{"id":11,"date":"2007-05-15T09:37:58","date_gmt":"2007-05-15T16:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/2007\/05\/15\/att-yahoo-changes-to-more-secure-e-mail-changes-may-be-required\/"},"modified":"2023-12-18T07:30:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T15:30:32","slug":"att-yahoo-changes-to-more-secure-e-mail-changes-may-be-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/att-yahoo-changes-to-more-secure-e-mail-changes-may-be-required\/","title":{"rendered":"AT&T Yahoo! changes to more secure e-mail – changes may be required"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve had several questions recently from our customers who have AT&T Yahoo! DSL service, and have received an e-mail about an “Important Security Update” with their e-mail service.<\/font><\/p>\n

In the e-mail, customers are advised that they if they use an e-mail client (such as Outlook or Outlook Express) they need to change some of their settings in order to continue receiving e-mail. They offer an automatic way of changing the settings via download of their “Self Support Tool”, or you can manually change the settings.<\/font><\/p>\n

I recommend the manual method. As a service to our customers, I have posted step-by-step instructions with screen shots showing the new settings in Outlook Express.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Before starting, be aware that after completing the steps outlined below, Outlook Express may re-download many, many messages that may still reside on the Yahoo servers depending on the settings under “Delivery” on the Advanced tab. We know of a procedure that will not re-download the messages that is too complicated to show in these instructions, but can be done on-site. <\/font><\/p>\n

1. In Outlook Express go to the Tools menu > Accounts…<\/font><\/p>\n

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2. Select the e-mail account, then press “Properties”<\/font><\/p>\n

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3. Under the “Servers” tab <\/font><\/p>\n

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  1. Change the POP server to pop.att.yahoo.com<\/strong>. <\/font><\/li>\n
  2. Change the SMTP server to smtp.att.yahoo.com<\/strong>. <\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Under the “Advanced” tab<\/font><\/p>\n

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    1. Check the option labeled This server requires a secure connection (SSL)<\/strong> and change the SMTP port to 465<\/strong>. <\/font><\/li>\n
    2. Check the option labeled This server requires a secure connection (SSL)<\/strong> and change the POP3 port to 995<\/strong>. <\/font><\/li>\n
    3. Confirm the above settings then click Apply<\/strong>.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Optionally: Under the “General” tab, replace whatever is in the first box with your e-mail address.<\/font><\/p>\n

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      If you have any questions or problems with these instructions, please let us know. We’d also be happy to schedule an appointment to come over and complete these steps for you.<\/font><\/p>\n

      Why it’s more secure…<\/font><\/p>\n

      With a SSL connection, e-mail is now encrypted between your computer and Yahoo’s e-mail servers. This makes it difficult (if not impossible) for the e-mail to be intercepted in-between, unless someone else knows your e-mail address and password. This is the same type of encryption that is used when you visit a secure website with “https:” in the address, such as your bank or websites that you visit when you enter your credit card information onto a web page.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      We’ve had several questions recently from our customers who have AT&T Yahoo! DSL service, and have received an e-mail about an “Important Security Update” with their e-mail service. In the e-mail, customers are advised that they if they use an e-mail client (such as Outlook or Outlook Express) they need to change some of their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,14,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived","category-passwords","category-tech-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2145,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions\/2145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}