yahoo mail - authentication failed?

Maybe this is a Yahoo server problem that only affects iPhones and iPod Touch, possibly inonly certain locations? Where are you located? Other posters listed England and Ireland.

Allan Sampson wrote:
Accessing an account via webmail access is different from accessing the account with an email client.

Good point!

Thanks.

In addition, accessing a Yahoo account via the Yahoo account preset with the iPhone accesses the account as an IMAP account. I don't believe it is possible to access a Yahoo account as an IMAP account with an email client on your computer - POP account access only. So there is a different connection and servers involved between the two account types - which may explain how someone is able to access the account as a POP account with an email client on their computer but not as an IMAP account with the iPhone's mail client - unless the account was created using "Other" followed by selecting POP as the account type with the iPhone's Mail client.

Hey..

here in spain.... the same thing!!! My free yahoo account is not working any more. ( via mail app )
Working fine since the first day i have my iphone....

Authentication failed ( via mail done with the preset for yahoo mail )... guess imap is down ?

What's goin on ? :/

the user name and password are ok... so... ??

it is not worknig since he 6 of june 2009 ( 17:00 spain )

adding my voice to the chorus...i live in italy and am having the same problem.

feeling less alone now. have written to yahoo.

hope it's fixed soon!

Here word from the netherlands, my account also worked fine and tonight it failed.

Tried to reinstall the account in the iPhone mail client, but no luck

i get authentication failed email@yahoo.com. (with a . after the com)

Tried to change the password, no luck. Webclient doesn;t have the problem.

Anybody already on to a solution?

You can have webmail access via a borowser with an email account but not access with an email client such as with the iPhone's mail client if the email account provider is having temporary problems with their incoming mail server access.

The solution lies with Yahoo. Have you contacted Yahoo technical support?

Adding my voice to this - still not working as of 7/6/2009 08:00am.

Stopped last night about 10pm ish. Tried changing password, delting accounts etc. to no avail.

Why does June 6th and the iPhone ring a bell with me??!!

In Italy at 9.23 of the 07/06/09 a.m. the problem is still there: no access to yahoo email from the iphone, while the iphone for the rest is working perfectly.

What is it about the fact that this is a Yahoo mail server problem (apparently limited to Europe) that you don't understand? What do you think you're accomplishing by repeatedly posting this here? The ONLY way this will be fixed is by Yahoo.

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All right, so it's defiantly a yahoo issue? I've send a e-mail via the technical support form..

maybe yahoo is a bit early with a change of configuration and the problem will be solved at 3.0? (sorry, no speculation i know)

yeah.

No, it has absolutely nothing to do with iPhone firmware version.

ok....frustration got on me, but what you say, we just have to wait for yahoo i guesse...

it's june 9:30 here and still no luck (netherlands)

Show your proof? News update by yahoo? Help message? Post by a Yahoo engineer?

Thats what I 'don't understand'...