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J__Peter
New Contributor
9 months ago

Cox to Yahoo to google

Hello How do I add my cox/yahoo account to Gmail where my cox account was before.  i have tried adding an account and the server error comes up.  I have tried many things but I can't add new Yahoo c...
  • Mike5381's avatar
    Mike5381
    9 months ago

    First thing is that we have to wait until cox tells us that our specific email account is ready for the move to the yahoo servers. Doing this early will probably result in some sort of error. Second, from what I read, you will first have to setup the transition on a yahoo platform directly such as a yahoo mobile app or via a web browser. Once that is done, then you should try and add the account to your Gmail app with the specific imap server settings that yahoo provides. 

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Mike5381
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First thing is that we have to wait until cox tells us that our specific email account is ready for the move to the yahoo servers. Doing this early will probably result in some sort of error. Second, from what I read, you will first have to setup the transition on a yahoo platform directly such as a yahoo mobile app or via a web browser. Once that is done, then you should try and add the account to your Gmail app with the specific imap server settings that yahoo provides. 

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kkeat
New Contributor
8 months ago

The "solution" marked above does not address the issue at hand.  While we will still be using the cox.net domain name as part of our email address, gmail does not recognize that an email with a cox.net domain name is actually a yahoo email address.  Does anyone know an answer to the OP's question as I have the exact same question as may email has been transferred to Yahoo already?

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    mcbea
    New Contributor
    8 months ago

    I am so frustrated with this transition to Yahoo mail that I am on the verge of dropping Cox as my internet provider. There has been a lack of information available to make the mail transition to various platforms, Outlook, Gmail, etc. Yahoo wants everyone to use the Yahoo app so they can bombard us with ads. I pay Cox for a mail service, now I am paying the same price for no mail service and a lot of headaches.