Download your email from Yahoo Mail with IMAP

Use the IMAP settings below to download your email from Yahoo Mail into a third-party email app, like Thunderbird, Outlook, or Mac Mail. For accounts with a lot of content, it can take several days or longer to download everything. If you need specific instructions to configure your app with our settings or to check the progress of your download, please reach out to the app developer.

Review the following

• Backing up your email? Some apps default to only download a preview or snippet of your emails until an email is opened. Make sure your app is set to download the full contents of your email for offline use.
• Keep a copy of your email in your account - If your app asks you if you want to "keep mail on the server" during setup, select "yes," or your email will be deleted from your account when it's downloaded.
• Limitations for large folders - Folders containing upwards of 100 thousand or more emails may have issues downloading all the messages. To resolve this, move some of the email to a new folder in your account.

Configure your app

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server

• Server - export.imap.mail.yahoo.com
• Port - 993
• Requires SSL - Yes

Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server

• Server - smtp.mail.yahoo.com
• Port - 465 or 587
• Requires SSL - Yes
• Requires authentication - Yes

Your login info

If you're using Yahoo Account Key or some older email apps, generate an app password and use that for your account password.

• Email address - Your full email address (name@domain.com)
• Password - Your account's password
• Requires authentication - Yes