Application for checking yahoo email

[Andrew07]

What's a good application for checking my yahoo e-mail without visiting and signing into their website? Perhaps there is a widget?

 

[Silver-Fox]

Apple mail app does it

 

[Andrew07]

When I try to set up a POP account using 'Mail' it stays on 'Checking connection to POP server 'mail.yahoo.com' indefinitely

 

[aristobrat]

AFAIK, unless you've paid for Yahoo Plus, you can only use the web app.

http://mailplus.mail.yahoo.com/

 

[Andrew07]

aw, only have the freebie account

 

[beardboy]

I've not got Yahoo! Plus and i'm using Mail in OSX to check my Yahoo account.

 

[26139]

yep

Use fluidmac.com. Not EXACTLY what you're looking for, but it's as close as you're going to get.

 

[Silver-Fox]

I've not got Yahoo! Plus and i'm using Mail in OSX to check my Yahoo account.

same here

 

[GGJstudios]

I've not got Yahoo! Plus and i'm using Mail in OSX to check my Yahoo account.

You must have either Yahoo! Mail Plus or Business Mail, because the free Yahoo mail accounts don't offer POP3.

 

[raztro]

You must have either Yahoo! Mail Plus or Business Mail, because the free Yahoo mail accounts don't offer POP3.

He said he was using Yahoo! Plus, silly. 😀

 

[GGJstudios]

He said he was using Yahoo! Plus, silly. 😀

I've not got Yahoo! Plus and i'm using Mail in OSX to check my Yahoo account.

Who's silly?

 

[Silver-Fox]

He said he was using Yahoo! Plus, silly. 😀

Who's silly?

That guy.

I have just yahoo mail and it works in mail.app for me

 

[raztro]

Who's silly?

Wow, I completely skipped over that. I guess I'm the silly one. 😱

 

[GGJstudios]

That guy.

I have just yahoo mail and it works in mail.app for me

From Yahoo's own site:

Subscription to Yahoo! Mail Plus Service: You must subscribe to the Yahoo! Mail Plus service for POP access through your email client.

And also from their site:

The ability to access Yahoo! Mail via a POP3 email client (such as Outlook or Outlook Express) is only available to customers of our premium Yahoo! Mail Plus service.

 

[beardboy]

You must have either Yahoo! Mail Plus or Business Mail, because the free Yahoo mail accounts don't offer POP3.

Nope. I DON'T have Mail Plus, or a business account. It's a standard Yahoo! account. 🙂

 

[John T]

Nope. I DON'T have Mail Plus, or a business account. It's a standard Yahoo! account. 🙂

How did you set it up then?

 

[aristobrat]

Wonder if it's a non-US thing? (i.e. you get free POP3 access if you're anywhere else in the world)

 

[Silver-Fox]

How did you set it up then?

i set up mine with pop with no problem at all, just a standard yahoo account

and it works fine.

 

[I Am Steve Jobs]

Everybody in the world should just switch on over to Gmail.

Gmail FTW!

 

[John T]

i set up mine with pop with no problem at all, just a standard yahoo account

and it works fine.

Didn't work for me 🙁