Re: Yahoo POP3 Mail with Outlook

"thebird" <missouri120@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1126581493.901469.46450@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> I use the "pay" Yahoo mail for POP3 access with Outlook and everything
> works fine.
>
> BUT... I notice when using a Sniffer program to monitor traffic on my
> home network, that the password and username are sent in clear text to
> Yahoo for login from Outlook. While this is no big deal at home, many
> times I'm in a cafe or other hotspot location, and I don't want the
> info sent as clear text.

You're "smarter than the average bear", as the saying goes. I occasionally
run a sniffer in such places, and it's shocking to see the information that
people send in the clear, the M$ shares they freely offer r/w, and more
sensitive info than one could shake a stick at, if they would allow a stick
to be shaken in those places

> Yahoo has a "secure" login that I now use from their web page so that
> the login info is encrypted when sent outside my home network.

That's HTML over SSL on port 143. You want POP3 over SSL (pop3s), which is
normally offered on port 995.

> what would be ideal is if I could access Yahoo's secured login
> automatically through Outlook so the info's encrypted when I'm in a
> hotspot location.
>
> I realize the messages themselves won't be encrypted - just concerned
> about the login info. Anyone know how to accomplish this? Thanks...

Sure the messages will be encrypted; the entire session is.

Tools -> Accounts -> Mail [select] -> Properties -> Advanced tab
Incoming Mail (POP3): 995
checkbox "This server requires a secure connection (SSL)"

Hopefully that will solve your need, if they indeed offer pop3s, which is
almost certain.

.

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