The Free version of Yahoo! Mail does not support POP3 access. Yahoo! Mail disabled free access to its POP3 service on 24th April, 2002. You have to upgrade to Yahoo! Mail Plus to get POP3 support and download emails into Microsoft Outlook or other email clients using POP3 protocol. Upgrade currently costs $19.99 per year.
If you don’t want to upgrade you can still download Yahoo! mail into Outlook using Ypops. Ypops is a open-source software that provides POP3 and SMTP access to Yahoo! Mail. It’s Open-Source so costs nothing! It emulates POP3 server and enables popular email clients like Outlook, Netscape, Eudora, Mozilla etc., to download email from Yahoo!
Ypops can be downloaded here. After installation make sure it is running (can be seen in the system tray). Open your Microsoft Outlook 2003 and follow the steps below:
1. Select Tools > Email Accounts from the main menu
2. Select Add a new email account and click on Next
3. Select POP3 as the Server Type. Click Next
4. Enter your username and full Yahoo! email address under ‘User Information’
5. Enter your Yahoo! Login id and password under ‘Logon Information’
6. Enter ‘127.0.0.1′ as your Incoming mail server
7. Enter ‘127.0.0.1′ as the SMTP server as your outgoing mail server
8. Click on the More Settings button and select the Advanced tab
9. Increase the Server Timeout to ‘Long’ (10 minutes)
10. Select the Outgoing Server tab
11. Enable “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”. Select “Use same settings as my incoming mail server”.
12. Click Ok to close the More Settings dialog
13. Click Next and then Finish
For configuration of other email clients and complete documentation, FAQ, and help visit Ypops Website.