Incorrect Username/Password for apple.imap.yahoo.com

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Incorrect Username/Password for apple.imap.yahoo.com

I've been receiving e-mails with few to no problems since I got my phone 2 years ago. Suddenly, I keep getting the error "The user name or password for 'apple.imap.mail.yahoo.com' is incorrect." I've tried deleting the account and re-entering the credentials, reset my phone, powered off the phone, cleared cookies, cache, etc. from Safari, even changed my passwords. I've read the forums and the responses there-in, but there doesn't seem to be a true solution to this problem. Anyone have a clue how to get around this?

iPhone 3GS, iOS 4

Posted on Apr 8, 2011 11:48 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 14, 2011 5:45 AM in response to omunique2u

I have no solution, but the same problem with my exchange smb server where I've put up some Imap accounts for a couple of people to share.

My leads this far is that this situation comes up when you have to many people/clients at the same time to one Imap account. If it happens, the account is broken as you describe and I can't get it to work again.

This far I've had to create new accounts as a workaround, donnow if its the server och Mac Mail that causing this problem.

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Jbuck49

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May 19, 2012 7:44 AM in response to omunique2u

I have the same problom but on my ipod touch. Did you ever find a solution? If so would you please share.

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May 22, 2012 12:46 PM in response to omunique2u

I have the same problem on my mac pro

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ED3K

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May 22, 2012 12:52 PM in response to omunique2u

Go to <Settings, <Mail and then retype your e-mail and password in CAREFULLY and make sure its all correct. Alot of the times its a matter of turning the phone off and on again.

If that doesn't work completely delete the yahoo email account from the mail settings and re-add it.

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Jun 22, 2012 8:15 AM in response to omunique2u

I have the EXACT same problem as Omunique2u - 2 years no problems, now all a sudden I get the same error message. I've tried deleting the account, resetting it, turning the phone off, restoring to factory settings. I had feeling it's a Yahoo issue, so I contacted them and they had me input a new Outgoing SMTP (smtp.mail.yahoo.com) mail server as an alternate. It fixed the problem last night, now today it doesn't work. Just a few minutes ago it started working. Has anyone else found a solution?

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mixx80

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Jun 28, 2012 12:28 PM in response to omunique2u

Today I went Yahoo's site from my iphone browser clicked on mail and I was able to log on and retrieve my mail.Then I went out to the mail icon to see if I could get on there and boom... It all came back ! I don't know if that was the fix or not and we will see how long that this last . Hope this helps .

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mixx80

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Jun 30, 2012 2:04 PM in response to omunique2u

I went Yahoo's site from my iphone browser clicked on mail and I was able to log on and retrieve my mail.Then I went out to the mail icon to see if I could get on there and boom... It all came back ! I don't know if that was the fix or not and we will see how long that this last . Hope this helps .

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