Vista - need help setting up windomail

i think i have it set-up right, but im not sure. me and my husband use the
computer at home and we use yahoo as our main email. but i dont like to go to
yahoo to get my email. i would rather use windows mail and anyways, when i
click on a link it wants to use windows mail so how do i fix this?

btw
this is the error messege i get:

Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for
this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
inactivity. Subject 'test', Account: 'www.yahoo.com', Server: 'yahoo.com',
Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error Number:
0x800CCC0F

"little bit" <little bit @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news70B04CB-4D58-4DF3-B3FF-F8FB0B7ECB29@microsoft.com...
>i think i have it set-up right, but im not sure. me and my husband use the
> computer at home and we use yahoo as our main email. but i dont like to go
> to
> yahoo to get my email. i would rather use windows mail and anyways, when i
> click on a link it wants to use windows mail so how do i fix this?
>
> btw
> this is the error messege i get:
>
> Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes
> for
> this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
> inactivity. Subject 'test', Account: 'www.yahoo.com', Server: 'yahoo.com',
> Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error
> Number:
> 0x800CCC0F

Your server name is wrong.

Which territory are you in?
If the UK follow these instructions the are written for Outlook express
but will do for Windows Mail.

"Julian" wrote:

>
>
> "little bit" <little bit @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news70B04CB-4D58-4DF3-B3FF-F8FB0B7ECB29@microsoft.com...
> >i think i have it set-up right, but im not sure. me and my husband use the
> > computer at home and we use yahoo as our main email. but i dont like to go
> > to
> > yahoo to get my email. i would rather use windows mail and anyways, when i
> > click on a link it wants to use windows mail so how do i fix this?
> >
> > btw
> > this is the error messege i get:
> >
> > Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes
> > for
> > this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
> > inactivity. Subject 'test', Account: 'www.yahoo.com', Server: 'yahoo.com',
> > Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error
> > Number:
> > 0x800CCC0F
>
> Your server name is wrong.
>
> Which territory are you in?
> If the UK follow these instructions the are written for Outlook express
> but will do for Windows Mail.
>



ok how do i change my server name? and no im in the usa

"little bit" <littlebit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8D8D00B4-D236-415C-868E-E5E769AC001D@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "Julian" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "little bit" <little bit @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news70B04CB-4D58-4DF3-B3FF-F8FB0B7ECB29@microsoft.com...
>> >i think i have it set-up right, but im not sure. me and my husband use
>> >the
>> > computer at home and we use yahoo as our main email. but i dont like to
>> > go
>> > to
>> > yahoo to get my email. i would rather use windows mail and anyways,
>> > when i
>> > click on a link it wants to use windows mail so how do i fix this?
>> >
>> > btw
>> > this is the error messege i get:
>> >
>> > Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes
>> > for
>> > this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
>> > inactivity. Subject 'test', Account: 'www.yahoo.com', Server:
>> > 'yahoo.com',
>> > Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error
>> > Number:
>> > 0x800CCC0F
>>
>> Your server name is wrong.
>>
>> Which territory are you in?
>> If the UK follow these instructions the are written for Outlook express
>> but will do for Windows Mail.
>>
>
>
>
> ok how do i change my server name?

Please! Sigh...

Tools > Accounts > your email > Properties > Servers

>and no im in the usa

Thank God for that!

You might not be able to use a free USA yahoo account,
only the premium accounts are POPable, without
an additional utility such as http://ypopsemail.com/

"little bit" <littlebit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8D8D00B4-D236-415C-868E-E5E769AC001D@microsoft.com...
>
> "Julian" wrote:
>
>> "little bit" <little bit @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news70B04CB-4D58-4DF3-B3FF-F8FB0B7ECB29@microsoft.com...
>> >i think i have it set-up right, but im not sure. me and my husband use the
>> > computer at home and we use yahoo as our main email. but i dont like to go
>> > to
>> > yahoo to get my email. i would rather use windows mail and anyways, when i
>> > click on a link it wants to use windows mail so how do i fix this?
>> >
>> > btw
>> > this is the error messege i get:
>> >
>> > Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes
>> > for
>> > this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
>> > inactivity. Subject 'test', Account: 'www.yahoo.com', Server: 'yahoo.com',
>> > Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error
>> > Number:
>> > 0x800CCC0F
>>
>> Your server name is wrong.
>>
>> Which territory are you in?
>> If the UK follow these instructions the are written for Outlook express
>> but will do for Windows Mail.
>>
>
> ok how do i change my server name? and no im in the usa

US-based free Yahoo accounts only have webmail access, no POP access.
You can pay extra and get POP access:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mai...lus/index.html
--
Gary VanderMolen