Does iPhone Yahoo! Mail use ssl?

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Does iPhone Yahoo! Mail use ssl?

Does Yahoo! Mail settings in iPhone use SSL? The default Yahoo! Mail settings seems not available to the users(no server location or port or ssl information visible). For Gmail, you can actually see all the configuration you pick.

Given the fact that even the official yahoo mail web site does not support https, i am wondering if such thing also available in iPhone yahoo mail?
(otherwise, checking yahoo mail on iphone on a public wifi network seems bit scary)

iPhone 4, Windows 7

Posted on Nov 7, 2010 8:25 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 11, 2010 7:45 AM in response to Merged Content 1

Their POP3 server is SSL, so it would make sense that their IMAP server does as well.

(NOTE: Gmail has been SSL since Day 1)

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Morac

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Nov 24, 2010 7:26 PM in response to Merged Content 1

If you add the Yahoo Mail account in iOS 4.2.1 it appears to use SSL based on the TCP ports that are being used. Yahoo Mail accounts added under older iOS versions will not use SSL.

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ezdz

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Jan 2, 2011 12:06 PM in response to Morac

So if I have upgraded to 4.2.1, but I added my yahoo email account prior to that, it won't be using ssl? Do I need to remove the yahoo account and re-add it? Just checking, thanks

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