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Yahoo cannot connect my emails to Thunderbird after having bought my previous host (Cox)

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jgunger
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Yahoo cannot connect my Thunderbird email to their system. When I go there it pops up that Thunderbird refuses the connection. Yahoo techs say this is a Thunderbird problem. Want to continue to use my Thunderbird. Please Help!

Yahoo cannot connect my Thunderbird email to their system. When I go there it pops up that Thunderbird refuses the connection. Yahoo techs say this is a Thunderbird problem. Want to continue to use my Thunderbird. Please Help!

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david
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I don't know Yahoo well, but this may help: Yahoo requires a different password when using an email client and requires OAUTH2 authentication. This URL may assist: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN15241.html

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david
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Also, to clarify, Thunderbird is not refusing the connection -- Yahoo is.

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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These are the Cox/Yahoo settings:

imap.mail.yahoo.com, 993, or pop.mail.yahoo.com, 995; SSL/TLS, OAuth2 authentication, User Name = Cox email address. Same for outgoing except smtp.mail.yahoo.com, 465.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1452456

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