Re: Yahoo email timing out

On Tue, 19 May 2026 20:54:26 +0300
Anton Shepelev via sylpheed-users
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Gene Goldenfeld:
> 
> > A strange and as yet unexplained thing in all this is that
> > with Mailwasher Pro, which I use as an email
> > preview/filter, the POP3 settings work just fine with the
> > Yahoo accts, while IMAP settings didn't.  At MWP, Gmail
> > via IMAP works fine.
> 
> Yahoo may be having different policies from Gmail's.  My
> Sylpheed works well with Gmail over IMAP, using Google's
> "app passwords".  Have you analysed Sylpheed logs for errors
> as I recommended in my initial reply? --
> 
>    Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 12:24:10 +0300
> 
> You may view the current sessions's log in
> Tools -> Log window ,
> or in sylpheed.log in your mail directory.
> 
> 

Here is the Yahoo POP3 section of the log. Don't see anything specific.

* Connecting to POP3 server: pop.mail.yahoo.com...
[12:12:40] POP3< +OK Hello from jpop-0.1
[12:12:40] POP3> USER g....
[12:12:40] POP3< +OK Password required.
[12:12:40] POP3> PASS ********
** LibSylph-WARNING: session timeout.

** LibSylph-WARNING: [12:12:50] Session timed out.

** Session timed out.
* Connecting to POP3 server: pop.mail.yahoo.com...
[12:12:56] POP3< +OK Hello from jpop-0.1
[12:12:56] POP3> USER h....
[12:12:56] POP3< +OK Password required.
[12:12:56] POP3> PASS ********
** LibSylph-WARNING: session timeout.

** LibSylph-WARNING: [12:13:06] Session timed out.

** Session timed out.