Yahoo pop mail stopped working last week
I use Windows 7 ultimate and Thunderbird. I have 2 accounts from yahoo mail that I am using many many years by now. And many years I was able to download them to Thunderbird on my desktop. The one email account worked until February 8 and the second until February 10 this year. Then it stopped. Could not more download and not more answer emails. When I choose to Get Messages, on the bottom left it shows "Host contacted, sending login information ... ", and this stays for a good while, then I get an error message: "Sending of password for user xxxxxxxx did not succeed. Mail server pop.mail.yahoo.com responded: Server error. Please try again later". And this is repeating since 8 of February. Any idea what is happening? Or what I can do to have my yahoo back working with Thunderbird?
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Thank you much for your help, I love Thunderbird and not wanted to be forced to give it up and use browser. Or change email providers ...
Thanks, I appreciated your help.
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Great, was a typing error. Now both accounts are working to download and to send. Thank you very much for your help.
Strange is that I not made any changes on my cellphone and it continued working for both accounts.
I think the need to use OAuth2 authentication applies only to desktop mail clients, not mobile mail apps, especially if you use Yahoo's app.
This OAuth2, is it a special encryption or what?
OAuth2 is like using a strong password, one that is generated by the mail provider. You can view the oauth:// token in Saved Passwords.
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Thank you much for your help, I love Thunderbird and not wanted to be forced to give it up and use browser. Or change email providers ...
Thanks, I appreciated your help.