Default Mail app not working with yahoo mail. Won't update.

A lot of people have been unable to access Yahoo e-mail on their iPhones or iPads. My wife’s iPad was not downloading Yahoo mail, although her iPhone was. Both used IOS 8.2. We tried deleting the account several times and troubleshooting all of the other settings. The problem appears to have been that allowing the IOS to automatically create the account on the iPad resulted in the wrong settings for the incoming server. The following procedure, pieced together from two websites, fixed the problem for us. So far, so good.

https://portal.smartertools.com/kb/a2659/configure-imap-for-iphone-or-ipad.aspx

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mobile-mail/imap-server-settings-sln4075.html

On the iPhone, tap Settings.

Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

Tap your Yahoo account, then delete it.

Tap Add Account.

Tap Other.

Tap Add Mail Account.

Complete the Name, Address (email address), Password and Description fields.

Click Next.

Ensure IMAP is selected.

Enter the following incoming mail server information:

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server - Requires SSL

Server: imap.mail.yahoo.com

Port: 993

Requires SSL: Yes

Hostname is mail.yahoo.com.

Username is your full email address

Password is the same password used to access webmail.

Enter the following outgoing mail server information:

Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server - Requires SSL

Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com

Port: 465 or 587

Requires SSL: Yes

Requires authentication: Yes

Username is your full email address

Password is the same password used to access webmail. It may have been entered for you.

Tap Next.

The iPhone will establish an SSL connection to your IMAP and SMTP servers.

That’s all!

Hello Keyblader007,

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!

I understand that your Yahoo! email account is not working as expected in Mail on your iPad. To help resolve this situation, I would recommend working through the suggested troubleshooting steps located in the attached article.

Get help with Mail on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Have a great day,

Joe

Hi Keyblader007,

Because this issue contineus after working through all of the troubleshooting steps located in the previous article, you may find more information by using another one of Apple's support resources.

https://getsupport.apple.com/GetproductgroupList.action

Best,

Joe

I Have an iPhone 4s wth the same problem:

my yahoo mail stopped working on Saturday.

I am able to access the same account through Safari

problem: when I tried the steps you outlined, there were several "fields" not showing on my iPhone ...

after deleting account, I attempted to re-add my Yahoo email going through "other"

yes, was able to enter Name / Full email / description

but under both the incoming & outgoing mail server sections, there are only three fields:

HHost Name / User Name / Password

so I filled those and selected NEXT

i received a prompt asking did I want SSL, so I said YES

then I received another message saying unable to connect to server

so I am right back from where I started :-(

any further ideas?

thanks, Vag-D

Yeah this is not a solution for all.

my wife's iPad air does not expose all the little knobs he suggests we turn.

i Suspect Apple, yahoo and AT&T are not playing nicely.

worked fine up until a few days ago.

Why not use the Yahoo Mail App from the App store ? Apparently it works just fine.

TThank you so much for posting this. It helped me tremendously!

This has not helped.