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User profile for user: jcgormanca
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Yahoo! Mail Set up on Apple MAIL

I recently had to convert from Cox.webmail to Yahoo! mail. I am trying to add and set up Yahoo! Mail on Apple MAIL on my iMac. I have the information concerning ports for both IMAP and SMTP for yahoo...but I am not sure why it is not working. Do I need to delete the old Cox IMAP and SMTP info in order for the Yahoo! to initiate? Currently I was able to add the Yahoo! mail account and it shows up on my mail box list, but I am unable to bring it on-line. Does anyone have some step by step instructions for me to follow? It seems to me that this should be simple :/.


Thanks in advance.

iMac 27″, macOS 14.4

Posted on Apr 19, 2024 4:54 PM

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User profile for user: jcgormanca
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Posted on Apr 25, 2024 1:00 PM

tbirdvet....thank you!

Also..I found this on the Cox Forum. I'm so happy! It worked!

Here is the link!


https://forums.cox.com/discussions/internet/using-yahoo-email-in-mac-os-mail-app/151730


Just know that when it shows up on your inbox list on your Mac it will be listed as "Cox" but has all the smtp and imap settings that you entered from Yahoo!


Info from Lyndonb95 (cox forum) pasted below...FYI...


  • I posted this on Reddit and am reporting here for all:  
  • As many of us are going through a transition to Yahoo as our email provider I want to offer some tips on what is needed to make Yahoo email work with the native Mail app on Mac. I spent 3 hours yesterday on this and found that very few Yahoo CSR's know anything at all about the Apple OS. So in the interest of saving others from that frustration, here is what I learned.
  • First a caveat--the transition for iphone is straightforward and Yahoo has tips as does Cox on their web site about the transition for iOS. Just add a new email account in settings as you normally would selecting the type as Yahoo. It is simple, easy and requires you do nothing except have your username and the new yahoo password you created--should work out of the box but consult the Cox notes which does have guidance for iPhone and Android mobile users (although they try to guide you into using the Yahoo app and the Yahoo web mail). I didn't want another app--I wanted to use the Apple supplied native app on my Mac so I tried --it did not work the same way and this is what I found.
  • These instructions are exclusively for Mail on the Mac OS.
    1. Do not, and I mean this strenuously, do not simply add a new account by selecting Yahoo as the email type. Instead, open system preferences--Internet Accounts and select the generic Mail Account. When presented with the dialog box, deselect 'automatic' so that you can manually enter the imap and smtp information. Yahoo's help page on their web site has a section devoted to the correct info. https://help.yahoo.com/kb/imap-server-settings-yahoo-mail-sln4075.html
    2. I have re-creacted the info here:
  2. Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server
  3. Server - imap.mail.yahoo.com
  4. Port - 993
  5. Requires SSL - Yes
  6. Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server
  7. Server - smtp.mail.yahoo.com
  8. Port - 465 or 587
  9. Requires SSL - Yes
  10. Requires authentication - Yes
  11. Your login info
  12. Email address - Your full email address (name@domain.com)
  13. Password - Generate App Password
    1. Requires authentication - Yes
    2. When it comes to the password, do not use the password you created for Yahoo email--that is fine to use on the phone but not here. Instead you must go up to the Yahoo web site--login with your new Yahoo password. Then select your account and you'll be prompted to login again (I know--you did that already to get into your webmail but that is how they do it), and then navigate to security just below the header, select that. Scroll down and on the right hand side you'll see an option to Generate an App Password. Select that and you'll be given the option to create and copy a unique password--and that is the password you want to paste into the password field on your mac. Double check that the smtp and imap accounts are the correct Yahoo (and not cox) accounts. Save it and you should be good to go--unless of course you need to finesse the port selection for outgoing email. Good idea to send and receive a test email to another account to be sure everything is working as it should.
    3. Cox --to my knowledge does not show these instructions anywhere in their notes, and in my experience many Yahoo CSR's don't know this either--they'll waste a lot of your time and won't solve the issue--so be warned. The Yahoo folks are very nice but it does not seem as if they were alerted to the idea that Mac users might be calling in with questions.
  • I hope this helps members of this community who are mac users. I do not believe Unix or Win users have to do this --I just wanted to get mail working again so did not take the time to explore further so if you are one just ignore this post. Cheers.



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Apr 25, 2024 1:00 PM in response to billy767

tbirdvet....thank you!

Also..I found this on the Cox Forum. I'm so happy! It worked!

Here is the link!


https://forums.cox.com/discussions/internet/using-yahoo-email-in-mac-os-mail-app/151730


Just know that when it shows up on your inbox list on your Mac it will be listed as "Cox" but has all the smtp and imap settings that you entered from Yahoo!


Info from Lyndonb95 (cox forum) pasted below...FYI...


  • I posted this on Reddit and am reporting here for all:  
  • As many of us are going through a transition to Yahoo as our email provider I want to offer some tips on what is needed to make Yahoo email work with the native Mail app on Mac. I spent 3 hours yesterday on this and found that very few Yahoo CSR's know anything at all about the Apple OS. So in the interest of saving others from that frustration, here is what I learned.
  • First a caveat--the transition for iphone is straightforward and Yahoo has tips as does Cox on their web site about the transition for iOS. Just add a new email account in settings as you normally would selecting the type as Yahoo. It is simple, easy and requires you do nothing except have your username and the new yahoo password you created--should work out of the box but consult the Cox notes which does have guidance for iPhone and Android mobile users (although they try to guide you into using the Yahoo app and the Yahoo web mail). I didn't want another app--I wanted to use the Apple supplied native app on my Mac so I tried --it did not work the same way and this is what I found.
  • These instructions are exclusively for Mail on the Mac OS.
    1. Do not, and I mean this strenuously, do not simply add a new account by selecting Yahoo as the email type. Instead, open system preferences--Internet Accounts and select the generic Mail Account. When presented with the dialog box, deselect 'automatic' so that you can manually enter the imap and smtp information. Yahoo's help page on their web site has a section devoted to the correct info. https://help.yahoo.com/kb/imap-server-settings-yahoo-mail-sln4075.html
    2. I have re-creacted the info here:
  2. Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server
  3. Server - imap.mail.yahoo.com
  4. Port - 993
  5. Requires SSL - Yes
  6. Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server
  7. Server - smtp.mail.yahoo.com
  8. Port - 465 or 587
  9. Requires SSL - Yes
  10. Requires authentication - Yes
  11. Your login info
  12. Email address - Your full email address (name@domain.com)
  13. Password - Generate App Password
    1. Requires authentication - Yes
    2. When it comes to the password, do not use the password you created for Yahoo email--that is fine to use on the phone but not here. Instead you must go up to the Yahoo web site--login with your new Yahoo password. Then select your account and you'll be prompted to login again (I know--you did that already to get into your webmail but that is how they do it), and then navigate to security just below the header, select that. Scroll down and on the right hand side you'll see an option to Generate an App Password. Select that and you'll be given the option to create and copy a unique password--and that is the password you want to paste into the password field on your mac. Double check that the smtp and imap accounts are the correct Yahoo (and not cox) accounts. Save it and you should be good to go--unless of course you need to finesse the port selection for outgoing email. Good idea to send and receive a test email to another account to be sure everything is working as it should.
    3. Cox --to my knowledge does not show these instructions anywhere in their notes, and in my experience many Yahoo CSR's don't know this either--they'll waste a lot of your time and won't solve the issue--so be warned. The Yahoo folks are very nice but it does not seem as if they were alerted to the idea that Mac users might be calling in with questions.
  • I hope this helps members of this community who are mac users. I do not believe Unix or Win users have to do this --I just wanted to get mail working again so did not take the time to explore further so if you are one just ignore this post. Cheers.



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User profile for user: Dana Higbee
Dana Higbee
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Jun 25, 2024 11:52 AM in response to jcgormanca

This doesn't work for me. I'm running Sonoma 14.5. Going through internet accounts (from system settings), trying to follow these instructions to a T. However when I select a generic Mail Account, the dialog box shows NO way to deselect Automatic. When my attempted login fails I can enter in the IMAP and SMTP servers shown, but can't do anything else after that point. It fails each time. Suggestions? I'm usually pretty good at this stuff.

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User profile for user: suepow
suepow
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May 23, 2024 10:27 AM in response to David A1

David A1,


You have to get to the place where you can choose "Apple Mail" as the app and then have Yahoo generate a password. It's been a while since I've done this now. But you have to have a Yahoo generated password. This is what I wrote above when I was dealing with this:


When you get to that point, put in Apple Mail (i.e., when you see "Select the apps you want to use with this account"), and Yahoo will generate a password. You can then copy and paste that password (a one-time password) into email settings where it asks for password when you are adding the new account.

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User profile for user: jcgormanca
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Apr 25, 2024 12:58 PM in response to den.thed

den.thed...you are correct that we need to choose "other mail account".

I found this on the Cox Forum. I'm so happy! It worked!

Here is the link!


https://forums.cox.com/discussions/internet/using-yahoo-email-in-mac-os-mail-app/151730


Just know that when it shows up on your inbox list on your Mac it will be listed as "Cox" but has all the smtp and imap settings that you entered from Yahoo!


Info from Lyndonb95 (cox forum) pasted below...FYI...


  • I posted this on Reddit and am reporting here for all:  
  • As many of us are going through a transition to Yahoo as our email provider I want to offer some tips on what is needed to make Yahoo email work with the native Mail app on Mac. I spent 3 hours yesterday on this and found that very few Yahoo CSR's know anything at all about the Apple OS. So in the interest of saving others from that frustration, here is what I learned.
  • First a caveat--the transition for iphone is straightforward and Yahoo has tips as does Cox on their web site about the transition for iOS. Just add a new email account in settings as you normally would selecting the type as Yahoo. It is simple, easy and requires you do nothing except have your username and the new yahoo password you created--should work out of the box but consult the Cox notes which does have guidance for iPhone and Android mobile users (although they try to guide you into using the Yahoo app and the Yahoo web mail). I didn't want another app--I wanted to use the Apple supplied native app on my Mac so I tried --it did not work the same way and this is what I found.
  • These instructions are exclusively for Mail on the Mac OS.
    1. Do not, and I mean this strenuously, do not simply add a new account by selecting Yahoo as the email type. Instead, open system preferences--Internet Accounts and select the generic Mail Account. When presented with the dialog box, deselect 'automatic' so that you can manually enter the imap and smtp information. Yahoo's help page on their web site has a section devoted to the correct info. https://help.yahoo.com/kb/imap-server-settings-yahoo-mail-sln4075.html
    2. I have re-creacted the info here:
  2. Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server
  3. Server - imap.mail.yahoo.com
  4. Port - 993
  5. Requires SSL - Yes
  6. Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server
  7. Server - smtp.mail.yahoo.com
  8. Port - 465 or 587
  9. Requires SSL - Yes
  10. Requires authentication - Yes
  11. Your login info
  12. Email address - Your full email address (name@domain.com)
  13. Password - Generate App Password
    1. Requires authentication - Yes
    2. When it comes to the password, do not use the password you created for Yahoo email--that is fine to use on the phone but not here. Instead you must go up to the Yahoo web site--login with your new Yahoo password. Then select your account and you'll be prompted to login again (I know--you did that already to get into your webmail but that is how they do it), and then navigate to security just below the header, select that. Scroll down and on the right hand side you'll see an option to Generate an App Password. Select that and you'll be given the option to create and copy a unique password--and that is the password you want to paste into the password field on your mac. Double check that the smtp and imap accounts are the correct Yahoo (and not cox) accounts. Save it and you should be good to go--unless of course you need to finesse the port selection for outgoing email. Good idea to send and receive a test email to another account to be sure everything is working as it should.
    3. Cox --to my knowledge does not show these instructions anywhere in their notes, and in my experience many Yahoo CSR's don't know this either--they'll waste a lot of your time and won't solve the issue--so be warned. The Yahoo folks are very nice but it does not seem as if they were alerted to the idea that Mac users might be calling in with questions.
  • I hope this helps members of this community who are mac users. I do not believe Unix or Win users have to do this --I just wanted to get mail working again so did not take the time to explore further so if you are one just ignore this post. Cheers.


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User profile for user: suepow
suepow
User level: Level 1
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Apr 28, 2024 6:24 PM in response to tlazio

tlazio,


When you get to that point, put in Apple Mail (i.e., when you see "Select the apps you want to use with this account"), and Yahoo will generate a password. You can then copy and paste that password (a one-time password) into email settings where it asks for password when you are adding the new account.

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User profile for user: tbirdvet
tbirdvet
User level: Level 6
14,411 points

Apr 20, 2024 4:34 PM in response to jcgormanca

First delete any older email accounts. Then start over by adding an account. Pick Yahoo and the next screen will ask for your email address. It will then activate as an IMAP account. If you pick other ilo Yahoo you could set up an IMAP or POP account. However if doing a POP account you will need to go to the Yahoo site under security to have them generate a password.

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