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TJ
 Why are my Hotmail/Live and Yahoo accounts no longer working on Outlook 2010?
I have had Outlook 2010 on my computer for over a year now. When i first installed it I linked it to both my live and yahoo accounts. However... around 3 months ago my Yahoo account stopped being able to send emails, but it still receives them. And around a week ago my Live account stopped working altogether. I know Hotmail and Live have just "upgraded" their services to their own version of Outlook, so i'm wondering if this is why it's no longer working? Just yesterday i uninstalled and reinstalled Outlook and re-synced both my Live and Yahoo accounts, along with a Googlemail account of mine.. The Googlemail account is working perfectly. However the Yahoo account still refuses to send mail. And the Live account will now not sync at all, it will not upload my current inbox or send/receive any new messages. I currently have the Outlook Hotmail Connector version 14.0.6106.5001 and my outgoing mail server for Yahoo is set to smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk I have checked various other settings for both my Live and Yahoo accounts and believe they are all up to date.. However, they can't be.. or I assume it would be working. If anyone could offer any help it would be greatly appreciated, thanks! Thank you very much Comp-Elect!! You have fixed my outlook =D One small thing though.. i did find that the port's needed to be the other way around for my Yahoo, ie. incoming port 995, outgoing port 465. I now have all three of my email accounts, Yahoo, Googlemail and Live, linked to my Outlook! Thanks!
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Cyber-Medic is mistaken, I hope he is not advising his clients that Outlook 2010 is not supported by Microsoft!!

Support by Microsoft for Outlook 2010 and 2007

http://support.microsoft.com/ph/92
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Check your Incoming and outgoing E-mail settings:

•Yahoo! Mail Settings

Yahoo Mail offers standard POP3 access for receiving emails incoming through your Yahoo mailbox, by using your favorite email client software.
To setup your email client for working with your Yahoo account, you need to select the POP3 protocol and use the following mail server settings:

Yahoo Incoming Mail Server (POP3) - pop.mail.yahoo.com (SSL enabled, port 465) Yahoo

Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) - smtp.mail.yahoo.com (SSL enabled, port 995)POP Yahoo! Mail

Plus email server settings Yahoo Plus Incoming Mail Server (POP3) - plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com (SSL enabled, port 995) Yahoo Plus Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) - plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com (SSL enabled, port 465, use authentication)


•Hotmail Settings

As other web based email services, Hotmail is using the HTTP protocol for connecting you to your mailbox. If you want to send and receive Hotmail emails using an email client software, then your software must support Hotmail HTTP access for your email account. Some email clients, such as Outlook Express or Microsoft Outlook, offer builtin support for Hotmail accounts, so you only have to select HTTP when you are asked to select your email account type and select Hotmail as the HTTP Mail Service Provider.

Mail Server Settings for Hotmail using the Microsoft Outlook Connector

If you are using Microsoft Outlook & the Outlook Connector, you can define your Hotmail account just like any regular POP3 email account:

Hotmail Incoming Mail Server (POP3) - pop3.live.com (logon using Secure Password Authentification - SPA, mail server port: 995)

Hotmail Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) - smtp.live.com (TLS enabled, port 587)

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