ios9 - can't add yahoo password

Finally !! gheeshe! I hope it holds now.

Lightsimage was correct....the key is you MUST set an app password on your yahoo account. I had to set it up on my laptop, then retried lightimages steps. What a mess!

20 . Under "Outgoing Mail Server," use the following settings:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/yahoo-web-hosting/generate-password-sln15241.html

You must do on-demand passwords. I used to do 2-step, and when that didn't work, I switched to on demand tonight. Probably took me an hour to work thru this. And it was the 4th evening of trying to make it work.

http://www.ysmallbizstatus.com/status/archives/16152

Must?

So those of us who got IMAP working without dong that are imagining things? I don't think so.

It would seem different users are finding different solutions...err... workarounds, and some still can't get it to work. Which tells me that this problem isn't fixed.

I'm not trying to add a business related yahoo account to iPhone 9.0.2, just regular. It worked fine before OS9. I created new passwords, tried deleting and re-adding and still get incorrect password error. Oddly, after I reset the password, it worked on my iPad same OS.

I was having the same issue. The solutions listed here worked...almost! The issue I am now having is that my SENT folder does not show all my sent emails. I am working with both an iPhone 5 and iPhone air. On the 5, I still have my old business account but it won't receive emails. However, it does uodate my sent folder I added my business account using method above. It gets emails but will not update my sent folder (the messages in my sent folder are from EIGHT years ago!). So on my 5, I have 2 accounts for the same business account. The old account (prior to updating to iOS 9) will not receive mail but does have all my old sent emails and will update the sent folder. The new account will receive email but only has emails in the sent folder that are 8 years old.

ON my iPad Air, I deleted the business email prior to adding it back using the steps suggested by users here. It gets mail but the sent folder does only contains sent emails from 8 years ago and will not show new ones sent). Any suggestions?

Thank you, this worked for me.

That worked for me.

Did all this plus on-demand password.

Also not a business account so used

smtp.mail.yahoo.com

Server Port 587

Incoming and Outgoing passwords

Lowbflat - tried your steps. Worked fine, until I received the message saying "cannot connect via SSL", and asks me if I want to try without. I respond with OK, and I receive this message...The IMAP server "imap.mail.yahoo.com" is not responding. Check your network connection and that you entered the correct information in the "incoming Mail Server" field. Checked it over, and it's exactly correct, so now I'm stumped again .

just wanted to share that after trying several steps -- I simply got off wi-fi and into LTE (cellular data mode) and was able to enter the yahoo acct the normal way. for some reason once I set it up and tried to get back on wi-fi it is not loading my account... so I tried to get off wi-fi and bingo I'm up and running. just wanted to share how I stumbled into this work-around

edited my post just now -- because I ran into this article ... thought I'd share

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/10/22/ios-9-problems-fixes/

Same problem, I log into my Yahoo email and the screen just blinks as if I never entered my password... While adding my Yahoo email via the "other" add email option provides a temporary fix for sending and receiving email, it does not allow me to connect my Yahoo calendar. I hope that Apple will address this problem in an update soon. The add Yahoo email option in the settings should work, I can't believe it has gone unaddressed for this long...

SOLUTION

i have tried all possible steps

step i have tried below but doesnot work

1. Delete the account but doesnot work

2.Reset the iphone network setting but doesnot work.

3. Manually add Yahoo Mail to iOS Mail ( ALL BELOW POINTS DOESNOT ALSO)

• Remove your Yahoo Mail account.
• Tap Settings | Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
• Tap Add Account | Other | Add Mail Account.
• Enter your name, email address, email password, and a description, then tap Next.
• Select IMAP, enter the Yahoo Mail IMAP settings, then tap Next.

4. CONTACTED Iphone company, But did not provide any help.

SOLUTION

1.DELETED THE YAHOO ACCOUNT FROM MY MOBILE.

2.WENT IN TO CITY CENTER WHERE MOBILE SIGNALS WAS GOOD

3.WHEN THE MOBILE SIGNAL WAS GOOD ( DID NOT USE WIFI NETWORK) ONLY USE MOBILE INTERNET.

4. FROM IPHONE GO TO SETTINGS>>>THEN MAIL CONTACT CALENDERS OPITION THEN >>> USE ADD ACCOUNT >>>. THEN CLICK ON YAHOO! OPTION >>>>> THEN WRITE DOWN YOUR NAME _________ THEN WRITE DOWN YOUR COMPLETE EMAIL ID _____________________ THEN WRITE DOWN PASSWORD ___________ THEN CLICK NEXT >>>>> AFTER THAT IT WILL SAY WRONG ID OR PASSWORD >>>>>>>, THEN ENTER THE EMAIL AND PASSWORD AGAIN >>>>> AFTER THAT IT WILL SAY YOU WAN TO SAVE THE ACCOUNT AND IT WILL ALSO SAY YOU WILL NOT RECIEVE THE EMAIL JUST SAVE IT .

BEFORE DOING ALL THIS STEPS MAKE AN EMAIL ACCOUNT ON GOOGLE , IN THE GOOGLE SETTING AREA CHOOSE ALL THE EMAIL TRANSFER FROM GOOGLE TO YAHOO.

AFTER THAT ADD THE GOOGLE MAIL ACCOUNT . AFTER ONE DAY ALL YOUR EMAIL WILL BE TRANSFERED TO YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT. WHEN ALL YOUR EMAILS TRANSFERED TO GOOGLE EMAIL ACCOUNT.

AFTER THAT CHOOSE THAT AREA WHERE YOUR MOBILE PHONE SIGNALS ARE EXCELLENT MUST MAKE SURE YOUR WIFI ACCESS IT NOT NEAR TO YOUR PHONE.

AFTER THAT TRY TO OPEN YOUR YAHOO ACCOUNT . IT WILL ASK YOU PASSWORD , THE DO THIS 4 TO 5 TIMES. AFTER THAT WAIT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM YAHOO IT WILL SAY BELOW

Hi OBIAIDEMUHAMMAD

Someone attempted to sign in to your Yahoo account( ******************) from an app that doesn't meet Yahoo's security standards. We blocked this sign-in attempt, which was made on:

Sun, 9 Oct 2016 19:04 BST from United Kingdom.

If you were trying to sign in, please take one of these actions:

Option 1 (recommended): Use mail.yahoo.com or the Yahoo Mail app for Android and iOS to access your account more securely.

Option 2 (not recommended): If you still want to use an app that uses less secure sign-in to your Yahoo account:

Go back to your existing email application and sign in to your Yahoo account again.

Using apps that don't meet Yahoo's recommended security standards may leave your account more vulnerable or less secure.

If you did not try to sign in, click herehttps://edit.yahoo.com/config/change_pw and change the password for your account.

For more information, visit our help page at:https://help.yahoo.com/kb/sln26418.html.

Regards,

Yahoo

NOW CLICK ON THIS STEP. PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL STARTING RECEIVING AN EMAIL TO YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT. THEREFORE WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT YOU WILL SEE THE EMAIL COME TO YOUR FROM YAHOO. OPEN THE GOOGLE MAIL THEN OPEN THE YAHOO MAIL AND THEN CLICK THE BELOW LINK

Click here:https://login.yahoo.com/account/security#other-apps

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS , PLEASE DONOT CHOOSE THE MOBILE OPTION SECURITY OPTION JUST CHOOSE THE SECONED OPTION , AFTER IT WILL ASK YOU EMAIL AND PASSWORD , ENTER THAT YOU YAHOO MAIL WORK 100 %

REGARDS,

Obaid-e- Muhammad