Re: Kontact configuration

Soren Stoutner <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:08:18 -0700
Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.user.kde
Organization	Debian
Message-ID	<3008587.e9J7NaK4W3@soren-desktop>
You cannot use your normal Yahoo password.  You need to generate an app 
password.

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/pop-access-settings-instructions-yahoo-mail-sln4724.html

On Monday, June 23, 2025 8:55:58 AM Mountain Standard Time MERLIN wrote:
> Hey,
> I am changing computers and I am migrating all applications from one 
computer
> to another, both computers have the same Linux Kde Debian SID system. The
> configuration of Kontact (Kmail) creates a problem for me that I cannot
> resolve. I have three POP3 mailboxes for two of the mailboxes I have not 
hadI
> am changing computers and I am migrating all applications from one computer
> toI am changing computers and I am migrating all applications from one
> computer to another, both computers have the same Linux Kde Debian SID 
system.
> The configuration of Kontact (Kmail) creates a problem for me that I cannot
> resolve. I have three POP3 mailboxes for two of the mailboxes I have not had
> any problem a little surprised anyway by the fact that we cannot enter the
> password of the mailbox at this time and that it is only requested at the
> first attempt to receive messages from this mailbox. For a mailbox managed 
by
> Yahoo I cannot access each time after a certain time I have the message
> indicating that the password is incorrect, I made several attempts by
> scrupulously checking the password without success, I access without problem
> by firefox to this yahoo mailbox with this password. On my old computer with
> Contact, I have no problem accessing this Yahoo mailbox.
> I don't know what to do anymore. Could you help me solve this problem?
> another, both computers have the same Linux Kde Debian SID system. The
> configuration of Kontact (Kmail) creates a problem for me that I cannot
> resolve. I have three POP3 mailboxes for two of the mailboxes I have not had
> any problem a little surprised anyway by the fact that we cannot enter the
> password of the mailbox at this time and that it is only requested at the
> first attempt to receive messages from this mailbox. For a mailbox managed 
by
> Yahoo I cannot access each time after a certain time I have the message
> indicating that the password is incorrect, I made several attempts by
> scrupulously checking the password without success, I access without problem
> by firefox to this yahoo mailbox with this password. On my old computer with
> Contact, I have no problem accessing this Yahoo mailbox.
> I don't know what to do anymore. Could you help me solve this problem? any
> problem a little surprised anyway by the fact that we cannot enter the
> password of the mailbox at this time and that it is only requested at the
> first attempt to receive messages from this mailbox. For a mailbox managed 
by
> Yahoo I cannot access each time after a certain time I have the message
> indicating that the password is incorrect, I made several attempts by
> scrupulously checking the password without success, I access without problem
> by firefox to this yahoo mailbox with this password. On my old computer with
> Contact, I have no problem accessing this Yahoo mailbox.
> I don't know what to do anymore. Could you help me solve this problem?
> Philippe MERLIN


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Soren Stoutner
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