On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 03:20:37PM +0000, William Park via talk wrote:
> Hi all,
> pop.mail.yahoo.ca was rejecting my login while back, but I was able to 
> generate "password" at Yahoo site, and got Fetchmail working again.  Now, 
> smtp.mail.yahoo.ca, which I've been using as my outgoing server (SMART_HOST 
> in Sendmail speak), is also rejecting my connection:
> 
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <[email protected]>
>     (reason: 554 Email rejected)
> 
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> ... while talking to smtp.mail.yahoo.ca:
> >>> MAIL From:<[email protected]> SIZE=865 AUTH=<>
> <<< 554 Email rejected
> 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
> 
> The solution that worked for Fetchmail is not working for Sendmail.  I guess, 
> it's time for upgrade to Postfix.  But, I suspect, I'll have the same problem.
> So, bigger question for you guys...
>     - How do you send out email?  via Postfix/Sendmail?  Or, via Thunderbird? 
>    - How do you read your emails?  via Fetchmail/Mutt?  Or, via Thunderbird?

Are you using these settings:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/pop-access-settings-instructions-yahoo-mail-sln4724.html

So definitely using authentication and ssl or tls.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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