. No additional software required
Here are the settings I used:
imap.mail.yahoo.com port 993 (SSL)
smtp.mail.yahoo.com port 465 (SSL) - from here
In Outlook go to more settings and check "my outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication"

 

[Sarmad]

After trying somethings I got it to work. No additional software required
Here are the settings I used:
imap.mail.yahoo.com port 993 (SSL)
smtp.mail.yahoo.com port 465 (SSL) - from here
In Outlook go to more settings and check "my outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication"

#JSKID, I have set up the IMAP for my yahoo account and it worked for me, but the smtp.mail.yahoo.com port 465 (SSL) did not work until I changed the SSL to none and the 465 changed back to 25 by itself. Do you have any idea this why happening. Thanks

 

[Engineer]

I've used Yahoo e-mail for many years but have always hated the fact that I couldn't use Outlook or something else to get my e-mail locally without paying them $19.xx per year. Using the information above, I'm using Windows Live Mail and it's working fine. Hope they don't cancel my account now, LOL.

Thanks gents!

 

[Jskid]

#JSKID, I have set up the IMAP for my yahoo account and it worked for me, but the smtp.mail.yahoo.com port 465 (SSL) did not work until I changed the SSL to none and the 465 changed back to 25 by itself. Do you have any idea this why happening. Thanks

I don't sorry. I have heard that some ISPs block certain ports which makes you use a different port but I'm not sure if this is related.

 

[John Connor]

http://www.gmx.com/

You can receive all E-mails into one E-mail account and it uses IMAP.