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Sep 22, 2016 1:12 PM in response to PKC22by ChrisJ4203,If you go to Settings>Mail and then select the account, depending on the type of account, you probably have to select the account again there. If this is an IMAP account, it would show a page with IMAP on it, and then account. Tap on that and it will show the account page, including your name, email address, and then server information.
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Sep 22, 2016 1:22 PM in response to PKC22by Phil0124,You can't. There is no place to change the password in a Yahoo Account's settings.
You'll need to remove the Account from the iPhone, and recreate it, to change its password.
And yes its quite annoying.
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Sep 22, 2016 1:24 PM in response to Phil0124by ChrisJ4203,Nice thing to know, so I can share with others if necessary. Wonder why they would have done something like that!?
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Sep 22, 2016 3:11 PM in response to ChrisJ4203by Phil0124,Yeah, not sure why it has no option to change the password. Seems Yahoo and Gmail share this though.
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Sep 22, 2016 4:09 PM in response to Phil0124by Richard Mac User,This is really strange, and poor security. I changed my password in the wake of the security breach on another device, yet my Mac and iPhone can connect to mail - yet I haven´t given these devices the new password! (I am not using iCloud so the password isn´t updated that way). Thus if someone hacked my account with an Apple device they would still have access?
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Sep 22, 2016 8:47 PM in response to PKC22by janiiboy,I change my password from the web email (yahoo) and found the same issues.
but i believe in ios 10 you don't need to change email password on iPhone. it will do it for you.
i try using several other email and email to my yahoo account, the mail in ios 10 received them as per normal.
not sure how but it work without you change any data from the iPhone.
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Sep 23, 2016 12:15 AM in response to PKC22by mullins314,Someone stated that you no longer need to change your password on an iOS 10 device, it somehow is changed for you. What if I changed my yahoo email password on my computer on purpose to invalidate any iOS devices, perhaps someone was logged in that I didn't want to have access? They would simply be automatically updated. I know it's a hassle (I use random passwords) to type in your new password into each iOS device, but it's much better for security.
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Sep 23, 2016 1:06 AM in response to mullins314by Richard Mac User,So, this means it's pointless to change your password. If your account is compromised, it is permanently compromised.
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Sep 23, 2016 1:33 AM in response to Richard Mac Userby Richard Mac User,I Found this. If you log on to the Yahoo site directly ( don't use Apple mail) and navigate to Recent activity, in there you will find "Apps connected to your account". Here it will list your Apple os - Mac OS or iOS. But it doesn't give the device, so would it be possible for any Apple owner to access someone's Yahoo account ( especially if they had access previously from the stolen passwords)? Why doesnt Yahoo require the Password field in mail settings?
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Sep 23, 2016 2:40 AM in response to Richard Mac Userby Anteeker,Wow - it would have been nice if Apple had explained the change. We've now got balloons, confetti, and lasers galore in iMessage. But to change your password (which 500 million people were just told to do), oops sorry. Come on Apple!
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Sep 23, 2016 7:46 AM in response to Anteekerby Phil0124,Why would Apple explain a change that they did not do?
This is apparently Yahoo's configuration Preset for the Mail App doing this.
I just confirmed the change is automatic on iOS. Changed my password on yahoo.com directly on my computer, and immediately got the e-mail about the change on my iPhone without having to do anything.
Access to the account was not disturbed.
As to it being compromised, unless your iOS devices is also compromised, your account is not compromised.
You've changed your password. The fact the iOS device changes automatically does not mean the people that got the data from Yahoo servers now also have your new password. They don't.
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Sep 23, 2016 8:33 AM in response to Phil0124by Richard Mac User,Hi Phil,
Do you have more than one iOS device linked to your Yahoo account? If so could you log on to the Yahoo site directly ( don't use Apple mail) and navigate to Recent activity, in there you will find "Apps connected to your account". Here it will list your Apple os - Mac OS or iOS. Can you see if it just lists one iOS device or whether it lists two (or however many) iOS devices?
Thanks
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Sep 23, 2016 8:36 AM in response to Phil0124by ShagCA,Phil0124 wrote:
This is apparently Yahoo's configuration Preset for the Mail App doing this.I thought you said Yahoo and Gmail do the same auto password change without user intervention?
Yeah, not sure why it has no option to change the password. Seems Yahoo and Gmail share this though.
Phil0124 wrote:
I just confirmed the change is automatic on iOS. Changed my password on yahoo.com directly on my computer, and immediately got the e-mail about the change on my iPhone without having to do anything.
Access to the account was not disturbed.
As to it being compromised, unless your iOS devices is also compromised, your account is not compromised.
So tell us, how do you stop criminals who steal your phone from accessing your mailbox? That is a serious security problem.
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Sep 23, 2016 8:35 AM in response to Richard Mac Userby r_marshall,I see the same behavior -- updated my Yahoo Mail password via Safari in El Capitan. Went to my iPhone with iOS 10 and the mail is being fetched just fine. Is there something happening (maybe via Continuity) that Apple didn't tell us about? The whole reason to change your password is to limit access -- how did my iPhone magically update my password with a 3rd party service???