How to Yahoo!Mail and Evolution

Simple and small how to that will help you to configure your Evolution email client to connect to youy Yahoo!Mail account via pop. Please note that this may not work on some free versions of Yahoo!Mail, as some locations only offer this service on Yahoo!Mail Plus.

The setting specified by Yahoo are:

Incoming Mail Server (POP3): pop.mail.yahoo.ca
Use SSL, port: 995
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): smtp.mail.yahoo.ca
Use SSL, port: 465, use authentication
Account Name/Username: YOUR USERNAME WITHOUT @YAHOO.COM
Email address: USERNAME@YAHOO.COM (OR CA, UK, BR, ETC)
Password: YOUR PASSWORD

Here are some screenshots to help you with the setup:

Identity:

Receiving Email:

Sending Email:



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