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Help 2nd Droid. can't get yahoo mail on this one

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ginghis

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I followed all directions to get yahoo to work on my first droid and it worked flawlessly.
After my first droid froze up,I got another from verizon and want to put my yahoo mail on this one like I had on my first phone.
This time I follow all directions(wifi is off) and I can't get passed the screen where I put username,password changr to imap.mail.yahoo.com. I keep gettin incorrect username or passsword. I tried again and it says unable to connect with server. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?
i NEED YAHOO MAIL ON THIS PHONE. Any help would be appreiciated. A step by step would be nice but i'll take what I can get.
I closed all apps
wifi is off
I rebooted
correctly typed my email and password
 
Go to Gmail on your home computer and set up your Yahoo account to forward to Gmail account, then you will get all your email in one place. You can add a seperate folder called "yahoo" within gmail folders to forward all those emails to. Just an option.
 
Make sure Wifi is off.

go to mail icon
add account
enter email address in email address filed (name@yahoo.com)
enter password at password field
select MANUAL SETUP not next
select imap
username= name@yahoo.com
password = yourpassword
imap server= imap.mail.yahoo.com
port=143
security=none
optional = blank
select next

Then, set the outgoing SMTP server to:
smtp.mail.yahoo.com, port 587, security=none

and finish the setup. Hopefully this will work and you can access you yahoo mail account.

Next, click on the email icon (you just setup), bring up the menu and select account settings. Choose Incoming settings and change the Username to your Ymail account - name@ymail.com and save the settings.

worked for me the first but not the second time . give it a try and post your results please
 
Hi there.....


to get your emails working on droid use ... K-9 download from the market on your droid.

to set up your accounts...

YAHOO IMAP

Incoming IMAP Mail ServerSetting :
User Name : user@yahoo.com
Password : your email password
Incoming Mail Server : imap.mail.yahoo.com
Mail Box Name : Yahoo IMAP
Mail Box Type : IMAP
Security (Port) : Off
Port : Default

Outgoing IMAP Mail ServerSetting :
Email Address : user@yahoo.com
User Name : user@yahoo.com
Password : your email password
Outgoing Mail Server : smtp.mobile.mail.yahoo.com
Security (Port) : Off
Port : 587


GMAIL IMAP

Incoming IMAP Mail ServerSetting :
User Name : user@gmail.com
Password : your email password
Incoming Mail Server : imap.gmail.com
Mail Box Name : Gmail IMAP
Mail Box Type : IMAP
Security (Port) : SSL/TLS
Port : 993

Outgoing IMAP Mail ServerSetting :
Email Address : user@gmail.com
User Name : user@gmail.com
Password : your email password
Outgoing Mail Server : smtp.gmail.com
Security (Port) : StartTLS
Port : 587


POP3 Setting :

YAHOO POP3

Incoming POP3 Mail ServerSetting :
User Name : user@yahoo.com
Password : your email password
Incoming Mail Server : pop.mail.yahoo.com
Mail Box Name : Yahoo POP3
Mail Box Type : POP3
Security (Port) : SSL
Port : 995

Outgoing POP3 Mail ServerSetting :
Email Address : user@yahoo.com
User Name : user@yahoo.com
Password : your email password
Outgoing Mail Server : smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Security (Port) : SSL
Port : 465


GMAIL POP3

Incoming POP3 Mail ServerSetting :
User Name : user@gmail.com
Password : your email password
Incoming Mail Server : pop.gmail.com
Mail Box Name : Gmail POP3
Mail Box Type : POP3
Security (Port) : SSL
Port : 995

Outgoing POP3 Mail ServerSetting :
Email Address : user@gmail.com
User Name : user@gmail.com
Password : your email password
Outgoing Mail Server : smtp.gmail.com
Security (Port) : SSL
Port : 465


HOTMAIL POP3

Incoming POP3 Mail ServerSetting :
User Name : user@hotmail.com
Password : your email password
Incoming Mail Server : pop3.live.com
Mail Box Name : Hotmail POP3
Mail Box Type : POP3
Security (Port) : SSL
Port : 995

Outgoing POP3 Mail ServerSetting :
Email Address : user@hotmail.com
User Name : user@hotmail.com
Password : your email password
Outgoing Mail Server : smtp.live.com
Security (Port) : SSL/TLS
Port : 587


I hope this helps.... this worked for me
 
I have a paid yahoo acct with my own domain name and every time I try and configure my moto droid I get "Access Denied: Biz mail can not access this server" or something like that.

It's driving me nuts. Any help would be appreciated.
 
ginghis said:
Make sure Wifi is off.

go to mail icon
add account
enter email address in email address filed (name@yahoo.com)
enter password at password field
select MANUAL SETUP not next
select imap
username= name@yahoo.com
password = yourpassword
imap server= imap.mail.yahoo.com
port=143
security=none
optional = blank
select next

Then, set the outgoing SMTP server to:
smtp.mail.yahoo.com, port 587, security=none

and finish the setup. Hopefully this will work and you can access you yahoo mail account.

Next, click on the email icon (you just setup), bring up the menu and select account settings. Choose Incoming settings and change the Username to your Ymail account - name@ymail.com and save the settings.

worked for me the first but not the second time . give it a try and post your results please
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Turning off Wi-Fi fixed problem with yahoo plus mail steup
 
I've been having the same problem with Yahoo mail. Sometimes works, but most of the time it says incorrect user name and password. It's obviously set up correctly or it wouldn't work at all. Strange.
 
Im having the same problem and it's runining my experience with this phone. I get to the part where I input the imap.mail.yahoo.com and click next, but I can't get to the next screen because it's telling me my username or password is incorrect. No matter what I do I cant get my yahoomail to work. I even downloaded that k9 app and it gives me the same error.
 
theyrealiveash said:
Im having the same problem and it's runining my experience with this phone. I get to the part where I input the imap.mail.yahoo.com and click next, but I can't get to the next screen because it's telling me my username or password is incorrect. No matter what I do I cant get my yahoomail to work. I even downloaded that k9 app and it gives me the same error.
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I get the exact same thing. Yahoo was working for me yesterday when I set it up...no go today though.
 
lockcity said:
I get the exact same thing. Yahoo was working for me yesterday when I set it up...no go today though.
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Need some assist. Yahoo mail working intermittently (mostly never) using the IMAP setup instructions from above. I keep getting the "invalid username and password" error screen.

Any assist would be appreciated!
 
Can someone please help with this problem?. I am encountering the exact problem as the OP. My first droid set up perfect but I had to exchange it and I am unable to set it back up on the second droid. It keeps saying incorrect username and password. I also tried to forward the emails to my gmail accounts but it won't let me. Please help because my yahoo accounts are really iimportant and I can't afford to have a phone that is unable to easily access them. If anyone knows a fix or if the new update fixes the problem, please do share. Thank you!!
 
Same problem here. It was working about a week ago with the manual IMAP settings, but now I'm constantly getting a username/password error.

I see this all across android message boards on the internet, so I'm guessing Yahoo has changed something last week. This is absolute BS, if you ask me.
 
I don't use yahoo mail but I do use yahoo messenger and have it set up along with AIM and ICQ in Trillian on my computer. I get FREQUENT messages that my user name or password are incorrect for yahoo only. I just cancel it and it continues to work. I really do think that it is a yahoo problem and not an android problem.
 
Same Here....2nd device....no Yahoo mail....terrible inconvenience....
Droid rocks.....but email on yahoo is imperative.....
Hopefully a fix for this soon
 
I have the same problem. Just bought the droid last week. Tried to set up my yahoo email and I get the same message about the username/password! Need a fix ASAP!
 
Please help! Has anyone got their droid to use yahoo mail?
Is there a way to pay and get it?
I guess thats what I gotta do!
Hate to have to pay!!!!!!!
Z
 
ok guys....its roughly around 2am EST and i just tried again to set up my yahoo mail accounts and they went through....not sure how many people are up at this hour....(insomnia.....like me...lol....even though i have to get up for work in a few hours)...but i would give it a try....i made an exchange from my original droid pre-update....and was so upset when i was unable to receive my yahoo mails through the device as it was the account i used the most...what a RELIEF!!!......for those of you who were in my and still are....i hope it works out for you as well....

I love my DROID.....and now having my emails again makes the experience complete! :D:D:D:D:D
 
I have also seen an issue where you know your password and use on mobile phone regularly, but when try to login on pc, won't take password, change password to login in on pc, and then even when put new password in on mobile phone, still gives username/password error. I had to delete the account on my phone and re-add it to get yahoo working again......
 
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