I am trying to set up my mail account and it keeps asking me to enter the password even though i have done so numerous times and i keep entering the correct password but it is telling me that it is incorrect. What should I do to get my mail because as it is it will not let me recieve any new mail even though I am getting it through my ipad and iphone.
Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
Hello,
The Password rejection can confuse people since it's a catch all meaning...
This Password, Username, Authentication method... is not recognized on this Port to this Server, or a server end problem.
If using a browser to login via WebMail works it's not Name or Password, but one of the other ones.
The receiving email ports are:
IMAP is port 143
IMAP-SSL is port 993
POP is port 110
POP-SSL is port 995
Outgoing ports are...
SMTP and SMTP-SSL is on ports 25, 587 and 465. Port 587 has to be SSL, and port 465 is enforced TLS-wrapped and is generally used by Outlook users.
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110208153256491
Another trick is to use the minimum 8 characters for the PW...
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110208153256491
When i try to set up my account it is saying logging in to the Yahoo IMAP server failed
