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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Update. I was able on the day(s) of rollout (1st day, my email address, 3rd day my wife's) able to establish access via Yahoo website & Yahoo app (following the instructions Cox provided) and Android. Delete the accounts, add back with the new Yahoo info (cox email address and NEW Yahoo password). Still unable to get Outlook to recognize the email addresses until this morning.
I called FREE Yahoo help, 866-562-7250 and walked through the Outlook set-up process, total time spent including waiting on hold for CSR, 36m.
In brief you need to login to Yahoo account security, login.yahoo.com/account/security, and click on the generate password link, type in 3rd party email app, Outlook, and click on copy in the auto generated password text box.
Then go to Outlook and perform the email account repair process, or create new email process if you have already deleted) using the Yahoo security generated password.
Use the correct incoming server path (imap.mail.yahoo.com), use 993 as incoming server port, check SSL option; and the correct outgoing server path (smtp.mail.yahoo.com), use 465 as outgoing server port, check SSL option and if prompted Request Authentication = Yes and select the radio button use same info option.
I hope this saves someone the time I lost trying to set up Outlook after Cox email migrated to Yahoo.
Tom - most of what you provided worked. Took me a few tires before I found where to enter the incoming/outgoing server port. Outlook pulled down all of the current e-mails from Yahoo, but I ran into a problem I'm still trying to figure out. When I composed a new/test e-mail to send, I got an error saying the IMAP server closed the connection. I clicked on the Details button for more details and got: IMAP4rev1 Server logging out, Protocol: IMAP, Server imap.mail.yahoo.com, Port 993. I rechecked the settings you gave and everything matched. Any suggestions while I sit here and think evil thoughts about Cox?
