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YPOPs! brings Yahoo! Mail to Outlook/Thunderbird for free
YPOPs! is a free and open source application that provides POP3 and SMTP access to free Yahoo! Mail accounts. it does this by basically setting up a server on your desktop. The program acts like a go-between that lets Outlook, Thunderbird, Eudora, Opera, or other mail applications talk to the Yahoo! Mail server. It does this by communicating with the server using HTTP and then setting up a POP3 server on your desktop to talk to your email application. As such, it's not technically a violation of Yahoo!'s terms of service. Or at least, that's what the developers claim.
YPOPs! offers instructions for configuring a number of email clients to work with the program. Outlook 2007 wasn't listed, and when I tried configuring YPOPs! to work with Outlook 2007 I was unable to properly connect to the server. Have any of you tried the program and had more luck?
[via Online Tech Tips]
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Subscribe to commentsvarunJun 25th 2009 3:35PM
This looks pretty much the same as it did a decade ago, so I'm surprised that it's not working with Outlook 2007 (or should I really be surprised).
On the other hand, if you're using Thunderbird, why not go with the handy-dandy Webmail add on from Thunderbird? It's worked flawlessly for me and is available at: http://webmail.mozdev.org/
master811Jun 27th 2009 9:58AM
This software isn't needed anymore, as it appears Yahoo pop mail is now free to EVERYONE.
GavJun 25th 2009 3:53PM
I have three Yahoo! Mail accounts. All of which I get free POP access to..?
JennJun 25th 2009 4:09PM
Same here!
MysteriusJun 26th 2009 4:57PM
Perhaps you have legacy accounts, or something?
GavJun 26th 2009 4:58PM
I only signed up to one within the last month...
lolMYNEWAIMSNlolJun 25th 2009 4:07PM
Ah way to implement something the competitors have been doing for awhile. Congrats Yahoo!
Raul GlogovetanJun 25th 2009 4:17PM
I'm using it for a few months now on outlook 2007 and works great. The settings fot ypops on outlook 2007 are the same as outlook 2003. I'm surprise you can't get it to work.
blasztaJun 25th 2009 9:35PM
Like varun say, this program has been around a decade ago.. and actually I'm quite surprise it still being developed (I'm not using it anymore since.. maybe 5 years ago) :-)
Tech-MikeJun 25th 2009 10:59PM
I too have used this awhile back, but have since moved on to GMX and have no use for POP3
indyankJun 27th 2009 9:16AM
Hey, this is funny...who said they cannot be accessed via POP3?...just because online-tech-tips said so?
Read this and know how to access them - http://techblissonline.com/yahoo-pop3-and-smtp-settings/
A popular blog like yours shouldn't mislead people...
mikeJul 4th 2009 8:30PM
indyank: No, not "just because online-tech-tips said so" but because YAHOO said so (not without upgrading, anyways.)
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/mailplus/pop/pop-35.html;_ylt=Ai.O9.W1wwbXE0akIWmYpQwKzyN4
"The ability to access Yahoo! Mail via a POP3 email client (such as Outlook or Outlook Express) is only available to customers of our premium Yahoo! Mail Plus service."
Broken ArrowJul 10th 2009 2:50PM
Who made you to think that all the people are Yeahoo's premium mail account user!
MarkyJun 27th 2009 5:37PM
Or you could just use Yahoo!'s help page and do it yourself.
I have been using POP on Yahoo! for as long as I can recall. Never paid any extra for the option.
http://help.yahoo.com/l/uk/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/pop/
Broken ArrowJul 10th 2009 3:35PM
Again didn't get the point!!!
DemoGeek.comJun 28th 2009 10:45PM
Wonder if they have a Mac version. Would really love to have the same POP3 access on Mac.
CTAug 5th 2009 8:25AM
Don't understand the discussion here with Outlook 2007, and the attempts to get Ypops to work with it. Outlook 2007 automatically gets the pop3 ability to work. All that USA Yahoo users have to do is convert their account to Asia, and ebable pop3 option. I have 4 accounts on Yahoo, and am receiving and sending without the need for Ypops.