Re: Yahoo email timing out

Gene Goldenfeld to Anton Shepelev:

> >    IMAP/SMTP: <https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN4075.html>
> >    POP3     : <https://help.yahoo.com/kb/sln4724.html>
> >
> I'll get to your other questions in awhile.

No hurry, and perhaps you shan't need it, because I hope the
"app password" should help.

> For now, I created an app password, but am confused by the
> instructions about using the generated pw one time.
>
> "How to use this password 1. Sign into the app/service
> using your normal username 2. Instead of your normal
> password, enter the app password above"
>
> Are they referring to signing into Yahoo Mail or Sylpheed?
> Since the latter doesn't have a un or pw, I'm not sure
> what to make of it.

Bad, lamer-oriented wording there.  You use the generated
"app password" in your client (Sylpheed), instead of your
main Yahoo password.  Make sure to check to log in case of
error, because the other frequenct problem is using the
wrong (unsupported) authentication method.  But the change
the password in Sylpheed to the "app password" first and see
what happens.

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