Setting Yahoo Mails on Android Mobile [How to]

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Yahoo is one of the most popular email service providers through the world. Yahoo is not just about sending and receiving emails but its lot more than that. Its ability to operate as a search engine, chat-portal, and news center together makes it a complete package in itself.  Yahoo is a completely new array of services & features to enhance user’s experience.

In this present section, we will explore the procedure to configure and use yahoo mail and messenger application over an Android phone.

Set Yahoo mail on Android

How to set up Yahoo! Mail with your mobile client using IMAP

To setup yahoo mail on an android phone is quite simple task and needs no extra efforts. Follow the simple steps stated below:

• Download and install Yahoo Email application from Android market place. (its most likely that you will get a preinstalled application on your phone)
• After successful installation, press the home key of your android phone and open up the application.
• You will be prompted to enter your yahoo credentials (username and password).
• Press login button and wait for authentication to complete.
• After successful login, you can easily send & receive emails and enjoy other useful features.

Using Yahoo-mail app is the best way but depending upon the user requirements followings settings are specified below:

• Incoming Server  will be imap.mail.yahoo.com
• Incoming Port will be 993 ( SSL enabled)
• Outgoing Server  will be smtp.mail.yahoo.com
• Outgoing Port  will be  465 (SSL enabled)
• Username >>  your original username
• Password >> your original password for above

The above settings can be used in scenarios where user needs to specify manual settings for their email.  The recommended option is still the use of official android application by yahoo.

Caution: Username and password must only be specified to application that you trust. If proper care is not taken then you might become a victim of identity theft and lose your important emails and data forever. So proceed carefully.

With yahoo mail application, you can also chat with your friends. Yahoo messenger supports text, audio and video chat. Moreover, yahoo account can be quickly/easily integrated with Facebook.