IMAP & SMTP

[Guest]

well...i was making an account in Outlook, and i got to the part when you
have got to select between POP3, IMAP etc. i selected IMAP and i was asked to
enter something into a box next to '' Incoming mail server(IMAP)'' and ''
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP). I am not sure what to type into the box netxt to
these, please help me!
Many thanks!

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

well...i was making an account in Outlook, and i got to the part when
you have got to select between POP3, IMAP etc. i selected IMAP and i
was asked to enter something into a box next to '' Incoming mail
server(IMAP)'' and '' Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP). I am not sure what
to type into the box netxt to these, please help me!
Many thanks!

What kind of account do you have with whomever hosts your mail? You need to
ask them, and ask them what the settings are.

 

[Guest]

Warren7 (&Lanwench),

I am exactly where u were when u wrote this e-mail question. I don't even
know what questions of Yahoo or HP to ask inorder to get the answers to the
POP3&IMAP required boxes. I have Outlook @ my work &stumbled across the
answers to the exact same questions, when Outlook got updated. Feeling
ignorant. Can u teach me what u learnd?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am exactly where u were when u wrote this e-mail question. I don't
even know what questions of Yahoo or HP to ask inorder to get the
answers to the POP3&IMAP required boxes. I have Outlook @ my work
&stumbled across the answers to the exact same questions, when
Outlook got updated. Feeling ignorant. Can u teach me what u learnd?

Yahoo! doesn't support IMAP access, to the best of my knowledge. The
POP/SMTP server you should use depends on which Yahoo! service you employ:
BT Internet, SBC Internet, and so on. If you use one of these services, or
you pay Yahoo! for an account, the service you pay can give you the answers.
Contact their support group. If you access Yahoo! using one of their free
mail accounts, you can't use Outlook to access that account, since there is
no POP/SMTP servers for the free accounts.