Why is my yahoo mail not downloading from the server automatically?

Are you unable to send or receive may at all - or can you successfully send/receive email, but have to perform additional steps?

If you are unable to access your email from your iPad, be aware that in common with many other Mail providers, Yahoo now use App Passwords to secure access IMAP or POP3 mailboxes.

If you are affected by this change, the Mail App on each of your devices (such as your iPad) requires a unique password to be generated from within the Yahoo account. This App password intentionally differs from your Yahoo account password - and can only be used to access your Yahoo mail.

More information can be found here:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN27791.html

Hello IrizarryG,

If your Yahoo emails aren't being received on your iPad as expected, you'll want to start by checking your Mail Fetch settings with these steps:

By default, Fetch New Data settings are based on what's provided by your email service. If Push isn't available as a setting, your account will default to Fetch. These settings affect how your device receives email. To adjust these settings:

1. Go to Settings > Mail, then tap Accounts.

2. Tap Fetch New Data.

3. Choose a setting — like Automatically or Manually — or choose a schedule for how often the Mail app fetches data.

With iOS 11 and later, and iPadOS, Automatically is set by default. Your device will fetch new data in the background only when your device is charging and connected to Wi-Fi.

You'll find these steps here: If you can't receive email on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Let us know how it goes.

Cheers!