Yahoo security notice

[genegold]

The other day, Yahoo sent out security notices for Yahoo email accounts using third party apps. What I can't figure out is if that applies only to mobile devices, such as an iPad, or also to Windows PC's, hence Mailwasher. I can forward a copy to support, but here's what they wrote:

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We love that you love using your Yahoo Mail. And we want to make sure you always have the best experience. That’s why we’re reaching out today.

We’ve noticed that you’re using non-Yahoo applications (such as third-party email, calendar, or contact applications) that may use a less secure sign-in method. To protect you and your data, Yahoo will no longer support the current sign-in functionality in your application starting on October 20, 2020. This means that you will need to take one of the steps below to continue using Yahoo Mail without interruption.

But don’t worry, you have options. Find an option that works best for you below:

Option 1: We recommend that you access your email using our free Yahoo Mail app for iOS and Android or simply go to mail.yahoo.com to access Yahoo Mail on the web.

Option 2: Keep your current, non-Yahoo app, BUT follow a few steps to get it to sync with our secure sign-in method. The steps vary across different email applications, but in most cases, you will have to remove your Yahoo account from the app and then add it back again to update the sign-in security. Use the links below to follow the specific steps for your current application:

iOS Mail
Gmail
Samsung Mail
Others

Option 3: You can generate a one-time, unique password that will allow you to sign in to your account using your non-Yahoo email application. Once created, this password will continue to allow your app to securely sync your Yahoo email unless you sign out (or are signed out) from your app. You can find instructions on how to do this here.

If you want more details on these changes, please visit our help page. If you’ve already taken action, we’d like to think you haven’t read this far, but if you have . . . we sure appreciate the diligence!

Thanks for rocking that Yahoo Mail address!

Yours in your inbox,
The Yahoo Team

[rusticdog]

This applies to any program that access the Yahoo via POP or IMAP. In MailWasher if you go into Settings >> Accounts >> Incoming >> click Advanced >> check the option USE OAUTH >> Save >> it will then prompt you when it checks for mail to give MailWasher access, follow the on screen popups that MailWasher shows.

If that option is already checked, you don't need to do anything.

[genegold]

Thanks. I have two Yahoo email accounts. The process described worked on the first, but with the second I kept getting a token error when I entered the code at the bottom. Finally, I chose to log out of that account on the prompt. Then upon entering the code it closed MWP as if it had crashed. When I opened MWP again, clicked on stay logged in and entered the new code without doing anything more, this time MWP finished scanning for emails -- and w/o problem since then.