Configuring Yahoo.co.za for an iPhone

First, a few words about Yahoo.co.za

Yahoo! Mail is an email service launched on October 8, 1997, by the American company Yahoo, Inc. It offers four different email plans: three for personal use (Basic, Plus, and Ad Free) and another for businesses. As of January 2020, Yahoo! Mail has 225 million users. Users are able to access and manage their mailboxes using webmail interface, accessible using a standard web browser. Some accounts also supported the use of standard mail protocols (POP3 and SMTP). Since 2015, users can also connect non-Yahoo e-mail accounts to the webmail client. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Mail

How to configure Yahoo.co.za

Mail app can find your email parameters automatically, then set up your account. Apply the following steps first to find out if it can:

1. Go to Settings > Mail then click Accounts.
2. Tap Add Account > Other then click Add Mail Account
3. Enter your name, email address, your password then a description for your account.
4. Click Next. Mail should now try and find the mail parameters and complete setting your account. If the Mail app finds the e-mail configuration, tap Done to finish your account setup.

In case the Mail app hasn't been able to automatically set up your account, then you will need to enter them manually. We think you may need the following information:

Settings Needed for Receiving Email using IMAP

Settings Needed for Sending Email

Tap Next, then follow these steps:

1. Select IMAP or POP for your new account If you don't know which one to choose, contact Yahoo.co.za
2. Type in the information (You will refer to the table above) for Incoming Mail Server and Outgoing Mail Server. Then tap Next.
3. If the e-mail settings are correct, click Save to finish . If the email setup is incorrect, the Mail app will ask you to edit the configuration
4. If you still can't setup the email account, or save the email settings, contact the email provider.