Honestly I'm about ready to give up on trying to use Outlook.com. I can't believe it can't do a simple thing like connect to a Yahoo Plus Email Account that Outlook Express 15 years ago could and Live Mail can. I've read through the other helps and it
appears to be a common problem that's been going on for almost a year.
1.) The error I am getting is: We couldn't sign in to your POP3 server. Please make sure your username and password are correct.
2.) The email address (username) does have an underscore in it but I have also tried my other account that does not.
3.) The password only has letters and numbers in it and is between 8 and 12 characters.
4.) My yahoo account is a plus account
5.) As I said I can connect to the account just fine with Windows Live Mail and actually at first tried importing the account and messages from Windows Live Mail.
6.) I have tried both the plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com and pop.mail.yahoo.com for the pop server.
7.) For the username I have tried both the name and the
*** Email address is removed for privacy ***
8.) Yes I'm sure the password is correct.
Basic Settings in Outlook.com
Name = my name
email = *** Email address is removed for privacy ***
POP3
Server address = plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com
Port=995
Require a secure connection is checked
Leave messages on server is checked
Username= my_name
Password = 8 to 12 letters
SMTP
Send email using your provider's server (recipient will not see your Outlook address)
Server Address = smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Port = 465
Requires a secure connection (SSL/TLS) is checked
Use the same username and password to send and receive email is checked
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