It is REQUIRED that you are using Full Featured Yahoo to turn on POP3 access.
To enable POP3 for a free Yahoo Mail account:
Go to the Gear and click Settings:
Click the Accounts navigation, then click the Edit button:
Click the Radio Button for POP, select if you want Spam included, and then click Save:
After turning on POP3 the settings for Yahoo Mail are:
Incoming mail server settings:
Free Yahoo Accounts: pop.mail.yahoo.com (port 995, requires SSL)
Yahoo Plus Accounts: plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com (port 995, requires SSL)
Use your full email address and password for your login.
Free Yahoo Mail accounts should use the outgoing server setting: smtp.mail.yahoo.com, port 587 (requires SSL/TLS)
This is an example of the settings configured in Mozilla Thunderbird:
Yahoo Business Mail users need to use the outgoing server setting - smtp.bizmail.yahoo.com Port 465 (Requires SSL + Authentication)
If you do not want your mail removed from the Yahoo servers check your server settings:
To enable POP3 for a free Yahoo Mail account:
Go to the Gear and click Settings:
Click the Accounts navigation, then click the Edit button:
Click the Radio Button for POP, select if you want Spam included, and then click Save:
After turning on POP3 the settings for Yahoo Mail are:
Incoming mail server settings:
Free Yahoo Accounts: pop.mail.yahoo.com (port 995, requires SSL)
Yahoo Plus Accounts: plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com (port 995, requires SSL)
Use your full email address and password for your login.
Free Yahoo Mail accounts should use the outgoing server setting: smtp.mail.yahoo.com, port 587 (requires SSL/TLS)
This is an example of the settings configured in Mozilla Thunderbird:
Yahoo Business Mail users need to use the outgoing server setting - smtp.bizmail.yahoo.com Port 465 (Requires SSL + Authentication)
If you do not want your mail removed from the Yahoo servers check your server settings: