Yahoo Outlook 2010 - Configure Outlook 2010 for Yahoo Mail

Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 is a powerful tool for managing your email

. It becomes even more powerful and useful when you get all your mail in Outlook, instead of in several different places. You can configure Outlook 2010 for Yahoo mail quickly and easily to create a Yahoo Outlook 2010 connection.

There is, however, one issue you need to deal with when you want to get Yahoo and Outlook working together. The Yahoo Outlook 2010 connection only works if you have a premium Yahoo email account. In other words, you must convert your regular Yahoo Mail account into a Mail Plus account or a Business Mail account.

I don't know the exact reason why Yahoo doesn't allow any mail reader besides their web-based one to connect to their free accounts. Still, it isn't much work to convert your existing Yahoo Mail account into a Mail Plus account. You won't have to change your email address or anything.

While a Mail Plus account is fine for most folks, you can also go with a Yahoo Business Mail account if you want. The process is almost the same. If you are comfortable making changes on your computer, you can set up either a Mail Plus or Business Mail account for yourself.

The instructions for doing this aren't difficult to follow but there are subtle differences depending on which version of Outlook you are using (as well as between setting up a Mail Plus account or a Business Mail account. And, like most things in the computer world, the details can change over time.

All these reasons mean you'll want to go online to get up-to-date instructions for configuring Outlook 2010 for a Yahoo connection. What you need to find is a set of instructions that take you through every step of the process, from converting your free Yahoo Mail account into a Mail Plus account, to the exact steps you must take to make it work for Outlook 2010.

Yahoo Outlook 2010 - Configure Outlook 2010 for Yahoo Mail

By: Bill Mann

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