How to configure Microsoft Outlook to access Hotmail and Yahoo mail accounts

Microsoft Outlook can be used for accessing both hotmail and yahoo email accounts. Follow the below instructions to configure the mail clients.

Click the tools menu followed by options. This should display the option dialog.

Click on the E-mail accounts button, this should display the mail accounts dialog

To configure a new account select Add a new e-mail account option and click Next. This will display the following dialog where the mail server type has to be selected. Hotmail is a HTTP mail server and yahoo is a POP 3 mail server. Select the corresponding options depending upon the email accounts.

Configure Hotmail

To configure Hotmail fill in the required information and click next

Configure Yahoo

To configure Yahoo, fill in the required information regarding the Yahoo’s POP 3 mail server and SMTP server.

The mail accounts now should be available under the folder list.

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25 Responses to “How to configure Microsoft Outlook to access Hotmail and Yahoo mail accounts”

  1. aman Says:

    hello sir
    i want configure my mail yahoo in my MS outlook 2003.plz tell me how configure it.
    thnx

  2. Techno Masala’s July 2007 Top Post by Page Views : Techno Masala Says:

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  3. Manoj Sharma Says:

    hello sir
    i want configure my mail yahoo in my MS outlook 2007.plz tell me how configure it.

    Tnanks

    Manoj Sharma

  4. pei Says:

    i followed the instruction to configure the yahoo account to 2007 MS outlook but it didn’t work…
    can u help

    thanks,
    pei

  5. sami Says:

    it didnt work for me; it connects to yahoo but keeps on askin for my log in information a million times….

  6. dread Says:

    to use this feature, you need to upgrade your yahoo email accounts.

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  8. Cezar E. Bungay Says:

    The pop did it, I can get all my mails from yahoo to outlook 2003, but I had a problem in sending out mails, I’m using the smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk under the SMTP connection. What should I do next? How will I send emails via Outlook using my yahoomail account?

  9. Satveer Says:

    Dear sir,
    I am really tired from the outlook settings. I have a free hotmail account. I don’t know how to configure for free hotmail account. If you have any solution pls mail me at :
    jandu_mlt@hotmail.com
    Thank you very much

  10. raju Says:

    my problem is enter network user name and passward

  11. shaukath Says:

    enter network username and password..

  12. kvkdevelopers Says:

    hello sir
    i want configure my mail yahoo in my MS outlook ,os windows x p .plz tell me how configure it.

    Tnanks

  13. bineeshvt Says:

    enter network username and password..

  14. Sunil Says:

    I am using Microsoft Outlook 2007. once I click send and receie, it prompts for password eventhough i have opted for save password. on keying the correct password it again prompts for password again. Could someone help me.

  15. Pooki Says:

    I’m trying to add yahoo to my microsoft outlook e-mail. Everything goes fine until I try to send the test e-mail. It keeps asking for my user name and password, which I’m entering correctly but nothing happens. The “Enter Network Password” box keeps coming back up.

  16. Hetu Shah Says:

    when I click on “send and receive” botton in ms outlook 2003, the error “outlook could not connect to the smtp mail server because the server did not accept user name and password “

  17. Vaibhav Kamdar Says:

    I think every one faces the problem of “Enter Network Password” dialog box….Please provide ne solution if at all sombody has already done

  18. rakesh Says:

    how to configure yahoomail and wht is the incoming and outgoing mail server of yahoo and port number also

  19. SUNIL Says:

    PLZ TELL ME HOW TO CONGIURE OUTLOOK FOR YAHOO.

  20. Dawn Paul Says:

    On clicking ’send and receive’ I’m receiving the following error message “Task ‘Hotmail: Folder:Inbox Synchronizing headers.’ reported error (0×800CCCF6) : ‘The server responded ‘Access to Hotmail via Outlook and Outlook Express now REQUIRES A SUBSCRIPTION. Please sign up at http://join.msn.com/general/Email‘. ‘”
    Can’t this be done through a free hotmail account?

  21. Tony Says:

    dose not work I have followd it to the letter still dose not work

  22. Rizwanullah Khan Says:

    I’m trying to add yahoo to my microsoft outlook e-mail. Everything goes fine until I try to send the test e-mail. It keeps asking for my user name and password, which I’m entering correctly but nothing happens. The “Enter Network Password” box keeps coming back up.

  23. Jasper Says:

    “I’m trying to add yahoo to my microsoft outlook e-mail. Everything goes fine until I try to send the test e-mail. It keeps asking for my user name and password, which I’m entering correctly but nothing happens. The “Enter Network Password” box keeps coming back up.”

    I am having exactly the same problem -any advice?

  24. JK Says:

    you can not configure free yahoo to outlook,Gmail easy

  25. PZ Says:

    JK IS RIGHT! IVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT FOR AGES! FREE YAHOO DOES NOT WORK WITH MICROSFT OUTLOOK! FAWWWWQ!

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