i set the incomming mail and the out going mail as pop3 but i keep getting the little box asking me to put my pasword in. even after that i still dont get sign in.

Welcome to the board Sheldon!

r u using pccillin 2000 (or what av software r u using?) by any chance?

this happened to me before when i 'killed' (ctrl/alt/del) the pop3trap task of pccillin...

or it might just be an isolated situation of the server being busy...

No, I'm using windows me, and outlook 5
it worked with my hotmmail set up but with an html setup.
is there a html set up for yahoo

i donno what u mean by 'html setup'...

i thot u r using MS Outlook; or is it Outlook Express?

if u can d/load hotmail but NOT yahoo, i am almost certain it's something wrong with ur account;

either:

• try registering a new account on yahoo and see if u can reproduce the error? OR
• remove the email account from your outlook and simply re-do it

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: JdS on 2001-10-27 08:42 ]</font>

this is important! (if u haven't already done this)...

there's an option u have to set in ur Yahoo! account (on the web) that will allow u to receive mail thru Outlook...

go to OPTIONS to set it

Just as an fyi, as of a few weeks ago Yahoo only supports pop3 email on its premier (paid) email accounts. Freebies must use web interface.

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This page should help any paid member of Yahoo use pop3
http://www.uwsp.edu/it/exchange/OutsideEmail.htm