Question: What Are the Yahoo! Mail SMTP Settings?
Looking for the Yahoo! Mail SMTP server settings?
Answer: The Yahoo! Mail SMTP server settings for sending mail through Yahoo! Mail from any email program are:
- Yahoo! Mail SMTP server address: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
- Yahoo! Mail SMTP user name: Your full Yahoo! Mail email address (including "@yahoo.com")
- Yahoo! Mail SMTP password: Your Yahoo! Mail password
- Yahoo! Mail SMTP port: 465
- Yahoo! Mail SMTP TLS/SSL required: yes
Note that these settings may not work in all desktop email programs. For a universal solution, see the Yahoo! Mail Plus settings below.
To download mail from Yahoo! Mail to your email program, see the
- Yahoo! Mail IMAP server settings,
- Yahoo! Mail POP3 server settings and
- instructions for setting up Yahoo! Mail in your email program
Yahoo! Mail Plus SMTP Server Settings
The SMTP server settings for Yahoo! Mail Plus accounts are:
- Yahoo! Mail SMTP server address: plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com
- Yahoo! Mail SMTP user name: Your Yahoo! Mail user name
- Yahoo! Mail SMTP password: Your Yahoo! Mail password
- Yahoo! Mail SMTP port: 465
- Yahoo! Mail SMTP TLS/SSL required: yes
(Updated January 2012)
