I have exactly the same problem as Mike. Yahoo do give POP3 and SMTP
addresses along with SSL,port numbers but Windows mail rejects with error
messages

"Dave" wrote:

> Windows Mail cannot access web-mail accounts, only POP & IMAP.
> If you have the free Yahoo email account, I think in the US & Canada, you
> don't have access to their POP servers. You have to pay for the premium
> service to get to use the POP servers.
>
>
>
> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:493D318A-6880-4616-B7DE-EF42D1AE1378@microsoft.com...
> > How do I configure Windows Mail (Vista Home Premium Ed.) to work with
> > Yahoo
> > web-based mail?
> >
> > I understand nothing of IMAP, STMP, or POP3...that's all greek to me. I
> > have
> > attempted to do this on my own using jnstructions that I obtained from
> > Yahoo.
> > However, these instructions unfortunately are for MS Outlook 98 and 2000.
> > Has anyone had problems with Yahoo or has anyone using Yahoo with Windows
> > Vista Home Premium ed. successfully accessed this programme? Please, help
> > me
> > out here to explain in simple terms how to correctly set it up?
> >
> > Thank you for your assistance!
> >
>