My setup account with yahoo won't connect

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I am just setting it up now, and I type in my User Name and password (like I
am supposed to) and the screen keeps popping back up asking me again. There
is no error message, just tells me to do it again.
 
Do you have a paid yahoo account? That is the only way you can get it in
outlook.
 
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I am just setting it up now, and I type in my User Name and password
(like I
am supposed to) and the screen keeps popping back up asking me
again. There
is no error message, just tells me to do it again.
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You never mentioned WHICH Yahoo domain to which you try to connect.
Yahoo.com requires paid accounts to use their POP3/SMTP servers;
otherwise, all you get is the HTTP webmail interface to freebie
Yahoo.com accounts. YahooPOPs can be used as a local
POP3/SMTP-to-HTTP proxy (you connect your POP3/SMTP client to
YahooPOPs when then connects to Yahoo's webmail).

There are some regional Yahoo domains that still permit POP3/SMTP
access. I don't use them but some users have said Yahoo.co.uk and
Yahoo.co.au still provide POP3/SMTP access for freebie accounts.
 
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