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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June 26, 2006 |Posted By Ravi Shankar | Filed Under Technical 

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

  1. aman on July 17th, 2007 7:38 am

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

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  3. Manoj Sharma on August 10th, 2007 2:17 pm

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

    Tnanks

    Manoj Sharma

  4. pei on August 21st, 2007 8:51 pm

    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 on September 2nd, 2007 7:59 am

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

  6. dread on September 27th, 2007 12:33 pm

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

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  8. Cezar E. Bungay on October 4th, 2007 5:52 am

    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 on December 9th, 2007 6:58 pm

    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 on January 9th, 2008 11:20 am

    my problem is enter network user name and passward

  11. shaukath on February 22nd, 2008 2:33 pm

    enter network username and password..

  12. kvkdevelopers on February 28th, 2008 4:28 am

    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 on February 28th, 2008 4:32 am

    enter network username and password..

  14. Sunil on March 24th, 2008 5:26 pm

    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 on April 25th, 2008 5:49 am

    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 on April 25th, 2008 1:15 pm

    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 on April 27th, 2008 6:59 am

    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 on May 1st, 2008 2:52 pm

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

  19. SUNIL on May 3rd, 2008 8:39 am

    PLZ TELL ME HOW TO CONGIURE OUTLOOK FOR YAHOO.

  20. Dawn Paul on May 19th, 2008 9:30 am

    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 on May 29th, 2008 12:55 am

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

  22. Rizwanullah Khan on June 10th, 2008 9:58 am

    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 on June 14th, 2008 10:47 am

    “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 on June 14th, 2008 7:28 pm

    you can not configure free yahoo to outlook,Gmail easy

  25. PZ on June 25th, 2008 10:22 pm

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

  26. manoj on July 8th, 2008 7:38 am

    hi
    i wanna configure my hotmail id in microsoft outlook please help me out with solution

    regard

    Manoj

  27. raghu on July 14th, 2008 8:27 pm

    can you tell is it realy possible to configure yahoo in ms outlook 2003
    and also one more thing can you tell me pop settings for them

  28. raghu on July 14th, 2008 8:29 pm

    i have two different id’s one is username and other is user id and both are different so please tell me

    with regards

    raghavendra

  29. @@@JIGS JEX@@@ on July 15th, 2008 5:09 am

    HI,
    COLLEAGEUS,
    I AM TRYING TO ADD YAHOO TO MY MICROOSFT OUTLOOK E-MAIL.EVERYTHING GOES FINE UNTIL I TRY TO SEND THE TEST MAIL IT KEEPS ASKING FOR MY USER NAME AND PASSWORD, WHICH I AM ENTEEEEEEEERING CORRECTLY BUT NOTHING HAPPENS.THE ENTER NETWORK PASSWORDBOX KEEPS COMING BACK UP PLS.HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE —->>>>>>>>>> I M WAITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

  30. #@@@9909983099@@@# on July 15th, 2008 7:18 am

    HI,
    COLLEAGEUS,
    I AM TRYING TO ADD YAHOO TO MY MICROOSFT OUTLOOK E-MAIL.EVERYTHING GOES FINE UNTIL I TRY TO SEND THE TEST MAIL IT KEEPS ASKING FOR MY USER NAME AND PASSWORD, WHICH I AM ENTEEEEEEEERING CORRECTLY BUT NOTHING HAPPENS.THE ENTER NETWORK PASSWORDBOX KEEPS COMING BACK UP PLS.HELP ME

    THANX&REGARDS

    JIGS BALDANIYA
    9909983099

  31. ketan shah on July 21st, 2008 12:00 pm

    how to confic microsoft outlook & outlook express in my mail id

  32. dborland on July 22nd, 2008 10:50 am

    i don’t remember all the steps off hand but lots of info is available on setting up ur outlook account - just google it and u get lots of options. Also free accounts such as yahoo does not work with outlook u will need to upgrade ur free yahoo account to a paid yahoo account if u want it to work

    dborland

  33. berry on August 6th, 2008 12:38 am

    I AM TRYING TO ADD YAHOO TO MY MICROOSFT OUTLOOK E-MAIL.EVERYTHING GOES FINE UNTIL I TRY TO SEND THE TEST MAIL IT KEEPS ASKING FOR MY USER NAME AND PASSWORD, WHICH I AM ENTEEEEEEEERING CORRECTLY BUT NOTHING HAPPENS.THE ENTER NETWORK PASSWORDBOX KEEPS COMING BACK UP PLS.HELP ME

  34. Tarun on August 18th, 2008 5:31 pm

    Where can we get information regarding ” Ener network password”

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  36. Debakor Nath on September 15th, 2008 6:53 am

    Hi All,

    How can I access the yahoo through the Microsoft outlook 2003. Please send me the total procedure. Im not a yahoo paid subscriber. So please help me for access yahoo through Microsoft Outlook 2003.

    Deba

  37. juned on October 30th, 2008 10:03 am

    i have configure yahoomail in my outlook but i am facing problem in send receive mail.
    every time
    ant not able to recive mail or send mail.

  38. Jay on November 4th, 2008 2:44 pm

    HI,
    I do believe that I got the same problem happens to all of you
    We were unable to know the exact outgoing and incoming yahoo mail
    pop.mail.yahoo.com + smtp.mail.yahoo.com
    It is not working
    even If we try to gofor moe seting and do according to the instruction
    I do believe that there are some missing information in the setting faq

    Please friends,,,, Help all of us
    Thanks
    Jay

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