topic Re: Hoping to use Yahoo mil in Email

Hoping to use Yahoo mil

ceresian — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:24:35 GMT

I thought I'd give Yahoo mail a try as an alternative to Greenby. But I can't seem to add my Yahoo account to Mac Mail. I've tried various routes but all end with a spinning wheel icon. Beginning to think Yahoo may be one of those companies that Apple won't acknowledge?

Re: Hoping to use Yahoo mil

jab1 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:24:42 GMT

@ceresian IIRC, although it is a long time ago now, and on an iPad/iPhone, 'Yahoo' is one of the 'predetermined' options for auto-setup in the Mail app.

Re: Hoping to use Yahoo mil

ceresian — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:31:07 GMT

And it still is! That's one of the ways I've tried to set Yahoo up but no joy. Also via Mail Preferences and system preferences.

I looked for Yahoo Mail on the App Store and it's not listed there either. Looks like I'll have to try some other email provider.

Re: Hoping to use Yahoo mil

jab1 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:35:46 GMT

Sorry I can't help, but my main mail client on my laptop is Thunderbird, and I only have the basic 'Mail' app on iPad/iPhone for emergencies.

Re: Hoping to use Yahoo mil

markhawkin — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:55:27 GMT

I've got Yahoo on the mail app on my iPhone.

I've also got the Yahoo app (which frankly works better), the iPhone mail app isn't great in my experience.

The Yahoo mail app is called "Yahoo mail" on the app store.

I've got a feeling you need to create some sort of "special" password for Apple mail (via the Yahoo website) but it's a while back that I did it.

Overall the best of the "free" mail providers seems to be Microsoft's Outlook from my experience.

Re: Hoping to use Yahoo mil

ceresian — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:03:37 GMT

The app on the App Store is for mobiles, doesn't even appear on my desktop version.

Mention of Thunderbird reminds me that I haven't tried Yahoo on it, off to have a look!

Re: Hoping to use Yahoo mil

Dan_the_Van — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:29:30 GMT

@ceresian

I use yahoo mail on my desktop PC.

EDIT using this link https://login.yahoo.com/

Re: Hoping to use Yahoo mil

ceresian — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:03:00 GMT

Some small progress. I started from 'Add internet account' in System Prefs and followed instructions. I now have a Yahoo inbox in Mail, but it still refuses to connect - "Unable to verify account name or password" I'm hoping this is Greenby mucking about, as it has happened occasionally with my existing accounts.

Re: Hoping to use Yahoo mil

markhawkin — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:06:44 GMT

I would try the link Dan provided and log in using a browser first.

As I said, I also seem to recall needing app specific passwords with Yahoo (generated once in the webmail).

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/generate-manage-rd-party-passwords-sln15241.html

Re: Hoping to use Yahoo mil

ceresian — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:26:01 GMT

Yahoo says "App passwords are not available for this account" !!

Re: Hoping to use Yahoo mil

markhawkin — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:32:23 GMT

If you search for this problem with Yahoo, the suggestion seem to be use the browser log in for a couple of weeks and then it should let you generate an app password on the device.

To some extent I can see why they have taken this approach but it's a pain.

Other large free email providers are available....