E-mail Transition to Yahoo! is a Mess!
Received two e-mails about Cox's transition of my e-mail account to Yahoo. Last one received March 6th that included transition FAQs (very few). As I use Outlook to access my e-mail, I noted the st...
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Success with POP servers finally on Apple Mail
I finally got my cox.net email to work with Apple Mail and sync. I generated an "app password" through the online yahoo webmail site and turned off two factor authentication.
Then I added an email address in Apple Mail, but did not use the Yahoo box, I used the box that is below that was just for adding a generic mail account.
Initially it will not work after a brief churn and will generate old cox settings, but then a box will open where you can change from imap to pop, and enter correct pop and smtp settings. (pop.mail.yahoo.com and smtp.....) plug in your "app password" --- "user name" was my cox.net email address, so that is entered in two places.....it worked
Hello, I am very sorry you have not had the best experience with Cox. I do apologize for the time you spent on this matter. It is not our intent to inconvenient our customers and I understand where you are coming from. As I value my time as well. We value your business, and I would be happy to assist if needed. Please email us your “full” name, “complete” address, and a copy of your post to Cox.Help@cox.com for further assistance. Thank you!
