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How to Check Other Email Accounts with Yahoo! Mail

By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com

While you are on the road and have access only to a web browser (in an Internet café, for example), you can use your Yahoo! Mail account to access other POP3 email accounts (your work mail, for example).

Check Other Email Accounts with Yahoo! Mail

To set up Yahoo! Mail for checking other email accounts:

  • In Yahoo! Mail:
    • Select Options | Mail Options from the toolbar.
    • Go to the Accounts category.
    • Follow the Add or edit an account link.
  • In Yahoo! Mail Classic:
    • Go to Mail Options.
    • Select Mail Addresses under Management.
  • Choose Check Other (POP) Mail.
  • Click Add.
  • Give the account a descriptive name under Account Name:.
  • Click Continue.
  • Enter your name under Name:.
  • Type the account's email address under Email:.
  • Click Continue.
  • Enter your mail server name, user name and password under Setup Mail Server.
  • Click Setup Mail Server.
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