Using Yahoo email in Mac OS mail app
I have created my Yahoo account in my Mac OS mail, but I can't seem to bring it online-attempts to change it from offline to online are futile.
Anyone with a Mac able to help? I tried Yahoo chat...
Forum Discussion
Hello,
It can certainly be frustrating when trying to get accounts set up and things don't simply function how we want or need them to. When this occurs I always will recommend to remember, Google (or more specifically YouTube) is your friend in these situations. For this specific case I would start by typing "how to connect yahoo to apple mail on MacBook (or whatever device)."
How to setup Yahoo mail on a Mac - YouTube
If this doesn't work the next thing i would do is describe the specific problem like, "Cannot take yahoo mail online in apple mail on mac" or "troubleshoot yahoo mail on mac"
a little bit of internet searching yielded what is probably your issue which is answered on this apple support page:
https://discussions.apple.com/
As mentioned by the helpful apple community the issues regarding apple mail on the MacBooks or desktop imacs are due to them not being as updated as the iPhone versions (which is why it might work on your phone but not your mac without a little extra work).
Yahoo App password…
Generate and manage third-party app passwords
Some older, third-party email apps (that do not use our Yahoo branded sign in page) require you to enter a single password for login credentials. To access your Yahoo Mail account on these apps, you'll need to generate and use an app password. An app password is a long, randomly generated code that gives a non-Yahoo app permission to access your Yahoo account. You’ll only need to provide this code once to sign in to your third-party email app.
https://help.yahoo.com/kb/access-yahoo-mail-third-party-apps-sln15241.html
Hopefully you can get your mail synced up after following some of these suggestions.. I will however mention that yahoo is not a very secure email choice if you care about your privacy / security. Hacking and scamming is becoming very easy to do and increasingly difficult to avoid / catch. Try to keep up with recent tech developments if you're going to be using the internet and all the devices that depend upon it. Never click any links in emails even from what might look to be a trusted family member or friend. instead go to whatever the site is yourself by typing it in the address bar and navigating that way. you can and should also make a habit of copying any suspicious links (right clicking and copying) then pasting the link into a website URL checker like VirusTotal https://www.virustotal.com/. Another tool now easily accessible is to start using Copilot / ChatGPT. Simply asking them questions like "walk me through setting up (or troubleshooting) my yahoo mail account on my MacBook apple mail app" which will literally lay out each step and offer links to useful videos or pages.
Best of Luck.
So, my usual MO is to google first but I have found that the results--whether a YouTube video or even a support page can be incomplete, misleading or in a few cases absolutely useless. Google does not curate or vette results--and you can burn up a lot of time looking for an answer. That's why forums like this are valuable--and why I posted a detailed step by step instruction on resolving this issue last week.
Your advice is good and thanks for posting it. I've found that providing the answer and then the additional advice on how to solve future issues is what most folks want--an answer, now, and someone to reach out to if they have any additional problems. Having said this--I truly fault Cox. They had to know that this would be an issue-so the emails they send out should provide a link to an FAQ for users-regardless of which platform--who may require a non-standard approach. Mac users may only be 14% of the marketplace but they should not be left to fend for themselves.
But I guess at this point Cox just wants to offload this entire email business as fast as possible and get out of Dodge.
Hello, I am very sorry you have not had the best experience with Cox. We understand how important communication and email services are. We value your business, and I would be happy to help 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!
Many thanks for this. I had several cox.net email addresses. I've successfully migrated my primary Cox email, but can't discern how to retrieve the others. Using the link in the original email Cox set to me re: migration to Yahoo did not work, as I've now already set up a Yahoo account for the primary Cox email address. Setup for additional Yahoo accounts (one for each of the other Cox addresses was my thought) fails because it wants to assign a Yahoo mail address to me, it won't let me enter the other Cox email addresses. I'm stumped; any suggestions?
My secondary user’s cox.net e-mail was not migrated at the same time as my primary e-mail was. They received the migration announcement e-mail separately perhaps a week after I received mine. I do not know the order of operation for the migration but apparently it is not by Cox account.
