Yahoo! POP Email Settings

Yahoo! POP Email Settings. These are sometimes a pain to get right.  Try to use their tool with your email and client for a visual, and if this link does not work any more please take a minute to make a comment so I can find where they have moved it this month.  Or you can just go into your settings and use the info below.

They took down a nice table they had up for a long time.  It was easy to just copy and paste from, but you can do that with the text below.  If I can find it again, or if I recreate it, I will post it here also.

Here are the basic settings if you have an (username)@sbcglobal.net email address, or any of the others in the list in the picture.  The other ISP names that AT&T has are just the same settings with your email address.  The isp names for email that Yahoo! provides service for are: sbcglobal.net, snet.net, ameritech.net, pacbell.net, nvbell.net, swbell.net, prodigy.net, flash.net, wans.net, and att.net.

POP server - IN pop.att.yahoo.com port 995 requires SSL for secure connection

Outgoing server SMTP - OUT smtp.att.yahoo.com port 465 requires SSL for secure connection

I am adding what they had for Thunderbird 2.0 here.  The settings will match for Thunderbird 3.0 and other email clients but will look a little different. Thunderbird 2 - Adding an Email Account -Windows XP AT&T offers only Web site support for Thunderbird 2.

From the Thunderbird 2 menu bar, go to Tools and select Account Settings.

Select your existing email account from left menu, Verify and edit configuration if necessary as following. Enter your account name, your name and your email address.

Select Server Settings under your Account Name from the left menu. Verify and edit configuration if necessary as following. Enter pop.att.yahoo.com in the Server Name field. Enter your full email address in the User Name field. Enter 995 in the Port field. Select SSL radio button under "Use secure connection:" group.

Select Outgoing Server (SMTP) from the left menu. Click on Edit button. SMTP Server window will open. Verify and edit configuration if necessary as following. Enter smtp.att.yahoo.com in the Server Name field. Enter 465 in the Port field. Check the "Use name and password" box and enter your full email address in the User Name field. Select SSL radio button under Use secure connection radio button group. Click OK to save your settings.

Your email account is now correctly set up in Thunderbird 2. Click Done to exit this tutorial or Start Over to review the tutorial again.

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