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August 7, 2021, 11:40pm
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I have gone into the gmail account and enabled IMAP. I have setup things just as I am reading. I have experience with email setup in different email programs so I’m not completely in the dark.
Can someone tell me step by step how to get a yahoo and gmail account setup with IMAP.
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August 8, 2021, 1:44am
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HOLY COW!..I figured it out from reading but good grief…I guess gmail is making sure my messages are secure.
Yes it appears they are very secure these days. It took me a while too to work it out myself. Glad you finally got there.
jef
August 8, 2021, 6:45am
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For yahoo, see the following post :
It works, but you have to generate a special password, here is Yahoo explanation :
Generate and manage third-party app passwords
Some older, third-party email apps (that do not use our Yahoo branded sign in page) require you to enter a single password for login credentials. To access your Yahoo Mail account on these apps, you’ll need to generate and use an app password. An app password is a long, randomly generated code that gives a non-Yahoo app permission to access your Yahoo account. You’ll…
jef
August 8, 2021, 6:57am
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For gmail, you have to give access to less secure apps,
i would suggest using the K-9 “OAuth 2.0” authentication option with gmail rather than app passwords.