YPops/Yahoopops

YPOPS or formally Yahoopops is open source software (from Sourceforge) that allows you connect to your Yahoo email account using POP3.It acts like a gateway looking to your email application like outlook express as a standard pop3/SMTP server and to Yahoo as an http client (browser like Internet explorer).
Http messages coming in from Yahoo are translated into POP3 messages and sent to your email application. Outgoing messages sent from your email application using SMTP are translated into http messages and sent on to Yahoo. Because of the way it works all the email client need to do is support POP3/SMTP ( they all do) and they will work with YPOPS.

Who Needs YPOPS

POP3 support for Yahoo free email account was withdrawn in March 2004 and so if you registered for a  free Yahoo mail account after that date you could only access your email using the web interface.

So anyone who is using a new free Yahoo mail account (March 2004 or later) and want to access their email via an email client like outlook express needs to use YPOPS or similar software.

If you are using any of the paid Yahoo email accounts they all have inbuilt POP3 support and so you don't need it.

Download and Install

YPOPS works on all major systems including windows, Mac and linux. Click download YPOPS to download from Sourceforge .

The program installs with an icon in the system tray. If you right click this icon you can configure it.

The default configuration should be ok for most users. However if you have configured custom folders you will need to add these so YPOPS downloads email messages from these folders as well.

The three main areas that you may need to change are the receiving emails (above screenshot. The download folders below and the miscellaneous where you can configure such options as auto start, silent downloads etc

 Once you have installed it you need to configure your email client to use it.

• Configuring Outlook Express and YPOPS

• Configuring Incredimail and YPOPS

• Configuring other email clients and YPOPS

Sourceforge also host a YPOPS forum if you have any questions concerning it.

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