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Yahoo's SMTP settings allow you to configure your email client or website to send emails through Yahoo Mail. But if you want to import emails into your email client, you'll also need to set up POP3 (or IMAP) for incoming mail.

Yahoo POP3 settings are as follows:


Port : 995
Requires SSL : Yes
Username : Your full Yahoo Mail email address
Password : Your Yahoo Mail app password ( this is not the password you use to log into Yahoo Mail – you can follow the instructions in the SMTP section above to generate an app password)
What are Yahoo IMAP Settings?
IMAP gives you another way to import emails into your email client. IMAP works better than POP3 if you plan to access your emails from multiple devices, as it allows for two-way synchronization, while POP3 works better if you're only going to use a single device to access Yahoo Mail.

The Yahoo IMAP settings are as follows:


Port : 993
Requires SSL : Yes
Username : Your full Yahoo Mail email address
Password : Your Yahoo Mail app password ( this is not the password bolivia phone number data you use to log into Yahoo Mail – you can follow the instructions in the SMTP section above)
How to Setup Yahoo SMTP for WordPress Sites
It is possible to configure your WordPress site to use Yahoo Mail's SMTP server to send your transactional emails. This allows you to take advantage of Yahoo Mail's generous sending limit of 500 emails per day and improve the email deliverability of your WordPress site.

However, Yahoo Mail doesn't always play nice with WordPress sites/hosts, and you may experience connection issues when setting it up. This is mainly because Yahoo Mail has reasonably strict firewall rules in place to prevent spam.

For this reason, we recommend using another free SMTP server if you have any issues, such as Gmail's free SMTP server or SendGrid's API . These SMTP servers are easier to get up and running and are just as free as Yahoo Mail (Gmail's SMTP server also supports 500 emails per day for free).

If you want to move forward with using Yahoo Mail SMTP server for WordPress, here’s how to do it…