Yahoo/Mail Question

I have a yahoo account that i want to set up an account for in the MAC Mail application. I do not know what to put in the incoming mail server and the outgoing mail server (SMPT) boxes that are part of the set-up process.
Could you please advise?
Thanks
Lauren

What type of Yahoo account do you have?
Free? - Yahoo doesn't offer POP access (necessary for email client access outside of the regular web interface). You can, however, set up Yahoo to work under MacFreePOPS- though it's not perfect, it should work.
Yahoo Mail Plus? - http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/mailplus/pop/pop-35.html
SBC (or some other ISP provided) Yahoo? - check the ISP's website or contact their support..

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I have 2 questions regarding the iphone 5. 1 How do i get my yahoo mail set up. I tried the setting it up as both a yahoo mail and other mail. 2. I seem to have lost my notes on my iphone 5 but I have them on my ipad. How can I use cloud to sync my notes?

I have 2 questions regarding the iphone 5. 1 How do i get my yahoo mail set up. I tried the setting it up as both a yahoo mail and other mail. 2. I seem to have lost my notes on my iphone 5 but I have them on my ipad. How can I use cloud to sync my notes?

I will address your second question.
First, make sure your iPhone and iPad have absolutely identical Apple IDs. If they do, use that Apple ID in Settings > iCloud on your iPhone to select the "Notes" option. Lo and behold, all your iCloud notes should appear on your iPhone.

Question related to Yahoo Mail

Hi everyone,
I would be surprised if there is anyone here who hasn't seen Yahoo mail, so I am posting my question here.
But, anyways, for those who hasn't, I wanna brush up the basics before I ask the question. Yahoo mail supports a feature, which I am not able to comprehend. While viewing a message, there is a link that says "Mark as Unread" and when U click on it, the message is marked as new immediately.
Now, here comes my question : I have used Javamail quite a bit, to the best of my knowledge, a Folder's new messages are the ones whose RECENT flag returns true. And the RECENT flag is set to false once the message content has been sent to the client in some form or the other. It is clearly specified in the JavaMail API(link pasted below) that this flag CANNOT be altered by the client.
http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/1.3/docs/javadocs/javax/mail/Flags.Flag.html#RECENT
So, How does this Yahoo Mail client achieve this feature? Is there a workaround for this?
Any ideas? Any responses are greatly appreciated.
Thanks
-Uday

A "new" message is one that hasn't been read so it does not have the SEEN flag. You may be confused because of your mail cleint. Clients often keep a read/not read list on the local file system so it may be circumventing your flag manipulation. You gotta remember, with the exception of the DELETED flag, the flags have no real meaning unless the client wants to interpert them to have meaning.
Here's a quick rundown:
A RECENT message is one that has arrive since the last time a user checked their mail.
A SEEN message is one that one that has been "read" by the user.
A ANSWERED message is one that has been replied to.
A DELETED message will be removed next time a folder is expunged.
A FLAGGED message is the semi-common "flag for follow up".
A DRAFT message is just that I guess, I've never used the flag.
Then if the server supports it there are "user" defined flags. I've seen flags similar to Forwarded, NotJunk,

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Can not open all .pdf files in Yahoo Mail.

Three computers using Windows XP and Internet Explorer can open all .pdf files in Yahoo
Mail. The fourth and newest Computer with XP Pro, Internet Explorer, and the latest Adobe
Reader can only open some, but not all, .pdf files in Yahoo Mail. Nothing happens when
the window is clicked to open file. How can this be fixed?

Adobe Reader isn't my favorite, but neither are smug and uninformed assertions about Preview. There are PDFs that render only squares and marks under Preview (http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/24209/this-pdf-displays-with-question-m arks-instead-of-letters), which is a common problem in MS Windows Office generated PDFs, so you may actually need Adobe Reader for Mac.
If you need to use Adobe Reader (as I do), then it may depend on the filesystem type where you save your PDF. For example, our Macs are network homed. Saving to desktop produced the error reported above no matter whether I used Safari:Save As, or the PDF save icon.
However, when I saved to a local drive (such as /tmp), then it worked. I don't know why file system makes a difference, unless Adobe is doing something with extended attributes that doesn't get written correctly to some filesystems.
Hope this helps.

Yahoo Mail push problem with stock email app

It is nice to see that Verizon is offering push services for yahoo mail (and possibly for others as well, I only tried yahoo) on select phones now, the Droid Charge being one of them. If you add a yahoo account in the stock email app, it configures it through "Verizon email gateway server" and the messages will be pushed to the phone just like gmail had been, and you will get your new messages almost instantaneously.
I previously had an htc incredible and that phone did not have that feature. My e-mails were being checked at an interval that I could select, but not pushed.
What this email gateway does is (as I understand it): 1) your phone sends your credentials to the gateway server where they are stored, 2) the server connects to yahoo mail servers with your credentials, and 3) whenever there is a new message, the gateway server retrieves and pushes it to your phone, in other words it pretty much acts as the middle man that has a notification capability. The gateway server only accesses your inbox folder and it only does incoming services. For other things such as sending messages or checking other folders, your phone connects to yahoo mail servers directly. My incredible on the other hand used to connect to yahoo mail servers directly for everything including inbox access and unfortunately those servers do not have the push capability to mobile devices.
I got the Charge over two weeks ago and enjoyed push on yahoo for about ten days. But then suddenly it stopped working. It would no longer update my inbox even when I selected refresh through the menu. If I went into other folders, they would update and I could send emails. However, my inbox would not update. I waited a day, then I went into settings/apps/manage apps and deleted the cache and data of the mail application to fix a possible glitch. (It works on the market app when all of your downloaded apps disappear from the list every once in a while due to a glitch)
I ended up with a blank inbox that couldn't download any of the messages. Then I removed the yahoo account and tried to readd. Now I get the "Fetching mailbox failed, retrying. . ." error and sometimes it retries for up to a half hour (until I manually stop it) or sometimes it says "Unable to connect to server" after a couple of minutes.
Following is a list of things I tried:
1) Set up a different Yahoo account:
Works without a glitch, push enabled
2) Try the original email account with wrong password:
Gives a credential error, so password authentication is not the problem
3) Manual configuration through selecting "Others" rather than "Yahoo Mail" in the add account menu:
Unchecking "Use Verizon email gateway" makes it work, but without push. My phone is able to connect to Yahoo servers directly with the same exact settings
I am pretty sure the problem is with the Verizon gateway server having a glitch with my email account. So someone in charge of that server has to go through the list of accounts set up and either reset or delete mine, so I can set it up again through my phone.
I called Verizon support the other day and finally talked to a level 2 rep after having to do the restart, take battery out and all that nonsense. It took them a while to understand the actual situation. It's not their fault really, my problem is complicated and a level 2 rep simply does not have that kind of knowledge. They tried to connect me to Samsung representatives, which was a waste of time, because there is nothing wrong with the hardware as it works with a different yahoo account with no problems, and it also works when connecting to yahoo directly. After spending two and a half hours on the phone, and after the rep talked to her supervisor and the samsung reps to learn more about the verizon gateway server, she finally told me I was right about the issue, and assured me that they would fix it and call me within two hours.
It has been two days, I haven't heard a thing.
What frustrates me is that there wasn't a single person there who could even grasp what could be causing the issue. They had never heard about the email gateway, I had to explain to them. I am not mad that the level 2 rep or her supervisor didn't know, but I am pretty **bleep** that they could not put me in touch with a person who did.
I know there is at least one person at Verizon who manages the gateway server, but the question is how can anyone contact him???
Verizon keeps offering these new services that are really cool for the most part, but their support system is very disconnected from their engineers/technical staff. The customer service is unable to fix problems other than billing issues, and their answer for everything else is to "take the battery out and restart the phone".
For now, I set up my account manually, without the Verizon email gateway, so I don't have "push" working. It's a shame because it is such an easy thing to fix only if I could get in touch with the right person.

UPDATE:
After waiting for about ten days, I tried setting up my e-mail the regular way (by selecting yahoo mail) again yesterday. To my surprise, it went through without a glitch. I guess the cache of the gateway server must have been reset.
I have been enjoying push for yahoo mail for the last 24 hours again. But I just noticed now, that the problems might be starting again. There are recent e-mails that don't show up on my phone, but do through yahoo's web mail page. When I select "refresh" through the menu on the phone, I see the circle in the top corner spinning for as long as I wait, but the e-mails don't get downloaded. That is exactly how my problems had started in the first place. I will give it the benefit of the doubt and wait and hope that it fixes itself.
There might be a compatibility problem with yahoo servers and the verizon email gateway because I have two gmail accounts set up with the stock e-mail the same way, both using verizon's gateway server for push, and they have both been working with no problems for almost a month. (Even though sometimes the "push" is delayed by up to 5-10 min, most of the time it is within a couple of minutes and that's fine, I'm not that picky) And when I do "refresh", ti only takes a few seconds to complete the request.
And I still haven't heard anything from Verizon.

I have owned my MacBook Pro for several months. Initially, I did not have any problems. Now I have a problem with Yahoo Mail. I can open my account, but when I try to get at my mail, 2 out of 3 times I get the spinning ball that never stops. Now what?

I have owned my MacBook Pro for several months without having any problems with it. Recently I am having trouble with my Yahoo Mail. I can open it fine, but 2 out of 3 times when I try to actually open a message, the spinning ball comes on the screen and does not stop. Sometimes, I can log out or force quit and come back in to my account and use it. Other times, I run into the same problem. Any suggestions?

Killerfinch wrote:
My new yahoo account nestles comfortably in iCloud on the mine iPad.
No, your Yahoo account is not in iCloud (which only handles iCloud mail), it is in Yahoo, and the Yahoo mail account is on your iPad.
But the MacBook Pro will have none of it! I write this question now as I fear that I will be totally demented very soon and unable to formulate my thoughts clearly!
Get the correct settings for your account from Yahoo and set it up manually.
By the way, I also find the "password" issue problematical. It seems Apple want my Apple password rather than my eMail password. All very confusing.
That would depend on what you are trying to do.

I cannot login to Yahoo mail on my Mac with firefox, but I can with Safari.

I am running Firefox 3.6 on Mac. I have had no problems until yesterday when it stopped allowing me to login to Yahoo mail. I can login using Safari on the same laptop, so I know there is no problem with my mail account or computer. When I look at the error message it says it looked for "*" but could not find it. How do I get "*" and if I do will that fix the problem?
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Yesterday

This may also be a problem specific to Firefox 26 + Mavericks.
* [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/976644 Mac 10.9 trackpad scroll not working]
* [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/983640 I can't go back or forward using the trackpad.]

I like Firefox browser when I use my Yahoo mail reverts to "oreiginal/old " version from latest version and this does not bhappen with Exploer or Chrome

Using Firefox browser I can convert to the newest version of Yahoo mail and for this conversion it works satisfactorily. If I close Yahoo mail , either going to another site or closing the Browser, next time I open Yahoo mail it has reverted to old version (occasionally this does not happen but 80% of time it reverts). This does not happen with Explorer or Chrome. I have ensured updated Firefox. Tried Yahoo Ask for answer but no luck.I like Firefox Browser.

hi ghrobert39, it is an issue with the new yahoo layout,see :
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ah_K4HUp4sat2HACnDjjfLniDn1G;_ylv=3?qid=20121213000810AAUYfSE
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkaQjlpKRxhYzrk5rgeMkvviDn1G;_ylv=3?qid=20121212164112AASaQcC
[http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?locale=en_US&y=PROD_ACCT&page=content&id=SLN8821 Overview of the new Yahoo! Mail design]
i hope this is the answer : http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjpJXHmHQWc_qTtD86_2imfiDn1G;_ylv=3?qid=20121213051550AAsOJ6g
thank you

Font changing size when i go to yahoo mail on my new netbook sometimes its ok other times it appears microscopic i have to close firefox then reopen and sometimes this works other times it does not work Why ?

this does not happen on any other site i visit only on yahoo mail.yahoo,s answer to the same question is we dont know reason maybe its firefox.

I have had that happen with Comcast web mail, too. You can't hold the Ctrl key and then use the scroll wheel to do certain functions in the web mail software. That function will work in the web mail software, but you will also change the Zoom factor of the page. You have to remember to '''''reset''''' the Zoom factor immediately, Firefox will remember the Zoom factor and use that until you reset it to default.

Pop up box in yahoo mail won't close, asks "do you use the yahoo! toolbar on multiple computers?" has option buttons but no response when clicking on anything, pop up box just sits there in the way

whenever I open my yahoo mail when using Firefox, a pop up box appears on the upper left side of the screen, it asks the question "do you use the yahoo! toolbar on multiple computers?" and gives click boxes for "Save to my yahoo ID" and "No thanks, just save to this computer". I get no response to clicking on either box, nor will the pop up close if I click on the "X" in the upper right corner of this pop up. It won't close out and it sits right over the top of the email messages in my inbox. All else seems to work fine, but can't get rid of this pop up box....very annoying.

go mail.yahoo.com as the login entrance for yahoo mail.

Yahoo mail - can't open eail from inbox, java is running, 2 diff browsers, 2 diff computers

this has been going for a long time -- cannot open an email from my inbox -- it hangs and hangs -- tried cntr-click to open in a new tab -- same hanging.
various results when it stops attempting: error code 7 -- or totally blank screen -- or "were working on it"
have done to try to fix,
-- latest java installed and running
-- much searching of help pages
-- FF help page re java is no good, must be outdated
-- tried 2 diff browsers
-- tried 2 diff computers
am not a newbie, but not a tekkie
too many hours with no help
everything else on both computers works just fine!!!
tried to add the tech info with the button , connect issue with support.mozilla! I GIVE UP

''helpneede [[#question-1037980|said]]''
<blockquote>
this has been going for a long time -- cannot open an email from my inbox -- it hangs and hangs -- tried cntr-click to open in a new tab -- same hanging.
various results when it stops attempting: error code 7 -- or totally blank screen -- or "were working on it"
have done to try to fix,
-- latest java installed and running
-- much searching of help pages
-- FF help page re java is no good, must be outdated
-- tried 2 diff browsers
-- tried 2 diff computers
am not a newbie, but not a tekkie
too many hours with no help
everything else on both computers works just fine!!!
tried to add the tech info with the button , connect issue with support.mozilla! I GIVE UP
</blockquote>
How long is "a long time" ... hours? days? weeks?
Since you are using Yahoo mail, and having the same problem on more-than-one computer... the 'error code 7' is very likely to be a Yahoo-generated message, not related to your browser.
(I suggest this because I have seen similar messages many times from Yahoo in the past two months... although typically error code 4 or 14, rather than 7... and "We're working on it" is, literally, one of Yahoo's standard responses. Several times, Yahoo blamed network issues, including a severed underwater cable, for the problem; I have not experienced the issue for a few weeks now.)
To reach Yahoo help: http://help.yahoo.com

Can anyone help with Yahoo mail deactivation?

Within the last 24 hours, my Yahoo plus email account was deactivated for some reason. I signed into Yahoo mail directly and got the notice. The thing is, I paid my $19.99 a few days ago and received a notice that I had done so. Based on the reasons for "deactivation, " my account should not have been deactivated. Here's some other info:
I successfully signed into my email account as recently as two days ago using Safari but I also use mail on my Mac mail program to retrieve and send messages.
Over the last several months I noticed that my contacts no longer "auto-filled" when on the Yahoo mail website (have no idea if this is related to Safari or Yahoo).
I've lost all my contacts and emails but have most of them on my Mac mail program. I'm afraid to sync anything because I don't want to lose it all!
When I reactivated my account, I changed my password because I was afraid I could have been hacked though I have no evidence of that.
I cannot reach a human at Yahoo though I've tried. I am tempted to walk into their headquarters with laptop and cell phone in hand...
Would love your help!

Hi Winnie,
I'm having the same problemwith the deactivation of my account, except it's the free mail account. At least Yahoo's stuff-ups are egalitarian!
If I lived closer to Yahoo's HQ, I'd join you on the walk. Deactivation shouldn't occur without warnings and explanations - I've received neither.
I've tried using their feedback form, asking and answering questions on Yahoo Answers and using the Yahoo Customer Care twitter feed, all to no avail.
At the very least, you should demand financial compensation as you have paid for the service. I'm probably stuck with no recourse.
Sorry I couldn't help, but hopefully you've got some extra ammo when you do finally get through to someone.

How can I get to Yahoo Mail from email links on Craigslist?

I have looked through the discussions, but I am not finding anything specific to my problem. I am not using Apple Mail at all. I am using a Yahoo email account only. When I am visiting a web site and I click on a link to email someone from that site, Mail always automatically opens. I have to copy the email address, launch Safari, access my Yahoo Mail, compose a new email, and paste in that address in order to send the email from Yahoo. It's a pain.
My question is this: How can I configure my Mac to NOT automatically open Mail but rather to automatically open Yahoo as the client from which to send an email?
The best example of when I'd need to do is when surfing Craigslist. When I see an ad I want to reply to, I click the seller's Craigslist-generated email link. I want THAT link to take me to Yahoo, not Apple Mail.
Any ideas or work-arounds that will enable that to happen?

There may be an solution but I don't think it will be simple and I don't know what it is.
One problem is when you say, "open Yahoo as the client." Yahoo isn't a client or application as such, it is just a web page. When you click on a "mailto" link it tells the browser to open your mail application, and Yahoo isn't an application.
The web page in [this link|http://www.tuaw.com/2006/11/07/tuaw-tip-change-your-default-browser-or-def ault-mail-client-wit> discusses some of the issues you are having. People were complaining that the only way to change your mail preferences was to actually set up an account using OSX's Mail application which was the one you didn't want to use anyway. However, the best you could maybe do using the utilities mentioned on the page is to tell your computer to set Safari as your mail application; I don't know how to get it to then go to the Yahoo website as part of the package. Maybe some kind of advanced scripting?
Edit: It looks like Yahoo also has a way of connecting directly to it using a mail application if you pay for the premium service.

How can I get my yahoo mail back? I just get error 404 when I try to open my mail when I am on Firefox.

The only thing I can add to this question is that I can get on my yahoo mail through internet explorer

Set Yahoo as you home page, and set firefox to open the homepage when it starts. (Not to open previous pages).
* see [[how to set the home page]] for detailed instructions <br/> all you need to do is drag the icon whilst you are on the page you require
* see also [[options window - General panel]]

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