Wednesday, May 30, 2007

POP3 With Outlook 2003 Yahoo mail, Gmail

For Window Only.

With Gmail.
I. To enable POP in your Gmail account:

  1. Log in to your Gmail account.
  2. Click Settings at the top of any Gmail page.
  3. Click Forwarding and POP in the orange Mail Settings box(see image).
  4. Select Enable POP for all mail or Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on.
  5. Choose the action you'd like your Gmail messages to take after they are accessed with POP.
  6. Configure your POP client and click Save Changes.
II. Configuring your email client: Outlook 2003.

1. Open Outlook 2003.
2. Click the Tools menu, and select E-mail Accounts...
3. Select Add a new e-mail account, and click Next.
4. Choose POP3 as your server type by clicking the radio button, and click Next
5. Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:
Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information: User Information
Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages.
Email Address: Enter your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com)

Server Information
Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.gmail.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com

Login Information
User Name: Enter your Gmail username (including @gmail.com)
Password: Enter your Gmail password
6. Click More Settings... and then click the Outgoing Server tab.
7. Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
8. Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Incoming Server (POP3).
9. Check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Outgoing Server (SMTP), and enter 465 in the Outgoing server (SMTP) box.
10. Click OK.
11. Click Test Account Settings... After receiving Congratulations! All tests completed successfully, click Close.
12. Click Next, and then click Finish

With Yahoo Mail Free Account

I. Download this software and Install on your computer:
  • YPop or Main Page
  • You don't need config any thing.
  • The YPop will config your computer as a mail server, it same these images:
Let the YPop auto load when windows start.

II. Configuring your email client: Outlook 2003.

This step same the steps above(for Gmail), but you need change something.
  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 Srver
  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(Set default port for Incoming and Outgoing)
  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
Note for Yahoo Mail: Some time, it does not work if you use the Yahoo Mail 2.0,
Recommend: use the original Yahoo Mail.
For more information about YPop, goto YPop Home Page

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