How to configure Yahoo.com.co for your iOS Device

First, a few words about Yahoo.com.co:

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

Configuring Yahoo.com.co:

It is possible that the Mail app will find the settings automatically then configure your account. Apply these steps first to see if that will be possible:

1. Go to Settings > Mail, and tap Accounts.
2. Tap Add Account > Other and tap Add Mail Account.
3. Type your name (can be any name), email address, password and a description for account
4. Click Next. The Mail app should try and find the e-mail parameters and complete setting your account. If the Mail app finds the email parameter, click Done to complete your setup.

In case Mail didn't find your email parameters, then you will need to enter them yourself. You may find the following table useful:

Incoming Mail Server (IMAP) Configuration

Settings Needed for Sending Mail (using SMTP)

Tap Next, then follow these steps:

1. Select either IMAP or POP. If you don't know which one to select, contact Yahoo.com.co
2. Enter the details (You may want to refer to the table above) for Incoming Mail Server and Outgoing Mail Server. Then tap Next
3. If your email configuration is correct, click Save to complete . If your e-mail configuration is incorrect, you'll be asked to edit those settings
4. If you still can't set up your e-mail account or save the settings, contact the provider.