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WM's avatar
WM
New Contributor III
9 months ago

Gmail POP-ing cox.net worked, now with yahoo hosting it doesn't

I posted to another message that was marked "SOLVED".  Not  sure what it was marked solved as I see people are having issues. I use gmail and before this transition used POP to pull my cox.net email into my gmail.  My cox.net account has been transferred to Yahoo.  I logged into Yahoo's webmail using Cox.net and see current email there. 

The POP settings for Yahoo are not working.  here are the settings and error message.

 

This stuff is not rocket science.  This is most likely poor planning and no testing.

  1. I knew I should have gotten away from cox.net email a loooonnng time ago
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  • Danilo55's avatar
    Danilo55
    New Contributor II
    8 months ago

    I feel the same - I've had the looming sense of doom staying on Cox email, but was too lazy to do anything about.  Now this headache.  The decision-makers in this company need to have their employment terminated.

    • WM's avatar
      WM
      New Contributor III
      8 months ago

      Cox  totallly dropped the ball.. it appears they did no testing or QA of different scenarios with all the common email tool/apps.. I feel they just assumed everyone used cox.net email apps and nothing else... very poor customer support from Cox on this now as they just defer to Yahoo.

  • JulianN's avatar
    JulianN
    Moderator
    9 months ago

    Hello, I am very sorry you have not had the best experience with Cox. I understand how important communication and reliable service is. We value your business, and I would be happy to help. Please email us your “full” name, “complete” address, and a copy of your post to Cox.Help@cox.com for further assistance. Thank you!

    • WM's avatar
      WM
      New Contributor III
      8 months ago

      Thanks Julian.  I have just sent the requested information to Cox.help@cox.com.

      Date: 4/22/2024 8:15am PST (Daylight Savings Time)

    • WM's avatar
      WM
      New Contributor III
      8 months ago

      Hi Darkatt , Have you attempted this with a gmail account?  And does it work for you? 

      I have a  question for you; When you generate that pwd? Do I then need to change my yahoo/cox.net account to that generated pwd? Then that is the pwd I use when I "pop" my yahoo/cox.net email to my gmail account?

  • programa's avatar
    programa
    New Contributor II
    8 months ago

    Hello

    Also no FREE account email forwarding anymore RIPPED they want $5 a month that is crazy

    I WAS ABLE TO GMAILIFY no generated password so in gmail select gmailfy trick is -> enter your email with a xxxx@yahoo.com but then login with your XXX@cox.net and yahoo password not a generated one.. its working   - your welcome (grey hair programmer with some personality issues) send starbucks to me programa

  • John12345's avatar
    John12345
    New Contributor II
    8 months ago

    Hi,

    Did u ever this resolved WITHOUT using Gmailify? I had it working but not a fan of gmailify leaving the emails in yahoo.

    I got it to work using the app generated pswd as Darkatt indicated above.

    And no, WM you do not change ur cox/yahoo regular pswd.

    Like you though, I knew I should have dumped cox a long time ago. This bs is typical of how they do business.

    • WM's avatar
      WM
      New Contributor III
      8 months ago

      Nope, I never go this working... I don't want to use gmailify.

      • John12345's avatar
        John12345
        New Contributor II
        8 months ago

        I got it working without using Gmailify. 
        You need to go into ur yahoo security center and generate a pswd for a third party app and then use that in gmail to set up the pop3 retrieval.