Yahoo email account Imap Settings – Small business and free accounts.
Does Yahoo mail offer imap access? I just spent about an hour researching it. There have no documentation I could find anywhere. Just a lot of people offering hacks got get it to work. I had to call support to get the information. The guy I talked to was actually pretty cool and knowledgeable. Here is the information he provided me:
1. Setup imap for freemail accountssupply the following information, if prompted:
Incoming Server - imap.mail.yahoo.com
Outgoing Server - smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Incoming Port - 993 (requires SSL)
Outgoing Port - 465 (requires SSL)
Username: full email address (i.e. bill@yahoo.com)
Password: is the password with which you login to Yahoo!============================================================ ============================== ==2. IMAP Settings for Bizmail - Supported as of 9/2011 If your customer chooses to stay with Minty, they get to take advantage of the long awaited IMAP. IMAP can be set up using the following settings:
Incoming Server: imap.mail.yahoo.com
Port 993 with SSLOutgoing Server: smtp.bizmail.yahoo.com
Port 465 with SSLrequires Authentication
User: Their Business Mail address (ie. bob@bobstuff.com)
PW: Their Business Mail password.If your customer is unable to connect via IMAP, please visit our IMAP Troubleshooting KB article for assistance with troubleshooting the connection. If they are still unable to connect, please contact ET for escalation.
============================================================ ================ 3. Troubleshooting with telnet-- to debug POP3 --
# telnet x.x.x.x 110
user USERNAME
pass PASSWORD
stat
quit-- to debug IMAP --
# telnet x.x.x.x 143
a login USERNAME PASSWORD
a examine inbox
a logout-- to debug POP3 over SSL --
# openssl s_client -connect x.x.x.x:995
(then use same commands as POP3 example)-- to debug IMAP over SSL --
# openssl s_client -connect x.x.x.x:993
(then use same commands as IMAP example)
He did say to go to http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail and click on the "imap" tab at the bottom to get some instructions on how to get your iphone / blackberry to work with imap.
Is it just me or does it seem to be getting harder and harder to find information out there? Is Google failing us 