Cox mail just migrated to Yahoo! Mail - Apple mail now not working

Cox Mail just migrated to Yahoo! Mail. I cannot set up Apple Mail to receive those emails now. It seems like the servers are not talking to each other. Yahoo! Mail works fine I just cannot get those emails into Apple Mail.


It looks like they are not being forwarded. Does anyone have any ideas about what I might be missing? Or how to make forwarding happen?


Thanks,


Bill D


Mac Mini using OS 14.4.1

Mac mini (M1, 2020)

Posted on May 5, 2024 10:43 PM

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Posted on Jun 24, 2024 2:50 PM

First you have to manually configure the IMAP settings in Mail. You'll find them here:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/new-mail-for-desktop/imap-server-settings-yahoo-mail-sln4075.html


Then you need to generate a one-time password for your apple mail app. This is the instruction from Yahoo:

Generate and manage 3rd-party app passwords


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

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 3rd party email app.


  App passwords remain active - even if you change your main account password. To invalidate an app password you must delete it.


The link to generate that password is here:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/new-mail-for-desktop/generate-manage-rd-party-passwords-sln15241.html

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Jun 24, 2024 2:50 PM in response to Western AZ Mac

First you have to manually configure the IMAP settings in Mail. You'll find them here:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/new-mail-for-desktop/imap-server-settings-yahoo-mail-sln4075.html


Then you need to generate a one-time password for your apple mail app. This is the instruction from Yahoo:

Generate and manage 3rd-party app passwords


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

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 3rd party email app.


  App passwords remain active - even if you change your main account password. To invalidate an app password you must delete it.


The link to generate that password is here:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/new-mail-for-desktop/generate-manage-rd-party-passwords-sln15241.html

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