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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, the AI bot is useless and if I want help from Yahoo I have to pay. I can't stand Yahoo in the browser. I can't see the text very well b/c my eyes are old now. The ads are annoying and I will drop Cox before I pay for Yahoo premium. We were looking for a reason to switch to the new Verizon 5g box. Might be now. Thank you in advance.Solved11KViews7likes106CommentsYahoo says, "Sorry, we don't recognize this email."
I just went to the mail.yahoo.com address that's been given and typed in my 5 letter email prefix and then Cox.net like I've was told to do by the instructions. It returned a message that, "Sorry, we don't recognize this email." What do I do now?50Views0likes1Comment- 22Views0likes3Comments
Email migration if Yahoo account already exists?
I previously had a Yahoo account using my cox.net email for the account name. What happens now? Yahoo doesn't ask me to change my password when I log in and I don't see any cox.net emails... Where can I find step by step instructions? Thank you.Solved191Views0likes5CommentsLink cox.net mailbox in Yahoo
I was able to transition my cox.net account to Yahoo. I already have a yahoo mail account - lets call it xyz@yahoo.com Yahoo allows linking mailboxes to have a unified inbox. This is not working with my cox.net account 1. If I choose "yahoo" service provider option it says cox.net is not a valid yahoo email address 🤪 2. I cannot choose the "other" option as Cox servers no longer connect 😬 This is really messed up 😠How to get this to work. Surely there is an underlying yahoo domain to the cox.net domain ?? Has no-one at Cox/Yahoo thought about this use case ??52Views0likes2CommentsHow long do I have to pay a late bill before disconnect?
I've been trying to move my payment date as I have hit some rough times (blown car transmission) and my bill will be paid late. Every time I try to do this, I just get a message that says "Sorry something went wrong. Please try again or contact us." I've tried to do this on the app and two different internet browsers but still no dice. I reached out via chat and no one could tell me any specifics, but they did try to sell me more services. I just need to know how long it is, typically, before I potentially run into disconnection. Also, how do you apply for a payment arrangement? Again, the agent I chatted with either didn't know or wouldn't say when I asked. Thanks.15Views0likes1CommentSuccessful Email transition to Yahoo: using Thunderbird on Windows
After spending a good deal of time and effort trying to make Thunderbird get along with Yahoo, I finally figured it out. If you are reading this, you have probably already called Cox only to find out that they have washed their hands of the whole email thing and will only refer you to a phone number for Yahoo. And of course Yahoo is not set up to handle this, so you will wait in the phone queue for half of forever only to find out that they don't know how to set it up either. So in the hope that my experience may help some other poor slob, I present the below instructions, and I hope it helps. I am using the Thunderbird program to access emails on a Windows computer, however I suspect the settings will be the same for anyone using Thunderbird. First, to transfer the emails to Yahoo and establish a webmail account, follow the directions provided by Cox as regurgitated here: "Visit mail.yahoo.com/login and enter your complete cox.net email address, including the Cox.net suffix, as your username. Then enter your current Cox password, and accept the Yahoo Mail Terms of Service. Upon signing in, you’ll set up a new password for your new Yahoo account." Now log out of the Yahoo webmail and open Thunderbird. I have my email accounts and corresponding folders located in a column on the left of the page. Yours may be set up differently, but mine is the default and I will base detailed instructions on that. Go to the left column and click on the line that shows your complete cox email address. If you have multiple addresses, you will need to perform the following instructions for each of them. Now look to the top right of the new page and click on "account settings". At the bottom of the settings page is the line "Outgoing Server (SMTP)", and at the far right of that line is a box that says "Edit SMTP server"; click on it. A pop-up window will open, adjust the settings as shown below: Description: COX Server Name: smtp.mail.yahoo.com Port: 465 Connection Security: SSL/TLS Authentication method: OAuth2 User Name: your user name, duh click OK Now go back to the left hand column and click on "Server Settings". On this page the settings will be as follows: Server Name: imap.mail.yahoo.com Port: 993 Connection Security: SSL/TLS Authentication Method: OAuth2 Now close Thunderbird and reopen it. You will now be asked for a password for each of your email addresses. Use the new password that you used to set up the Yahoo webmail. Congratulations you have mail! If you want to use POP instead of IMAP I suggest you first set it up with IMAP and then go back and change the setting after you know it is working.3KViews3likes37CommentsUnable to register my Cox account
When I attempt to register my Cox account by clicking the "New here? Sign up today" link, selecting the Phone number option, entering my phone number, clicking "Look up account", entering the verification code I received on my phone, clicking "Verify", selecting the correct address that's linked to my account, and clicking "Verify" again, the site errors out with ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS. As such, I am unable to register my account. I've tried deleting cookies as instructed on the error page, but they're just recreated and I get the same error. I've tried the latest versions of Edge and Chrome browsers on my PC and the latest version of Safari on my iPhone with the same result.Solved102Views0likes5Comments