My MacBook Air Mail cannot connect with ATT/Yahoo

I enter correct settings and password and get error message "unable to verify account information"

Can anybody offer any help?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jun 1, 2023 2:25 PM

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Posted on Jun 2, 2023 2:33 PM

Hmmmm,



Generate an app password

  1. Sign in to your Yahoo Account Security page.
  2. Click Generate app password or Generate and manage app passwords.
  3. Enter your app's name in the text field.
  4. Click Generate password.
  5. Follow the instructions below the app password.
  6. Click Done.

Use this app password and your email address to sign in to your email app.

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Jun 2, 2023 2:33 PM in response to philo-gypsy

Hmmmm,



Generate an app password

  1. Sign in to your Yahoo Account Security page.
  2. Click Generate app password or Generate and manage app passwords.
  3. Enter your app's name in the text field.
  4. Click Generate password.
  5. Follow the instructions below the app password.
  6. Click Done.

Use this app password and your email address to sign in to your email app.

Jun 2, 2023 12:50 PM in response to philo-gypsy

Yahoo has gone to this too...

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/access-yahoo-mail-third-party-apps-sln15241.html


Yahoo App password…

Generate and manage third-party app passwords

Some older, third-party email apps (that do not use our Yahoo branded sign in page) require you to enter a single password for login credentials. To access your Yahoo Mail account on these apps, you'll need to generate and use an app password. An app password is a long, randomly generated code that gives a non-Yahoo app permission to access your Yahoo account. You’ll only need to provide this code once to sign in to your third-party email app.

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/access-yahoo-mail-third-party-apps-sln15241.html

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