Most of your settings are wrong, including the server name.
use these directions:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mai...op/pop-08.html

Gary VanderMolen


"Sunshine" <Sunshine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7A91F352-CEA4-45BE-915F-6E52AC8980D0@microsoft.com...
>I just bought my laptop and I can't set my yahoo account into Windows mail..
> I want to use Windows mail instead of opening yahoo mail all the time.. this
> is my error :
> Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for
> this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
> inactivity. Subject 'outlook email - ', Account: 'yahoo.com', Server:
> 'yahoo.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053,
> Error Number: 0x800CCC0F
>
> also is my account set-up correct ? see below :
>
> Incoming mail (POP3) : yahoo.com
> Outgoing mail (SMTP): yahoo.com
>
> Please advise. Thank You