Yahoo Mail enabled free POP3/SMTP service

[war1]

Yahoo Mail in US has quietly enabled free POP3/SMTP service for US users. Many countries have previously free POP3 access.

Incoming server: pop.mail.yahoo.com
Incoming port 110

Outgoing server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Outgoing port 25, SSL enabled
Ougoing server authentication required

I tested these settings in Windows Live Mail, and they work. Outgoing port 587 probably will work, but I have not tested.

I can receive using this setting in POP Peeper, but can send on with SMTP encryption set to SSL.

[devega]

Hi,
as you have mentioned other countries had POP3.
Have you tried this settings? It works for yahoo.es domain:

Incoming server: pop.mail.yahoo.com
Incoming port 995 (Use SSL)

Outgoing server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Outgoing port 465 (Use SSL)
Ougoing server authentication required

Maybe you can also use them.

[war1]

devega,

No, I have not tried yahoo.es. But I have an POP3 account with yahoo.cn. As of a month ago, at least 3 countries do not offer free Yahoo POP3 access, Yahoo US, Yahoo India, and Yahoo Australia. Since Yahoo US is getting free POP3 access, the other countries previously banned will get it too.

Hi,
as you have mentioned other countries had POP3.
Have you tried this settings? It works for yahoo.es domain:

Incoming server: pop.mail.yahoo.com
Incoming port 995 (Use SSL)

Outgoing server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Outgoing port 465 (Use SSL)
Ougoing server authentication required

Maybe you can also use them.

[devega]

Sorry, it wasn't my intention to make you to use yahoo.es, but using the rest of the settings (ports, SSL using, etc.) with your US servers (pop.mail.yahoo.com and smtp.mail.yahoo.com).
Since you stated you weren't able to send with your current settings, maybe the ones I provided work for you (and others in the US).

Regards

[war1]

For POP Peeper, to send port 25 and SSL enabled will work.

[Jeff]

Well, well, well... surprising news. As I recall, Yahoo had free pop3/smtp service when PP v1.0 was released (Jan 2002). I added Hotmail support soon after v1.0, and within a few months, Yahoo stopped free pop3/smtp and I added Yahoo support (summer 2002).

I tried various settings, and the only one I got to work was the default SSL connection (port 465). My ISP blocks port 25, and using SSL or TLS didn't work on 587.

[Catman51]

Tried all the settings, wouldn't work for me?

[war1]

SteveM,

Since Yahoo has not made an official announcement, they may still be rolling POP3 access to users.

[Catman51]

SteveM,

Since Yahoo has not made an official announcement, they may still be rolling POP3 access to users.

Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for any updates.

[war1]

You need to enable POP3 in Yahoo Options settings. Then POP3/SMTP will work.

If you have already done that, can you access Yahoo via your email client, like Outlook or Thunderbird?

[war1]

Many Yahoo.com accounts are not free with POP3 access. So POP3 protocol may not be accessible for you.

[war1]

yahoo.co.uk is the same company but different name. Yes, it will work without SSL.

[war1]

I tried it with and without SSL. Both work.

[Jeff]

HTML will be grayed out if the message doesn't have HTML (webmail always has HTML due to the nature of how it's retrieved; POP3/Imap depends on the sender). View Online is only available to webmail-based accounts, not POP3/Imap.

[war1]

Has more users gotten the free POP3 access for their Yahoo.com accounts? (I specified Yahoo.com because I know many countries other than US already has free POP3 access.) I use Windows XP SP3.

When I originally posted. I could use POP3 on port 110 and no SSL. I cannot do that now. I can use the following ports:

Incoming server: pop.mail.yahoo.com
Port 995
SSL enabled

Outgoing server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Port 465
SSL enabled
Authentication required (same as incoming)

For outgoing server, port 25 and 587 may work. I have not tested in a while.

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