Can't RECEIVE mail

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Vicki

I am unable to RECEIVE mail in Windows Mail using a YAHOO account. The
error message is copied below.

" Account: 'Yahoo Mail', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP, Server
Response: '-ERR popgate unknown command', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server
Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC18"

INFO:

** I have set up the incoming and outgoing POP and SMTP with
"mail.yahoo.com"
** I am using the default settings for the port #'s of outgoing - 25 and
incoming 110
** My Yahoo is the "free version"
** On VISTA
 
Vicki said:
I am unable to RECEIVE mail in Windows Mail using a YAHOO account. The
error message is copied below.

" Account: 'Yahoo Mail', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Protocol: POP,
Server Response: '-ERR popgate unknown command', Port: 110, Secure(SSL):
No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC18"

INFO:

** I have set up the incoming and outgoing POP and SMTP with
"mail.yahoo.com"
** I am using the default settings for the port #'s of outgoing - 25 and
incoming 110
** My Yahoo is the "free version"
** On VISTA
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Free Yahoo.com accounts will not work in WM etc, you have to pay Yahoo for a
pop plus account.

Get a free gmail, hotmail or live account all of which can be set up in WM
etc.
 
US-based free Yahoo accounts have webmail access only, no POP
access. Windows Mail handles POP mail but not Yahoo webmail.
Yahoo's solution is to pay them for premium "Mail Plus" service:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/mailplus/overview/index.html
and use the special settings for that service:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/mailplus/pop/pop-14.html

If you are OK with using a non-Yahoo email address, you have these other
solutions that will work with Windows Mail:
* Use the email address assigned to you by your ISP.
* Use a free Gmail, AOL, or Hotmail/Live account.

You can also continue to use Yahoo's webmail: http://mail.yahoo.com
If you need more help with any of these solutions, just ask.
 
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