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Password Problem with Yahoo

#1609

Hello from Paris France,

Got a problem with several yahoo IMAP account
An error message appear each time i try to take "my_email_adress" online
it says :

Enter password for “myemail@yahoo.fr” at “imap.mail.yahoo.com”
Server response: “H0 NO AUTHENTICATIONFAILED”. Command attempted: “••••••••••”.
Please enter password for user name “myemail@yahoo.fr”.

I write down my email there and hit "save password in keychain"
but after a while the error window appear again...

Here are the settings in Mailmate :

Description : myfullemailadresss@yahoo.fr
Full name : myfullemailadresss@yahoo.fr
Email Adress : myfullemailadresss@yahoo.fr
IMAP server : imap.mail.yahoo.com
User name : myfullemailadresss@yahoo.fr
password : •••••
Port : 993
Require SSL : ticked

SMTP server : smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Port : 465
Require SSL : ticket

On yahoo on the web :
- I have tried to change my password on the web on yahoo.com then put that new password in mailmate - in the security settings i have ticked "authorise apps using a less secure connection" it's in french sorry maybe my translation is wrong but hopefully you get what i mean there.

On my iphone
- Connection to my yahoomail from my iPhone is OK (it synchs)

I have several yahoo accounts none of them are working with mailmate :-(
Please help !

A.

Reported by Aleksandar Sipkoski · December 16th, 2016 @ 09:39 AM

State: new
Milestone: none
Assigned to: benny benny

Activity

  1. benny
    benny

    Do you use two-step verification? In that case you need an application specific password.

    I have a Yahoo test account which still works (even though Yahoo IMAP is very buggy).

    Let me know if it's not fixed by using an application specific password.

    December 16th, 2016 @ 03:00 PM

  2. Aleksandar Sipkoski
    Aleksandar Sipkoski

    Hi benny,
    thx for your answer
    I don't use 2-step verification.
    Aleks

    December 16th, 2016 @ 06:27 PM

  3. Aleksandar Sipkoski
    Aleksandar Sipkoski

    it's working now...
    looks like you're right benny
    yahoo's IMAP seems buggy ;-(

    December 16th, 2016 @ 06:32 PM

  4. benny
    benny
    • State changed from new to closed

    So it appears it was a temporary issue of some sort. This was not really indicated by the error message though...

    Let me know if it happens again.

    December 19th, 2016 @ 02:08 PM

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