This just started happening. I get a good amount of emails throughout the day in my Yahoo mail box and now it is saying no new messages. When I go to a desktop, there clearly are new messages. I have tried different WIFI accounts, cell data, restarted the device, hard closed the mail app and uninstalled and reinstalled the email account. When I reinstalled it, it updated to show current emails, but will not update again.
iPhone X, iOS 11.1.2
This worked for me. Thank you. I had to go to yahoo mail in my web browser, pull up my security settings, and enable 'Allow apps that use less secure sign in.' After this I was able to re-add my yahoo account to my Apple mail app.
This worked for me. Thank you. I had to go to yahoo mail in my web browser, pull up my security settings, and enable 'Allow apps that use less secure sign in.' After this I was able to re-add my yahoo account to my Apple mail app.
I was having the same authentication error. Rather than using my normal password, did the following:
logged into Yahoo from web browser
went to account info --> account security
scroll down and select manage app passwords
generated a password for "iphone mail"
Used that password instead of my regular yahoo mail password. This allowed me to successfully add the smtp.mail.yahoo.com mail server as indicated in the above solutions.
Hope this helps you!
So I just got off the phone with Apple and a very nice gentleman has solved the problem for yahoo messages not coming in on my iPhone X.
Go to settings, accounts & passwords
Scroll down to Fetch New Data
Scroll down to the bottom and tap on every 15 minutes
Mine was ticked on automatically, this is obviously a new instruction on the iPhone 8 and X as my old iphone 5 does not have an automatic option.
Yahoo emails are coming in wonderfully now and I can delete the horrible yahoo app.
Hope this helps.
So I just got off the phone with Apple and a very nice gentleman has solved the problem for yahoo messages not coming in on my iPhone X.
Go to settings, accounts & passwords
Scroll down to Fetch New Data
Scroll down to the bottom and tap on every 15 minutes
Mine was ticked on automatically, this is obviously a new instruction on the iPhone 8 and X as my old iphone 5 does not have an automatic option.
Yahoo emails are coming in wonderfully now and I can delete the horrible yahoo app.
Hope this helps.
As far as this one (setting manually for iMAP), yahoo did not allow the sign in:
Your account is currently not enabled to sign in from apps that do not meet modern security standards (ex. Older versions of mail and calendar apps such as Outlook). As a result, we prevented a sign in to your Yahoo account.
So then I went to Yahoo security settings
Update your Yahoo account information and settings | Yahoo Help - …
and set
Turn on Allow apps that use less secure sign in.
and now it is working. Anyway, to experiment I am leaving one Yahoo mail set like this, and one regular auto settings BUT with security settings set to allow less secure sign in. Will compare - so far, both are receiving all emails so it seems like the "less secure" setting is what matters, not so much the manual iMAP configuration.
Until this sorts out I would suggest regularly checking your email via web based yahoo tho.
Also, email received via the yahoo app on the iPhone arrives just fine and instantly, and you may add multiple yahoo emails there....
Have you tried setting up yahoo account manually? Instead of choosing "Yahoo", select "Other" from the list and set up everything manually
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201320
https://au.help.yahoo.com/kb/set-remove-yahoo-mail-account-ios-mail-sln3700.html
I’m pretty sure I have found a solution that works. I did the following about a week ago and the Apple mail app seems to be updating regularly now. There is a new software update 11.2.5. Do not update via WiFi. Update the software on your phone by plugging phone into computer and updating that way. This was a suggestion from Apple support many weeks ago but I had to wait until an update came out to try it. So far it seems to have fixed the issue!
I have changed my fetch setting - under accounts and passwords to “manual”. Working like a charm now. I just need to pull down and refresh when I want to check email. I realize some people would prefer to be notified, but I prefer reliability and long battery life, so I am ok with this. I am guessing this means that yahoo mail does not play well with Apple automatic refresh. So maybe not entirely Apple’s fault, but still Apple’s responsibility to resolve with yahoo.
By the way, I had tried the other auto settings such as 15minutes, but that also did not work.
Don't recall giving any instructions but try this. I have removed yahoo account and add it manually using IMAP. Below are incoming and outgoing email settings.
Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server
Haven't had any issue for past 4 days and counting.
Let me know how is that working for you.
I had this problem too. If you go into yahoo and deactivate the security setting to block “less secure” apps from accessing your yahoo email account it should start working again.
Just got an email from yahoo that my login attempt was declined, after I tried to manually add my yahoo account. Was told to enable less secure login setting on my account.
This is what yahoo account provides..
Ways to securely access Yahoo Mail
By default, we block access to Yahoo Mail from outdated apps that could leave your account vulnerable. If we sent you an email indicating that your app is using outdated security protocols or you're unable to log in from an older app, you still have several options available to you.
Secure options to access Yahoo Mail
Give temporary access to outdated third-party apps
While you switch apps or update your app, you can give the old app temporary access. Just remember, this is not intended for permanent access and you'll want to turn it off afterwards.Once the feature is turned on, you'll get regular alerts reminding you to turn it off. To do so, just follow the steps above and turn off "Allow apps that use less secure sign in."
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I also remarked that I have 3 yahoo accounts- the oldest one done years ago does not upgrade and in the internal look of it differs from newer ones that upgrade. I suspect here that various solutions works differently based upon that. I have used the Allow apps that use less secure sign in.... but I am not 100% satisfied...
IS YAHOO TRYING TO GET MORE PEOPLE PAY FOR THEIR ACCOUNT OR APP?
I had a similar issue and then I found a workaround in this thread by disabling yahoo account key and then the secure email. You have to log into yahoo.com and change the above in your account settings. It works..also agree with you that this is a issue with X and not the old phones that Apple has to resolve immediately.
Good luck!!
Was able to add yahoo manually after I enabled less secure logins. Hopefully this should solve the main issue.
I believe this is due to yahoo wanting to force people to use their APP, one needs to deactivate some security setting on one's yahoo account, which enables a "less secured" (says Yahoo) connection than via their app. Once done.. seems to work.. for how long? I have one yahoo account that still keeps feeding okay while the other does not. However I am still unhappy because the IPhone shows that account as "yahoo!" instead of account name... grr..
iPhone X Yahoo! email does not update
