Re: POP3 CONNECTORS

Hi Charles

Just read you reply, late I know.

Your response was perfect and really appreciated. Worked like a dream.

Thanks
Jeff

""Charles Yang [MSFT]"" wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
>
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>
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> Issue description:
> ==============
>
> I understand that you encounter problem when configuring POP3 connector for
> yahoo emails.
>
> Analyzing and suggestion:
> ===============
>
> Generally speaking, this issue should be caused by the authentication
> issue, it did not refer to the POP3 connector. You can refer to my
> suggestion below:
>
> 1. POP3 connector will route the incoming POP3 emails to exchange mailbox.
> so the problem you encountered should be a pure client issue, I suggest you
> refer to the steps below to see how to configure a POP3 account on the
> outlook 2003.
>
> How to Configure a POP3 E-mail Client
> -------------------------------------
>
> The following are the basic server settings for Yahoo! Mail:
> +===============================+===========================================
> ==========================+
> | Incoming Mail (POP3) Server: | pop.mail.yahoo.com
> |
> +===============================+===========================================
> ==========================+
> | Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server: | smtp.mail.yahoo.com
> |
> +===============================+===========================================
> ==========================+
> | Account Name/Login Name: | Your Yahoo! Mail name (your
> address without the "@yahoo.com") |
> +===============================+===========================================
> ==========================+
> | E-mail address: | Your Yahoo! Mail address (i.e.
> user@xxxxxxxxx) |
> +===============================+===========================================
> ==========================+
> | Password: | Your Yahoo! Mail password
> |
> +===============================+===========================================
> ==========================+
>
>
> How to Add a New E-mail Account to Your Existing Profile
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> 1. On the Tools menu, click "E-mail Accounts".
>
> 2. Click "Add a new e-mail account", and then click Next.
>
> 3. Click the Add button.
>
> 4. Click "POP3", and then click "Next".
>
> 5. Enter your e-mail account information.
>
> 6. In the Your Name box, type your name as you would like it to appear.
>
> 7. In the "E-mail Address" box, type your Yahoo! e-mail address, for
> example, user@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> 8. In the "Incoming mail server (POP3)" box, type "pop.mail.yahoo.com"
> (without the quotation marks).
>
> 9. In the "Outgoing mail server (SMTP)" box, type "smtp.mail.yahoo.com"
> (without the quotation marks).
>
> 10. In the User Name box, verify that everything before the at symbol (@)
> symbol of your Yahoo! e-mail address is displayed.
>
> 11. Enter your Yahoo! password.
>
>
> IMPORTANT: The Yahoo! Mail SMTP server now requires authentication. To this
> setting on, follow these steps:
>
>
> 1. From the Tools menu, click Accounts.
>
> 2. Click the Mail tab.
>
> 3. Click your Yahoo! Mail account, and then click Properties.
>
> 4. Click Servers.
>
> 5. Click to select the My Server Requires Authentication check box, and
> then click OK.
>
>
> How to Control Deletion of Messages from the Yahoo! Mail Server
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> 1. In the properties of the Internet E-mail settings, click the "More
> Settions" button.
>
> 2. Click the Advanced tab.
>
> 3. Click to select the "Leave a copy of messages on the server" check
> box if you want to save your Yahoo! Mail messages on the Yahoo! Mail
> server as well as on your local computer. If you want your messages to
> be deleted from the Yahoo! Mail server once you have received them, do
> not check select this option.
>
> 4. Click OK.
>
> 5. Click Next.
>
> 6. Click Finish.
>
>
> For the POP3 connectors, you might need to configure on the server side and
> the email will be route your existing exchange mailbox, you do not need to
> configure it on the client's outlook 2003.
>
> Hope the above information helpful, please feel free to let me know the
> results. I am glad to be of assistance.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles Yang (MSFT)
>
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> | Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 15:18:52 +0200
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> | jeffuk123 wrote:
> | > Hello,
> | >
> | > Basically, I still seem to be unable to configure pop3 connectors on
> SBS2003.
> | >
> | > I have a test home network, which I obviously use for work. At home, I
> have
> | > created a yahoo email address i.e. username@xxxxxxxxxxx
> | >
> | > I have an SBS2003 server and 3 workstations. An ADSL router with port
> | > forwarding to the server. I have internet access and all else appears
> ok
> | > after running appropriate tests. No errors in event log.
> | >
> | > In SBS2003 in Exchange, I have configured the pop3 connector as follows:
> | >
> | > Email server: pop.mail.yahoo.com
> | > Port: 110
> | > Username: yahoo username
> | > Password: yahoo password
> | >
> | > Mailbox type: User Mailbox
> | > Exchange mailbox: Administrator
> | >
> | > Yet, when I log onto a workstation as administrator and setup Outlook,
> then
> | > run the email test, a window appears which keeps asking for the
> username and
> | > password. I have input my yahoo username and password numerous times.
> The
> | > username and password it requires is obviously my email username and
> password.
> | >
> | > I then try logging into yahoo with the same details and it works fine.
> Is
> | > there anything I am missing?
> | >
> | > Many thanks,
> | > Jeff
> | >
> | If Outlook is set up to use Exchange, you should login to Exchange (with
> | your domain credentials, not Yahoo's). Exchange will periodically login
> | to Yahoo (using the credentials you stored when setting up POP3
> | connector) to fetch your mails.
> |
> | --
> | Anastasios Papadopoulos - Athens - Greece
> |
>
>
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