Wont verify my yahoo mail account

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Wont verify my yahoo mail account

i go to add an account and i type my name, the account name, my password and it take 10-15 mins to verify and then says cannot verify? if you shoot me an email at southpoledude069@yahoo.com that would be great i will also try and check back here every so often.

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Posted on Sep 17, 2007 7:17 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 17, 2007 7:21 AM in response to eckoman2300

Is this a free Yahoo account - acquired/set up before the iPhone was available and the free Yahoo Push-IMAP account for iPhone customers?

If so, Yahoo prevents accessing a standard free account with any email client for U.S. residents.

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eckoman2300 Author

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Sep 17, 2007 9:08 AM in response to Allan Sampson

yea i have had this email for a long time

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Sep 17, 2007 9:21 AM in response to eckoman2300

There is your answer.

Yahoo prevents accessing a standard free Yahoo account with any email client for U.S. residents.

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Sep 17, 2007 9:38 AM in response to Allan Sampson

ok, so what do i do?

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Sep 17, 2007 9:49 AM in response to eckoman2300

A thank you and/or please would be a good start. 😉

Not sure if you can convert such an account to a free Yahoo Push-IMAP account provided to all iPhone customers so I'd check with Yahoo about this.

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eckoman2300 Author

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Sep 17, 2007 11:59 AM in response to Allan Sampson

thank you, but how do i get an email on my iphone? and second every time i keep trying to go on youtube but it say i cannot connect top youtube? you know anything on that?

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Sep 17, 2007 2:30 PM in response to eckoman2300

Try setting up your existing free Yahoo account on the iPhone as a Yahoo Push-IMAP account.

Go to Settings > Mail.

Select Add Account.

Select Y!Mail or the Yahoo Mail selection at the top.

Enter your Name, current Yahoo email address, current password for this account and your chosen description or account name for the account.

Not sure why you can't connect to YouTube - on occasion the same happens to me but I retry and all is well.

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eckoman2300 Author

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Sep 17, 2007 3:06 PM in response to Allan Sampson

thats what ive ebeen doing but it just takes 20 mins then says cannot verify

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Sep 17, 2007 3:16 PM in response to eckoman2300

Then you need to contact Yahoo technical support regarding this.

I set up a new Yahoo email address for the free Yahoo Push-IMAP account with the iPhone.

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eckoman2300 Author

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Sep 17, 2007 3:36 PM in response to Allan Sampson

how do i set up a new account? i appriciate your time!

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Sep 18, 2007 4:19 AM in response to eckoman2300

http://mobile.yahoo.com/iphone/mail;ylt=Apt_NFGvnz22p3JwinYUf48tQcJ

That page explains it all, for Y! Mail users.

About your YouTube problem, is your iPhone unlocked or is it on ATT?

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Sep 18, 2007 6:08 AM in response to Allan Sampson

Not true, I have a free account and access it through my iPhone's mail client.

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Sep 18, 2007 8:03 AM in response to Angelo921

When did you acquire this free Yahoo account?

And did you select Yahoo! as the account type when creating the account on the iPhone?

And with which other email client on your computer or on another device do you access this free Yahoo account?

If you are unable to access this free Yahoo account with ANY other email client, what I provided is true.

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Sep 18, 2007 9:55 AM in response to Allan Sampson

I acquired the yahoo free email address about 7 weeks ago which is right after I bought my iPhone. Yes, I did select yahoo as the account type on the iPhone and just entered my user id and password and it verified my account and its worked fine ever since other than the push email doesnt work well. The only other place I access my free yahoo email is on my home pc using I.E. or Safari browser.

In fact I just right now created another free account just to test it out and I was able to set it up on my Iphone without a problem.

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Sep 18, 2007 10:06 AM in response to Angelo921

Then what I indicated is true.

Yahoo provides a free Push-IMAP account for iPhone customers only that can be accessed with the iPhone's email client and via webmail using a browser ONLY. You cannot access your free Yahoo Push-IMAP account with another email client on any other computer or device.

The same for a standard free Yahoo account. Yahoo prevents accessing a standard free Yahoo account with any email client for U.S. residents.

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