Setting for Yahoo! Mail on Android handsets

Yahoo Mail can be automatically configured by Windows Mobile and iPhone handsets, but reportedly many Android-based handsets have problem during the set-up process. Copyright 2010 by http://GeekTechPost.com
When you set up a mail account in Android, you cannot choose "automatic" configuration, since the automatic default will setup the POP3 server connection to Yahoo, which usually deny your access. This is due to Yahoo's POP3 connection is a feature of Yahoo Mail Plus, which is apparently not free of charge.  Copyright 2010 by http://GeekTechPost.com
To get around the pesky restriction, instead of POP3 connection, you can set-up an IMAP account with Yahoo using the following parameters:
IMAP Server:
imap.mail.yahoo.com
SMTP Server:
smtp.mobile.yahoo.com
You should be able to connect to the server by now.
Tested working on HTC Hero, HTC Magic, Motorola Milestone, Samsung Galaxy and Google Nexus One.  Copyright 2010 by http://GeekTechPost.com

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2 Responses to "Setting for Yahoo! Mail on Android handsets"

Anonymous said... 05 May, 2010

This did not work for the Cliq. I hope yahoo knows that no one is going to use the client in the future because we are using mobile device more and more now, and other provider like Google offer it for not charge at all (free).

Jiudai Baba said... 07 May, 2010

Dear Anonymous user: Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Seems like Yahoo is doing something on their server side.

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