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Rhino wrote:
I would like to configure Outlook Express so that I can use it to read,
reply and create emails for my Yahoo Canada account but I'm having some
problems.

I get this error message when I check my mail:

Unable to logon to the server using Secure Password Authentication.
Account: 'Yahoo Canada', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP3,
Server Response: '-ERR popgate unknown command', Port: 110, Secure(SSL):
No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC18

This is my current configuration from the Servers tab of the Mail account
properties. I'm using square brackets with an 'X' in them to denote a
checkbox, e.g. [x]. I'm using round brackets with nothing between them to
indicate a radio button that hasn't been selected, e.g. (). I'm using
round brackets with an 'o' in them to indicate a radio button that has
been selected, e.g. (o).

Server Information
------------------
My incoming mail server is a POP3 server.
Incoming mail (POP3): pop.mail.yahoo.com
Outgoing mail (SMTP): smtp.mail.yahoo.com

Change both to yahoo.ca

Incoming Mail Server
--------------------
Account name: rhino_yahoo
Password: ******
[x] Remember password
[x] Log on using Secure Password Authentication

Untick the second one.

Outgoing Mail Server
--------------------
[x] My server requires authentication
Settings button:
(o) Use same settings as my incoming mail server
() Log on using [GREYED OUT]

This is fine.


1. Do I have the right values under Server Information? I'm not sure if
the values I found are for Canada, the US, or both.

2. In Account Name, should I have "rhino_yahoo" or ?

rhino_yahoo.

3. Should I check the box that says "Log on using Secure Password
Authentication"?

No.

4. Should I check the box that says "My server requires authentication"?

Yes.

I've tried several different variations on the values shown in this note
but all of them lead to errors of some kind, although not necessarily the
one shown here.

I'd really appreciate your help in fixing these settings.


If changing the above doesn't work, you will need to access your Yahoo
account using a browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox and activate POP
access there or it will never work. You'll also find detailed instructions
on how to set up POP access there as well.

That said, I am not sure if yahoo.ca can be accessed via Outlook Express
without paying or not. The web interface will tell you that as well.


First of all, thank you for responding so quickly. I was hoping for a quick
resolution to this problem because it has been bugging me for a couple of
days now.

I made the settings changes you recommended but now I'm getting a different
error. When I click on Send/Receive to check my mail, I get a dialog
entitled "Logon - Yahoo Canada" which appears to be verifying my user name
and password. Both values are already populated: the user name is
rhino_yahoo (without any @yahoo.ca at the end) and the password is the right
number of characters although I obviously can't tell if it contains the
right values. The Remember Password checkbox is greyed out.

Just to be sure, I retyped the password and clicked OK. This results in the
dialog being displayed again and the following error message is generated:

There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was
rejected. Account: 'Yahoo Canada', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.ca', Protocol:
POP3, Server Response: '-ERR Error logging in. Please visit
http://mail.yahoo.com', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error:
0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92

I tried adding @yahoo.ca to the user name and clicking OK but got the same
error message.

When I got to http://mail.yahoo.com, it takes me immediately to my Yahoo
inbox via the web interface - which seems magical to me since the URL
contains no information about my username or password! - but this is not
really what I want: I'm trying to get this mail to come to Outlook Express.
If I wanted it to read it in the web interface, I would read it there.

For what it's worth, I checked the Yahoo account via the web interface and
POP access is enabled on my account and is free.

Any idea how I can coax Outlook Express to work without getting these error
messages?

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Rhino