text: how can i active delivery service of yahoo mail?   in order to get active delivery of email you can choose to:  1. run yahoo messenger and enable it's email notifier in properties.    2. use a pop email program; e.g., outlook, outlook express, and a host of others, including cell phone pop programs, pda programs and more.  you have to pay yahoo for this type of access.  you will find the settings below.  yahoo freebie email does not get access.  yahoo premium (paid) users get access using the following settings:  incoming pop - pop.mail.yahoo.com outgoing - smtp.mail.yahoo.com  user name - (yahoo user id) password - ********  under more settings go to outgoing server and check the box that says my outgoing server (smtp) requires authentication.  use same settings as your incoming mail server, check that too, if it isn't already.  make sure no check is in the box for log on using secure password authentication (spa)