Yahoo email not working in mail app with iOS 11

All this on and on round and round seems to be utter nonsense. No other way to describe it.

Yahoo is trying to do its own 2-factor and app validation, parallel Apple is trying to do its own. None of them are solving the problem.

I originally tried setting up 'Secure Key' for my iPhone App - (as originally suggested by Yahoo) - did not help at all.

Now this new Yahoo thing "Create App Specific Password". You cant even do this, only way to do this is you have to delete the Yahoo Account in the iPhone App and then try recreate it (there is no other way to update the password). The directions state 'update password'.

I went this route - now the account does not get added in the iPhone App - as it says account already exists. I don't know if it (mistakenly) referring to the acct I just deleted or to the Account I have with the Yahoo Mail app (I have this). Also it asks for 'Secure Key' and not the "App Specific Password" which I had just created.

So now I am left without yahoo account on my iPhone App. Maybe (in all likelihood) this was the ultimate objective of Yahoo and had to go thru all this to achieve their goal.

What utter nonsense.

This whole thing about additional security is total crap, either your mail should be working or not - nothing in between - sometime working sometimes not.

Thanks for your detailed fix description. You are probably NOT on iOS 11. The setup screen looks very different. IMAP settings are rejected. I was able to select POP tab in the settings and used a pop server. This allowed me to set up Yahoo! on iPad. Yes, I have enabled 'Allow apps that use less secure sign-in'.

Still, it's a shame that a built-in Yahoo! option does not work. I hate to install a separate app for each email that I use so Gmail or Yahoo!, forgive me, I am not putting your apps on my iPad.

Thanks for posting this. When I log into my Yahoo account and go to Account Security, I do not have any options to manage app passwords. I only see a link to Change Password. Anyone else having this issue?

Yahoo is my default email and I am unable to get mail in. I reset my phone, deleted and attempted to reload email that says I already have the account ughh I am my wits end on this one. I have had this email forever and it would be awful to have to start over.

I really wish people wouldn't post answers like the one just have. The instructions ARE NOT working for everyone and it would be much more helpful to those of us who are experiencing these issues if we had constructive feedback instead of responses like this.

I'm happy to hear that Verizhoo! is in the process of upgrading their shoddy security, but I don't believe this is a security issue: if it were, I would either get ALL of my email, or none of it. I was getting SOME email in SOME folders -- others, none at all. I'd see system messages that mail was downloading and then nothing would appear. Most messages would render, some wouldn't. Some would say "this message has no content" (even though they did) and others worked fine. ALL messages download and render just fine using a browser.

My solution is that I turned off notifications for the Apple mail app, moved it out of the dock, and put the yahoo! mail app in its place -- it works perfectly. Maybe someday if Apple can fix it's broken stuff, I'll put it back, but I have to say -- I was reluctant to install the yahoo! app, but so far I'm pretty happy with it -- it looks better, I don't find the ads intrusive, and best of all -- IT WORKS.

Finally receiving my emails again. I have a new problem I just replaced my iPhone due to the battery issue at their expense! I waited a few days before downloading the update iso 11 update. The charge prior to this updatel lasted all day. I did the download of 11 and now the charge doesn’t last a morning. I’m seriously considering a different phone company next go round! Apple has loss their way since Steve Jobbs death 😡

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I have had this problem on both iPad and iPhone. Contacted support and the got me to reinstall account. Worked for a couple of days them away again. Done this several times and it works for a while then nothing again. Getting very frustrated. Have used yahoo and ipad and iphone for years with no problem. Was told if this didn't work must be a yahoo problem.

I have no idea if the yahoo! app supports calendar features or not since I have zero desire for this functionality, but I can tell you that it absolutely supports "multi-select" and "contacts" (though I suppose it depends on exactly what you mean by that); you probably need to enable checkboxes on the Settings screen. I find the UI just fine, and it does some things the native iOS didn't do. And -- unlike the native iOS app -- IT WORKS. My yahoo! account is 24 years old, and remains not only an archive, but my primary personal-business catch-all address, so I am not prepared to abandon it yet. I certainly agree that each company pointing fingers at the other does nothing to help their respective userbases.

You're probably right, but it sure doesn't make it any less frustrating. I will change my email address before I download an app just to get to one email account. Thanks for replying!

Exact same problem. Started last night.

Yup it has happened to me as well and started last night. I can send outgoing mail via my Mac but iPad and iPhone wont work.

Not an iOS issue. Is happening on my iPhone running iOS 11 and my iPad running iOS 9.

I am having the same problem. I called Apple care and the tech had same problem.

You can tell Apple it’s not iOS 11issue as occurring also on my iPad running iOS 9.