Re: Yahoo e-mail as default

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From: Kath Adams (kathadams_at_(nospam)mvps.org)
Date: 02/28/05


Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:50:59 -0000

If it's a Yahoo.co.uk account you can access via OE without any
"extras".

How to configure POP3 email client to send and receive Yahoo Mail
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/pop/pop-03.html
Errors Receiving Yahoo Mail via POP3 email client
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/pop/pop-10.html
Errors Sending Yahoo Mail via SMTP email client
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/pop/pop-11.html
YahooPOPs
http://yahoopops.sourceforge.net/

-- 
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE)
Bob [MVP] wrote:
> You can access your free Yahoo mail account using
> Outlook Express if you install the free Mr. Postman
> plugin.  I've used it in the past, and it worked great.
> (and no more Yahoo! banner ads on your outgoing messages :)
>
> http://mrpostman.sourceforge.net/
>
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uhEOxVbHFHA.2976@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Your friend have to subscribe to Yahoo! Mail Plus in order to setup
>> Yahoo mail in Outlook Express.
>>
>> Ref:  http://mailplus.mail.yahoo.com/help
>>
>> How does Yahoo! Mail Plus compare to free Yahoo! Mail?
>> http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/plus/about/about-01.html
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP - Shell/User
>> Microsoft Newsgroups
>>
>> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
>> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "Daniel" wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone been able to set up their Outlook Express so that you
>>> can use Yahoo e-mail as the default. I have a friend that wants to
>>> use Yahoo all the time, and when she clicks on an e-mail address
>>> (such as a company) the e-mail window that opens up is for Outlook
>>> Express instead of Yahoo. I heard that this is impossible to do in
>>> Windows XP, is it. Thanks,
>>> Dan


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