| Do you need to get your Yahoo Mail account | | | | of before you go further. |
| working with Outlook so you can handle all your email | | | | Normally, when you set up a Yahoo Outlook |
| in one place? It is a smart thing to do, and will | | | | connection, you will want to tell the Yahoo mail |
| simplify your life. This article will show you how to | | | | servers not to retain copies of messages on the |
| make the Yahoo Outlook connection. | | | | sever once Outlook downloads them. That means |
| There's one big thing that trips people up when they | | | | you won't be able to read your mail through the |
| first try to get Yahoo and Outlook working together. | | | | Yahoo web interface anymore. That's a definite |
| You can only make a Yahoo Outlook connection if | | | | disadvantage, but almost always the way to go. |
| you have a premium Yahoo Mail account. That | | | | Why? Because if you don't do things that way, you'll |
| means, you must use either: | | | | have your mail on Outlook, and have a separate |
| - A Yahoo Mail Plus account ($19.99 per year) | | | | copy in Yahoo which you'll have to take care of. |
| - A Yahoo Business Email account ($9.95 per month) | | | | Two separate copies of the same message means |
| Yahoo blocks connections from their free email | | | | extra work for you. |
| accounts to any mail reader besides their web-based | | | | Because there are a number of steps to making this |
| one. Happily, it's easy to get a Mail Plus account, or | | | | work, and the details vary depending on the version |
| even better, to convert your existing free Yahoo | | | | of Outlook you're using (and the details sometimes |
| account to a Mail Plus account. That allows you to | | | | change), you'll want to go online to find a reliable set |
| keep the same email address you are already using. | | | | of instructions. Ideally, those instructions will take you |
| Most people will want to go with the Yahoo Mail Plus | | | | through every step of the process, from converting |
| account, but the process for using that or a Yahoo | | | | your Yahoo account into a Mail Plus account, to the |
| Business Mail account with Outlook is almost the | | | | exact steps you must take for whichever version of |
| same. In either case, there is something to be aware | | | | Outlook you are using. |