The absolute simplest technique, which I used successfully to connect to Yahoo free email, is to go to the account list screen, click the plus sign to add a new entry, enter your Yahoo email address ([email protected]) and password, and click Next. The setup wizard will handle everything else.
On August 21, 2014 9:38:42 AM CDT, Les Hartzman <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried those and it still didn't work. Even tried them with the > regular > email app - nothing. > > So there is either a setting in missing, or something else is wrong. > I > keep getting the error that it can't connect to the server to verify > the > username and password. > On Aug 20, 2014 6:23 AM, "Seth Holmes" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 8/19/14, 12:52 PM, Les Hartzman wrote: > > > >> Thank you for that information. But I'm still looking for the most > basic > >> thing: how do I setup K-9 mail to connect to Yahoo Mail? > >> > > > > The settings you need are here: > > > > https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mail-for-desktop/imap-server- > > settings-sln4075.html?impressions=true > > > > Or if you REALLY want to use POP3.... > > > > https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mail-for-desktop/pop-server- > > settings-yahoo-mail-sln4724.html?impressions=true > > > > Although I really recommend IMAP > > > > So you'd create a new account in K-9 and just follow the prompts > filling > > in the information as requested. > > > > -- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail > Users > > List. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/ > > k9mail/issues/list > > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > > group/k-9-mail > > > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic > in the > > Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > > topic/k-9-mail/YzezHjjVyvE/unsubscribe. > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail > Users List. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit > http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "K-9 Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
