Many thanks to you both - you have answered my query as to why it couldn't be done. I'll have to investigate an alternative method 😊
John John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Fred Taylor Sent: 07 February 2020 19:03 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Yahoo Email Settings I don't think Yahoo allows you to send emails via CDO unless you have a paid account. At least that was they told me several years ago. CDO works with Gmail and Office 365 accounts. Fred On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 8:51 AM John Weller <[email protected]> wrote: > A friend is using a program I wrote to send emails requesting a piece > of information using SMTP with CDO. The program is only used twice a year. > Last time it was used it was set up for his Sky account which worked > fine however this time it has stopped working so he set up a Yahoo > account which is not working either. Can anyone confirm the correct > settings for Yahoo and SMTP please? We have tried outgoing mail > server = smtp.mail.yahoo.com, port = 465 and 587, use ssl = .T., > authenticate = .T. and username = 'name'@yahoo.com. > > > > Thanks > > > > John > > > > John Weller > > 01380 723235 > > 07976 393631 > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
