Can't add Yahoo mail account

I'm trying to add my 2nd Yahoo mail account, but the iPhone will not allow it. I always get the message "The username or password for imap.apple.mail.yahoo.com is incorrect."
The username and password are both correct. The Yahoo mail account that I set up when I got my first iPhone back in 2007 is still working fine, but this new account can't be added. I can access the account just fine from the web.
I've seen this issue show up a lot in various forums, but I haven't found a solution yet. Does anyone have one?

For what it's worth. I have a pacbell.net account through at&t/yahoo. I have set up my email on my iphone 3G using the yahoo mail option. MY email is working and pushing just fine. I cannot, however, set up my daughters account on my phone, nor as the only email account on her iphone 3G. I get the message username and passoword incorrect. These are BOTH sub accounts and both have address as:
[firstname]_[lastname]@pacbell.net
It is befuddling to me why one works and the other doesn't, they are set up identically through att/yahoo. I contacted yahoo and they told me its an iphone issue so I don't know where to go from here. I have not tried resetting network settings on the phone as I have a lot I do not want to loose plus I do not see any reports that this process actually works.
The only thing I can think of is the number of characters in the email address as my first name is only 3 letters and hers is 7.

Similar Messages

I can't keep Yahoo mail account open 2 weeks in a row even with a mark in box KEEP ME OPEN. I did go to Tools, Options, Security to check SAVED PASSWORD box

Usually, after opening Firefox, to check my Yahoo mail, I log in with my password, and mark the little box in front of KEEP ME OPEN, I can check my mail, and then close Firefox. Whenever I open Firefox, I can access my Yahoo mail account without typing my password. It stays open for 2 weeks. From yesterday, whenever I close Firefox, to access my mail account, I must log in again no matter whatever I've tried such as: Tools-Options-Security-Saved Password, or log out, then log in, type PW, mark little box to KEEP ME OPEN. I even uninstall Firefox, restart, download and re-install Firefox 8.0. The problem can never be solved. It's very annoying to log in by typing again and again my PW. Please help me out since I don't know what causes this problem. Thanks everybody who can help me out.

Benji, I did get the email server error message again last night around 8PM, but again the email does eventually go. Wondering if the 6PM to 9PM time frame is a busy time for Yahoo email servers and somehow our iTouch or portable devices take a lower priority? I seem to get the error only once a day now around that time, then everything seems fine again...could be a server issue.
Still looking for a pattern with the blank white web pages when I try and view a previous web page. Seems to happen most when I look at the "iPod touch User Guide" (on the included bookmarks)...most of the other times the previous web page loads fine so....humm....
I also had an issue with the Camera app today, the red light button and Picture/Video switch were staying dimmed...finally turned off the iTouch (holding down the Home button then pressing the Sleep/Off button on top) then turned it back on, so the iOS could reboot. That fixed the Camera app. Might want to try that too....seems like it might be a fix for a few things, especially after updating to iOS 4.2.1...
Jeff

I can't add another mail account since it's grey/locked out, any solutions?

I can't add another mail account since it's grey/locked out, any solutions?

Have you checked in Restrictions...
See Pages 158 & 159 here Ipad User Guide

Can't add Yahoo Mail to Droid Incredible

I am unable to add my Yahoo Email account to my new Droid Incredible, any suggestions?

The Yahoo Mail for Android App works great!!! You can find it in the Play Store Yes, it provides notification. I no longer use the native email application on my Incredible. Yahoo! Mail for Android provides much more functionality. Using it, one can easily get to his folders to view and file emails in them which is a huge plus for it.
Tamara H.
Follow us on Twitter @VZWSupport

Cannot re-add Yahoo mail account

Hi! My boyfriend recently updated his password, but then couldn't access his account on the Mac Mail App (works fine on iPhone). He deleted the account and tried to re-add it. However, the mail app on the Mac would not let him re-add the account. This is a Yahoo account. I tried to add a Gmail account and had the same problem: "A secure connection couldn't be established. Click 'Continue' to continue creating the account. You can edit the account later in iCal.app preferences if necessary." I click "Continue," and a new message reads: "There was a problem setting up the account. iCal couldn't log in to the CalDAV server 'google.com.'" So, neither a Google nor Yahoo account can be added at this time, though it worked fine before. Possibly a glitch.
Can you please assist?

same here i setuped my yahoo email from Settings - Mail - Add Account - Yahoo! it was working fine but few days aback i changed my yahoo mail password and its not working i deleted all my mail accounts including gmail hotmail and yahoo setuped again but still yahoo mail not working this is irritating like ****....pop smtp settings i tried they are also not working!!
and by the way how you will contact yahoo and ask them!!!

Can not add new mail account following 10.6.2 upgrade

Mail crashes when trying to add a new IMAP account.
Process: Mail [394]
Path: /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Identifier: com.apple.mail
Version: 4.2 (1077)
Build Info: Mail-10770000~4
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [97]
Date/Time: 2009-11-10 23:27:07.583 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.2 (10C540)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 39375 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 3
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 32337 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 3
Anonymous UUID: 4BB72F1C-99A3-4CEC-B218-FF73B8FBE7D3
Exception Type: EXCBADINSTRUCTION (SIGILL)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Application Specific Information:
-[AccountSetupValidator _validate]
objc[394]: alt handlers in objc runtime are buggy!

I hate to add a third entry but this one will end the speculation about this problem.
Apple mail is not designed to create a new mail account! WIndows mail, all forms, is designed to create new mail accounts. If you are new to mac, and you try to create a new mail account and the account you try to create already exists because it belongs to some else, the a return code for an error is returned from the mail provider. Apple mail unfortunately trys to handle
the error but does not bother range checking the return code for validity. This results in what I said above and the mail crashes. Nothing that happens should ever cause a crash! There are a number of software errors in Apple mail that need attention. To fix this problem, just go to your email provider and create the account. Then add it in apple mail.
This will work without error.

Can't add Icloud mail account to Yosemite

I upgraded to Yosemite when it launched. Mail app had been working fine since then, but yesterday it started giving issues with my ME account on the mail app. After much investigating, I decided to re-add the account and after deleting it from my internet accounts now it won't let me add it. Says it can't connect at this time.
This is getting infuriating. It works "fine" on my iphone 4 that obviously I haven't upgraded since iOS 8 won't work on it, but I can't be offline on my computer.
It is the correct password, I'm doing the proper procedure, this is ridiculous.

Hi,
You say it's your iCloud ID but then you refer to Internet Accounts as if it is a separate Mail ID.
Do you mean you are going to iCloud after you use Internet Accounts or is it a separate mail ID ?
If this is the iCloud ID can you log in to the Web based version of iCloud in a Browser ?
9:17 pm Thursday; April 9, 2015
 iMac 2.5Ghz i5 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

I can't add a mail account.

When i go to settings --> mailaccount it jumps back to the startup screen. Does anyone know how to resolve this?
Regards
Rob

Have you tried to reset the device? That often cures little glitches. HOld down the home and sleep key until you see the silver apple and then release them. It's the equivalent of 'control/alt/delete' for the iPad.

Does deleting yahoo mail account in system prefs and recreating it as Add Other Account lose mail data?

Having trouble getting Notes from iMac to sync with iPad and iPhone. On iPad and iPhone I deleted Yahoo mail account in prefs and recreated it as Add Other Account. This restored Notes that had not been showing up. Can I do the same thing on my iMac?

I'd add the new account first, unless you can lose all your eMails in that account.

After updating my iPad 2 with os6 my yahoo mail accounts can't log me in as session time expires. When I try again as we'll as confirming my password etc I face the same problem. Any help or ideas?

After updating my iPad 2 with os6 I can't get into my yahoo mail accounts. After repeating the process I get session expired message or sometimes not even this message and just prompts me to re enter my password. I know there is no issue with username or password as it works on my PC without any issues.
Does anyone have an answer to this?

Thanks for your response, however my yahoo mail started to work as normal this morning! No explanation, even though I made several attempts during the past few days by trying to log in but to no avail. Yet today it suddenly worked...presto.
Prior to this I made a trip to the Apple store in London and chatted with a few staff about this issue yesterday and they could not help.....had two answers:
1. Check with yahoo and make sure you have not over stretched the number of accounts ( even though there are only two)
2. If you had backed up os5 on the computer, one could revert back to old software. Otherwise wait for Apple to fix issues as os6 is new.
*Be interesting to know if anyone else has had a similar fix without rhyme or reason?

Right after the firefox upgrade I can no longer acess my text window in my yahoo mail account. I cant figure out why.

Once firefox completed its upgrade I can no longer access my text window/box in my yahoo mail account. Which means I cannot text from my mail account now. I cant figure out why this is happening.

Once firefox completed its upgrade I can no longer access my text window/box in my yahoo mail account. Which means I cannot text from my mail account now. I cant figure out why this is happening.

Can you sync contacts from two different yahoo mail accounts onto the ipad2 (have 2 inboxes and 2 calendars!!)

Am running two yahoo mail accounts on my ipad2. Has set up two inboxed and two calendars automatically and without any problem. Nothing originally populated in the contacts book. Have now set this in ipad set up but only given option of syncing 1 accounts contacts. Can you help?

You each need an iCloud account and to sync your iCal calendars with iCloud. Then you can each share a calendar or calendars privately, so only available to the other, who would be able to edit it, or not, depending on your settings. Please see this page:
http://help.apple.com/icloud/#mm6b1a8694
and the subsquent pages.

I'm not receiving e-mail on my "New" iPad, and I want tdeleted my yahoo mail account and reinstall it. When I go to settings to delete the account, it says I will lose everything in notes, calendars, reminders, etc. Can I delete ONLY the e-mail account?

I'm not receiving e-mail on my iPad (3). I want to try deleting my yahoo mail account and reinstalling it, but when I go to settings to do this, it appears that I will lose my notes, calendars, reminders, etc. Is this right, or is there another way to do this?

Give it time. Yahoo has had persistent issues the past few weeks. wait 24 hours or so and then try again.

Can't acess my yahoo mail account says page broken

I try to access my yahoo email account, it goes to the page and shows the emails then it goes to a page thats says OPPS page broken

Hi, omalon.
Thank you for the question. You may find this article helpful in troubleshooting the issue with your Yahoo mail account.
OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3276
Regards,
Jason H.

I can't use some of the buttons in my Yahoo Mail account

This is one of the reasons I stopped using Pale Moon. I cannot use half of the buttons in my Yahoo Mail account HALF of the time, sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. Same issue with Fonts, I am looking at 5 different size fonts right now even though I have changed all of them to the same size and unchecked the box that allows websites to choose fonts for me. Do you want everyone on the planet to use IE? These are BASIC things, CHECK MY EMAIL, BE ABLE TO READ ON MY COMPUTER.

Web mail service providers don't always offer the same options for other browsers that they do for Internet Explorer. Ask NHS about that issue.

Can't add Yahoo mail account

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for