How to Check Other Email Accounts with Yahoo! Mail

You can have Yahoo! Mail fetch mail from your other email accounts.

Note that Yahoo! Mail currently only supports synchronizing mail only with the following account types:

• Gmail,
• Outlook.com,
• AOL and
• other Yahoo! Mail addresses.

One Web-Based Email for (Almost) All

While you are on the road and have access only to a web browser (in an Internet café, for example), you can use your Yahoo! Mail account to access other POP3 email accounts (your work mail, for example).

Check Other Email Accounts with Yahoo! Mail

To have Yahoo! Mail sync mail and folders with additional email accounts:

1. Hover over or click the settings gear icon (⚙) in Yahoo! Mail.
2. Open the Accounts section.
3. Click Add another mailbox under Email addresses.
4. • To add a Gmail or Google Apps account:
     1. Type your full Gmail or Google Apps email address under Email address.
     2. Click Add mailbox.
     3. Sign in to Google and click Allow to grant Yahoo! Mail access to your account.
     4. Optionally:
        1. Edit the name that appears when you send messages from the account under Your name.
        2. Give the new account a name under Description.
     5. Click Done.
   • To add an Outlook.com (Windows Live Hotmail, MSN Hotmail) account:
     1. Make sure you are signed in to the Outlook.com account you want to add to Yahoo! Mail.
        • Open Outlook.com in a different browser tab, for example, to check.
     2. Enter the full Outlook.com address under Email address.
     3. Click Add mailbox.
     4. Click Yes to allow Yahoo! Mail access.
   • To add an AOL account:
     1. Type the AOL email address you want to add under Email address.
     2. Click Add mailbox.
     3. Log in to AOL Mail and click Continue to give Yahoo! Mail access.

1. Optionally:
   1. Edit the name that appears when you send messages from the account under Your name.
   2. Give the new account a name under Description.
2. Click Done.

Check Other Email Accounts with Yahoo! Mail (Old Version)

To set up Yahoo! Mail for checking other email accounts:

1. In Yahoo! Mail:
   1. Select Options | Mail Options from the toolbar.
   2. Go to the Accounts category.
   3. Follow the Add or edit an account link.

1. In Yahoo! Mail Classic:
   1. Go to Mail Options.
   2. Select Mail Addresses under Management.
2. Choose Check Other (POP) Mail.
3. Click Add.
4. Give the account a descriptive name under Account Name:.
5. Click Continue.
6. Enter your name under Name:.
7. Type the account's email address under Email:.
8. Click Continue.
9. Enter your mail server name, username, and password under Setup Mail Server.
10. Click Setup Mail Server.