Problems with Yahoo Mail

[tdblof#AC]

i have no complaints about the phone other that when i attempt to set up my Yahoo Mail account it A. tells me as soon as i type in my email address that not all yahoo accounts work and then I when i type in my password it tells me one or the other is incorrect....all in all it refers you to yahoo.com if u have that problem and after searching Yahoo's help section im pretty certain they know nothing about it....but yeah is there any fix or a way i can just fwd all my yahoo mail to gmail instantly??

 

[baycruisers]

It used to be that only paid Yahoo accounts can be used in a POP3 client. If you're using a free Yahoo address, it may not work, but I haven't checked Yahoo's current policy on this.

 

[Jeremy]

It used to be that only paid Yahoo accounts can be used in a POP3 client. If you're using a free Yahoo address, it may not work, but I haven't checked Yahoo's current policy on this.

You would be correct. Seems to be the issue.

 

[schnyd]

I believe you have to change the yahoo mail server to

imap.yahoo.com

 

[LtVerizonmgr]

There is a work around for Yahoo! free service. You need to manually configure the settings to make sure the incoming mail server is imap.mail.yahoo.com and the outgoing to smtp.yahoo.com. This is how we've been getting them working.

 

[Jeremy]

I believe you have to change the yahoo mail server to

imap.yahoo.com

He can't until he pays for the upgraded Yahoo service. Perhaps I am wrong?

 

[peterr22]

There is a work around for Yahoo! free service. You need to manually configure the settings to make sure the incoming mail server is imap.mail.yahoo.com and the outgoing to smtp.yahoo.com. This is how we've been getting them working.

i can confirm this works..

https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/16374

 

[schnyd]

You would be correct. Seems to be the issue.

You don't have to change anything server side just on the phone in advanced email settings. Its a loop hole or a workaround that yahoo put in.

 

[tdblof#AC]

thanks guys....and i was worried that once i got rid of my blackberry that i'd be ****ed without crackberry.com haha.....any other reccomendations for sites specific to Android devices...the Droid is my first

 

[hatch.duffy]

i can confirm this works..

https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/16374

I can also confirm that setting it up manually and entering imap and smtp server works

 

[mikipedia]

Yeah I can also confirm that it actually does work. I tried what was posted on phandroid and it worked with no issues at all.

 

[D-LuX]

Awesome, the one thing i was worried about... my droid is on the fedex truck, im just waiting for the doorbell

 

[impossiblefunky]

I just keep getting an error that "cannot connect to the mail server to verify your account information. Your server is not responding."

 

[TMH478]

I get user name and password incorrect! This is a HUGE thing I hate about this phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[polar135]

i can confirm this works..

https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/16374

works great. thanks for the post.

 

[prometheus]

you CAN get yahoo email on the Droid. It just takes a little work. best you can do is polling every 15 minutes. But, it DOES work. Just search the forums, follow directions, don't give up.

Remember, you are the master - Droid is the slave.