How to Do Yahoo Mail IMAP Settings

Yahoo Mail IMAP Settings:

IMAP enables you to use an email client like Thunderbird, Mozilla, Outlook, and Gmail for sending and receiving email. Below, we have mentioned a guide that you need to follow in order to set it up. 

Yahoo Mail IMAP and SMTP settings 

If you wish to access Yahoo mail seamlessly in an email program, then launch the new account section of your program and enter the settings mentioned below. 

• Yahoo mail IMAP server. imap.mail.yahoo.com. 
• IMAP port: 993
• IMAP TLS/SSL: Yes
• IMAP username: Your full Yahoo mail address
• IMAP password: Your Yahoo app password or mail password
• Yahoo mail SMTP server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com.
• SMTP port: 465
• SMTP Username: Your complete Yahoo mail address
• SMTP password: Your Yahoo mail password
• Yahoo Mail App Passwords

Yahoo mail provides support to the application password. These passwords enable a specific program to get to the mail account without the use of an account password. Account access issues are pretty common on the internet. This happens to people who forget to set up their accounts with 2-factor authentication. In case you have set up two-factor authentication, log into your Yahoo account to generate app password for every mobile device or PC you use for email.  

About IMAP, POP, and SMTP

The internet mail access protocol allows you to view your messages. Simple mail transport protocol helps in the sending of outgoing messages. Whenever you configure IMAP, you need to configure SMTP as well. Moreover, Yahoo mail supports post office protocol. This is an older email standard, which governs the receipt of messages.