---
title: "How to configure Yahoo to access your email"
description: "This article will assist you with configuring your Yahoo account to access an email address that is hosted on an InMotion Hosting server. Log into your Yahoo mail account. In the upper right hand..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/email/configure-yahoo-to-access-email/
date: 2011-08-25
modified: 2021-03-09
author: "Carrie Smaha"
categories: ["Email"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to configure Yahoo to access your email

This article will assist you with configuring your Yahoo account to access an email address that is hosted on an InMotion Hosting server.

Log into your Yahoo mail account.

In the upper right hand corner, click **Options** and then click **More Options…**

[![yahoo_1](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yahoo_1.jpg)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yahoo_1.jpg)

In the left menu, click **Accounts**. Then click **Add Account**

[![yahoo_2](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yahoo_2.jpg)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yahoo_2.jpg)

Fill out the information on the page under **New Account()**. Use the following settings under **Receiving Mail**:

| **Username:** | [user@domain.com](mailto:user@domain.com) |
| --- | --- |
| **Password:** | ******** *Enter your email address password* |
| **Server:** | mail.domain.com *Be sure to replace domain.com with your actual domain name.* |

After filling out all of the necessary information, click the **Save Changes** button in the upper left.

[![yahoo_3](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yahoo_3.jpg)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yahoo_3.jpg)

Yahoo, by default, will not automatically POP the newly added account. To do so, click the drop-down arrow to the right of **Check Mail** and click **Check all accounts**

[![yahoo_4](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yahoo_4.jpg)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yahoo_4.jpg)