[Users] Yahoo and Claws (Sending this again (3RD ATTEMPT), for some reason it didnt come through to the list)

[Milan Obuch]

On Tue, 14 May 2024 09:09:17 -0400
Leon Fisk <lfiskgr at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 14 May 2024 13:36:33 +0100
> James Freer via Users <users at lists.claws-mail.org> wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> >That is exactly what i am trying to divulge! I have read that yahoo
> >does not recognise IMAP and i have read that one has to use POP.
> >That's nonsense if i can access Yahoo in Evolution and Thunderbird
> >why not in Claws. I agree with what you have said about
> >authentication - when using 
> >  Evolution and Thunderbird one gets the Yahoo or Gmail login window
> > and 
> >one puts the password... then all good on the email client which 
> >downloads all messages.
> >
> >It would seem that Claws developers expect users to put in a manual 
> >authentication which i am unsure of what to do. Let's hope they post 
> >shortly and correct us.  
> 
> I think you'll need to setup an app password and then use that in
> Claws. See:
> 
> https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN15241.html
> 
> As suggested earlier this can be done with Gmail too (2FA needs to be
> enabled at Gmail). Which has been working fine for me rather than
> trying to sort out Gmail's ever changing Oauth setup...
> 

Just to add a small bit to it - https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN28681.html
describes servers and ports used for IMAP access to Yahoo. I just
verified those two Yahoo's help articles contain all info necessary to
set-up working account in Claws Mail (it works with my testing Yahoo
account I did not use for some time).

Regards,
Milan