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Cannot access Yahoo mail in Windows Live Mail
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I am using Windows Live Mail in Windows 7 as my main e-mail handling program which is very good but have an old Yahoo account which I want to add to my Live Mail.
Using Live Mail Accounts I have entered my Yahoo e-mail address and password. But when I open Live Mail I see a request for my Yahoo name and password. Typing these in simply throws me back to the same page. I have sent a test message to my Yahoo account which is received so I know it is working but Live Mail cannot access it. Is there a special security setting (or similar) required
How can I make Live Mail access my Yahoo account?
Thank you
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2012-08-05T01:48:55+00:00 Here we are in August 2012, many, many, many months later and this is still happening. I have the problem on my home computer and although it hasn't happened on my office computer yet, I have no doubt we will eventually have the same problem.
I understrand switching to Outlook won't help, because Yahoo has decided it will charge for both of these.
Yahoo (AT&T) does't tell you that you will have to pay for Plus service. If you get them online, they go through this whole business of having their tech take control of your computer; I was actively engaged and watched her set all the settings I already have - nothing was different! If you fool with it long enough you can get it to work - and she did (but so did/do I!). Then it works for two days or so and stops again! Never during all that time did they tell me I would continue to have the problem but I know from past calls that if I call, we'll go through the whole thing again and THEN they will offer to transfer me to the"highest level of technical support" and THEN I will be told it's not an AT&T problem, but I should call Microsoft, and THEN I will be told about the plus service!
So, I use web mail and every few days go back to Windows Live Mail and if it's working I download all messages to my computer - until it happens again! Makes me want to change isp's!
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Anonymous
2012-07-04T14:59:50+00:00 What corrects this issue?
What issue are you having? This thread is a year and a half old. I would suggest starting your own new thread and explain your problem in detail.
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2012-07-04T13:40:25+00:00 What corrects this issue?