How To Setup Yahoo!Xtra Email Account In Outlook

Yahoo!Xtra is one of the many internet email services in the world. If you have an email account with Yahoo!Xtra, you can configure it on your Outlook email client. This will help you to download the emails from Yahoo!Xtra server to your personal computer. In this Outlook email setup section, we will find out how to configure your Yahoo!Xtra email address on Outlook.

Steps Involved

• Launch Microsoft Outlook
• Once the Outlook program comes up, select the option Tools and then Account Settings.
• In the window for Account Settings, choose the tab E-mail and then New.
• The above step will open the window for Add New E-mail Account. Mark the option Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP and then click Next.
• Mark the box next to Manually configure server settings or additional server types and choose the button Next.
• Choose the option Internet E-mail in the next window and click Next.
• Enter the details like Your Name, E-mail Address etc. under the heading User Information.
• Choose the Account Type as POP3 from the drop down box.
• In the field for Incoming mail server, enter pop3.xtra.co.nz.
• The Outgoing mail server (SMTP) should be send.xtra.co.nz.
• Enter your Yahoo!Xtra User Name and Password under the heading Logon Information.
• Choose the option Remember Password.
• Select the option More Settings and this will open the window for Internet E-mail Settings.
• Choose the tab Outgoing Server and mark the option My Outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.
• Mark the option Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
• Go to the tab Advanced.
• Mark the option This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL).
• The above step will automatically change the Incoming server (POP3) number to 995. If it does not, manually enter 995 in the box. 
• Select SSL in the drop down box for Use the following type of encrypted connection.
• In the field for Outgoing server (SMTP), enter 465 as the port number.
• Mark the option Leave a copy of messages on the server, if you do not want to remove the emails from the server.
• Select the option OK and then Next in the window for Add new e-mail account.
• Choose the option Finish to complete the Outlook email setup.

With the above steps, you can configure your Yahoo!Xtra email on Outlook. For additional assistance, you may contact our technical support team.