I've had this problem all the way back to TB3, so i don't think it is
anything new with TB6. What I have read from another forum is the
following:
"Yahoo operates IMAP servers (imap.mail.yahoo.com in particular),
which are globally accessible. However they require a specific, but
non-standard IMAP command to be sent before login is done. The command
is: “ID ("GUID" "1")” and it is relatively easy to modify any email
client to send it. In fact this is the method currently employed by
YPOPSs! and FreePOPs. There are modified version of Mutt (e-mail
client) and Mozilla Thunderbird available that send this command.[23]
There is also an IMAPs server running at imap-ssl.mail.yahoo.com. It
is using SSL on the standard port 993.
In addition it is also possible to send mail through mail clients as
yahoo also operates an SMTPs server (smtp.mail.yahoo.com). It is
necessary to enable SSL through port 465. The username is the user's
Yahoo mail address and the password is the same as for webmail access,
this applies to both IMAP and SMTPs access."
I know TB is not checking the yahoo server at the time I have set it
to because I can check my mail via web and new messages are there. In
TB if I move a message from my inbox to another folder it will check
the server and download all of the new messages. I first tried
everything with no extension and it didn't work, so that is when I
thought maybe the webmail extension that I used to use for POP would
work for the IMAP server. I also tried the extension "sync-on-
arrival", but it doesn't seem to help either. I need to use IMAP
because I download my email onto work, home and laptop pcs and I want
it to all sync and be kept current.
Jason
On Aug 24, 9:40 am, KE4AVB <[email protected]> wrote:
> Update: It appears to be yet another bug with TB6. It has failed in checking
> for new messages overnight; I had set it to check every five minutes.
>
> You might want to try the webmail setup and add the other folders to the
> download list. Then you would use filters to sort all your messages to the
> correct folders using the xfolder line. This line is found in the message
> source. This would be needed to be done as webmail would download all the
> email to the inbox. When this is done webmail can imitate an IMAP account
> but not fully; moving, deleting and other things just does not take place on
> the IMAP server with using the webmail version.
>
> This is actually how is done here with my hotmail account; especially for
> new mail in the hotmail junk box.
>
> Eugene
