Or maybe you're looking for a way to locally archive and back up the messages in your Yahoo! Mail account, by way of IncrediMail?
Fret not! You have at least two options. With a small additional (free) tool, you can get all your Yahoo! Mail in IncrediMail and send freely, too. With an alternative free online service, you can receive and send mail just as nicely.
Access a Free Yahoo! Mail Account with IncrediMail
To set up Yahoo! Mail in IncrediMail 2:
- Select Tools | Email Accounts… from the menu in IncrediMail.
- Click Add.
- Make sure Let me configure settings myself is selected under Account Settings:.
- Click Next.
- Now click Yahoo! Mail.
- Enter your Yahoo! Mail address ("example@yahoo.com", for instance) under Yahoo! ID:.
- Type your Yahoo! Mail password under Password:.
- Click Next.
- Now click OK.
This will add Yahoo! Mail as an IMAP account, from which IncrediMail will download new messages (but not synchronize folders with Yahoo! Mail on the web).
Access Free Yahoo! Mail with IncrediMail Using YPOPs!
To add a free Yahoo! Mail or Yahoo! Mail Classic account to IncrediMail using YPOPs!:
- Install YPOPs! and make sure it is running.
- Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu in IncrediMail.
- Click Add.
- Make sure Let me configure settings myself is selected.
- Click Next >.
- Type your name under Your name is:.
- Enter your Yahoo! Mail email address under Your email address:.
- Click Next >.
- Type "localhost" under Incoming mail server:.
- If "localhost" does not work or use Windows Vista, try "127.0.0.1".
- Enter "localhost" under Outgoing mail server: as well.
- Again, substitute "127.0.0.1" for "localhost" if you run into problems.
- Click Next >.
- Type your Yahoo! Mail user name under Username:.
- Your user name is the part that comes before the @ sign in your email address. If your email address is "homer@yahoo.com", for instance, the corresponding user name is "homer".
- Typically, IncrediMail has already entered the correct user name for you.
- Enter your Yahoo! Mail password under Password:.
- Click Finish.
- Click OK.
- Now click Close.
Access Free Yahoo! Mail with IncrediMail Using IzyMail
To set up a free Yahoo! Mail or Yahoo! Mail Classic account in IncrediMail using IzyMail's POP interface:
- Make sure your Yahoo! Mail account is registered with IzyMail.
- Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu in IncrediMail.
- Click Add.
- Make sure Let me configure settings myself is selected.
- Click Next >.
- Type your name under Your name is:.
- Enter your Yahoo! Mail address minus "yahoo." in the middle under Your email address:.
- If your Yahoo! Mail address is "homer@yahoo.com", do only type "homer@com", for example.
- Click Next >.
- Type "in.izymail.com" under Incoming mail server:.
- Enter "out.izymail.com" under Outgoing mail server: as well.
- Click Next >.
- Type your complete Yahoo! Mail email address under Username:.
- If your Yahoo! Mail address is "homer@yahoo.com", for example, make sure the field reads "home@yahoo.com", too.
- Typically, you only have to add "@yahoo.com" to what is already in the Username: field.
- Enter your Yahoo! Mail password under Password:.
- Click Finish.
- Click OK.
- Highlight the newly created account.
- Click Properties.
- Go to the General tab.
- Type "Yahoo! Mail" under Account Name:.
- Add the missing "yahoo." to your Yahoo! Mail address under Email address:.
- If the entry now says "homer@com", for example, make sure you expand that to "homer@yahoo.com".
- Go to the Servers tab.
- Make sure My server requires authentication is checked.
- If your Yahoo! Mail address is "homer@yahoo.com", for example, make sure the field reads "home@yahoo.com", too.
- Typically, you only have to add "@yahoo.com" to what is already in the Username: field.
- Click OK.
- Now click Close.
(Updated May 2012)
