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Old October 31st 07, 12:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Brian Tillman
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Default Outlook and POP3 server

Thomas wrote:

I get multiple errrors..The host '"pop.mail.yahoo.com"' could not be
found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly.
Account: 'pop..mail.yahoo.com', Server: '"pop.mail.yahoo.com"',
Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL): Yes, Socket Error: 11004,
Error Number: 0x800CCC0D
An unknown error has occurred. Account: 'Yahoo', Server:
'http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.rand=7obhn5m2o2ja2',
Protocol: HTTPMail,


Clearly you have not specified the correct account type. Use POP/SMTP for
POP accounts. Yahoo doesn't support HTTP accounts. Moreover, if you have a
free Yahoo account, it doesn't support POP, either.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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