How To: Connect to Ymail on an Android Device

I recently had trouble adding a Ymail account to the default email app that comes with the Android device I was using. However, I had no trouble at all adding a regular Yahoo account and signing in. After looking at the settings during manual setup, I figured out that the reason Ymail wasn't working (that is, it wasn't adding the account) was because the app was changing Ymail's settings to be different than Yahoo's settings, when in fact Ymail and Yahoo should have the same exact settings. It is the same company, after all.

So for anyone else having trouble adding a Ymail account and who doesn't want to add another app, just change the settings in manual setup to the same as the Yahoo settings. Here are the steps:




1. Open up the email app, and click on "add acount." Type in your full email address and password, and then click on "manual setup."

2. This will be an IMAP account.

3. These are the incoming server settings. When I got to this screen, the address part of my username had been deleted, only reading, "email," so make sure to add the @ymail.com if it's not there! Also watch out for the IMAP server, which should read imap.mail.yahoo.com. Thirdly, change the security type to SSL, which should automatically change the port to 993. Leave the IMAP path prefix blank.

4. These are the outgoing server settings. I didn't have to change anything on this screen, but just in case, here is a screenshot.

5. Aaaaaaaaaaand you are done! It will ask about some options pertaining to emails, and that's all up to you.