How do I setup microsoft outlook 2003 to work with yahoo mail?

You question is not specific. What exactly do you mean? do you want to setup your yahoo account with Microsoft Outlook? or what?

If you want the setup instructions of Microsoft Outlook with Yahoomail, then there's a tutorial for you..

(click here).

If this is not what you are looking for, please let me know with the clarification.

Thanks for using FixYa.

What errors where you getting ?

This depends on whether or not you pay for your Yahoo email account. Yahoo has restricted the POP3 downloading of emails from free accounts. If you pay for your email account, you can download mail by going into the email options on the website, and enabling POP3 email access, and then they provide you with the instructions to download your mail with Outlook 2003. Otherwise, you have to use the website to get your mail.

I'm assuming you want to configure E-mail client like Microsoft outlook.

Below is the page link for Gmail setup
1. Setting up Outlook 2003.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13278

2. Setting up Outlook 2007
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=77689

3. Setting up Outlook Express
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13276.

Below is the page link for Yahoo Maill setup

http://blogmines.com/blog/2006/06/26/how-to-configure-microsoft-outlook-to-access-hotmail-and-yahoo-mail-accounts/

Yahoo uses POP3 as the e-mail protocol, which gives you ther option of retrieving messages but not deleting them. It sounds as though the "Leave a copy of messages on the server" option in the Advanced settings for the account is checked so that messages are left on the Yahoo e-mail server. To check on that and change it:

1. In Outlook 2003, select Tools->E-Mail Accounts;
2. When the E-Mail Accounts wizard pops up, under the E-Mail areaq, make sure that "View or Change existing e-mail accounts" is selected, then press Next;
3. Select your Yahoo account in the dialog that pops up and click on "Change";
4. The Internet E-Mail Settings dialog for the Yahoo account pops up. Click on "More Settings", then in the dialog that pops up, click on the Advanced tab;
5. At the botton of that tab, there is an area marked as "Delivery". Make sure that "Leave a copy of messages on the server" is unchecked, then click OK;
6. Click the Next button on the dialong, then click "Finish".

At this point, if you check e-mail using Outlook, the messages should be deleted from the server. If not, then we can go from there.

If you are using Microsoft office outlook 2007, open your outlook, a wizard will appear, under email accounts click yes,click next, then under auto account setup, click check box on manually configure server settings then next, choose a.) internet email, (if you have your incoming and outgoing mail server), then next, then supply all information needed, account type pop3, name, email address, account name (must be the complete email address) incoming and outgoing then password, then next then hit finish or choose b.) Microsoft exchange (if you have an exchange server and you are on a network or a company) then next, fill out the information needed, your exchange server and your email address then click finish.
If you are using Microsoft office 2003, the process is just the same..
but, if you already have an existing email on your outlook and you want to modify it, go to tools, then email accounts (2003) or tools, option, mail setup, then email accounts, (2007), on the new window, double click the existing mail then supply again all the informations needed: name, email address, account name (must be the complete email address) incoming and outgoing then password. test if successful by sending an email to your own email address

go into your outlook - tools - options - mail setup tab - email accounts - view or change existing email accounts select the POP3/SMTP account click CHANGE you want to delete the entry that has your yahoo email address and password etc showing..

• Install YPOPs! and make sure it is running.
• Open Outlook.
• Select Tools | E-Mail Accounts... from the menu.
• Make sure Add a new e-mail account is selected.
• Click Next >.
• Check POP3.
• Click Next >.
• Type your name under Your Name:.
• Enter your Yahoo! Mail address under E-mail Address:.
• Type "localhost" under both Incoming mail server (POP3): and Outgoing mail server (SMTP):.
  • If "localhost" later turns out not to work, you can try "127.0.0.1" instead.
• Type your Yahoo! ID under User Name:.
  • The Yahoo! ID is also the first part of your Yahoo! Mail address,i.e. everything before "@yahoo.com". If your Yahoo! Mail address is"[email protected]", the ID is "example".
• Enter your Yahoo! Mail password under Password:.
• Click More Settings ....
• Go to the Outgoing Server tab.
• Make sure My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication is checked.
  • Leave Use same settings as my incoming mail server selected.
• Click OK.
• Now click Next >.
• Click Finish.

The problem is that in order to use Yahoo email on a Outlook, POP3 or HTTP, Yahoo asks you to get Yahoo Mail Plus. They are forcing you to pay for 19.99 a year to be allowed a POP3 account to use for your Outlook 2003 and mail forwarding.

I've tried several methods, even trying HTTP: mail.yahoo.com

Ive even used software that said it would allow this. But no luck.

POP3 is only provided and activated by YAHOO when you pay for the yearly subcription.

Sorry. Thats really the only solution there is to this because yahoo controls their services to every user.

I hope this helps.
Please Rate.

you cant use windows mail for hotmail or yahoo unless you pay for the service....free verisions wont work.