How to Configure Mozilla Thunderbird for Yahoo! Mail

Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular email program from the same company that created the Firefox Web browser. Because it's a free download and offers a wide variety of features, Thunderbird is growing in popularity as an alternative to Microsoft's Outlook and Apple's Safari email programs. If you have a Yahoo! Mail Plus account, it's easy to set up Thunderbird to check your email without your Web browser.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Setting Up Your Account

1. Open Mozilla Thunderbird.

2. Go to the "File" menu and choose "New" > "Account..." and click "Continue."

3. Type your name and email address in the appropriate fields. Click "Continue."

4. Type "plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com" in the "Incoming Server:" field and "plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com" in the "Outgoing Server:" field. Click "Continue."

5. Add your Yahoo! user name in the "Incoming User Name" and "Outgoing User Name" fields. Click "Continue."

6. Enter a name for the account in the "Account Name:" field. Click "Continue."

7. Verify that your settings are correct, then click "OK" and you're finished.

Tips & Warnings

• Copy and paste the incoming and outgoing server addresses to be sure they're correct.
• Mozilla Thunderbird will only work with Yahoo! Mail Plus accounts that offer POP access. It will not work with free Yahoo! email accounts.

Resources

• POP Yahoo! Mail Plus with Another Email Client