Cox email switch to Yahoo disaster
I have spent the entire morning, plus 3 phone calls, re "EMAIL transition". I have Outlook Cox email needing transition to Yahoo. Online discussions/Reddit, etc. states Yahoo does not accept Outloo...
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Yes, a total disaster – obviously nobody at Cox gives a !@#$%^ about us long-term customers.
The Yahoo system is a blooming mess, the "special app password" also makes you change your chosen login password (and can't be close to the old) AND their 2FA system REFUSES to acknowledge our telephone "press 1 to hear a code" because they think our VOIP number is a landline whereas it is capable of receiving SMS code; and Yahoo insists on the second 2FA method which I can not complete. I don't know how many hours I have spent searching and trying before finding even this thread of partial success in connecting the Mac Mail (Sonoma). Plus we had multiple Cox emails for family members, and apparently can't do that? Sigh ...
Ugh, I feel your pain... I used the special Yahoo app password ONLY when setting up Outlook (your regular email password won't work for this piece of the puzzle). Also used the Yahoo IMAP and SMTP settings. https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN4075.html
