Re: Yahoo email timing out

On Wed, 20 May 2026 01:58:21 +0300
Anton Shepelev via sylpheed-users
<[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
> 

That's what I did with one account, and it timed out. Subsequently, I
got an email saying that I had used it successfully. Then I tried my
regular password and it still timed out. I wonder if a wait is
necessary.