Cannot add Yahoo mail to Apple Macbook Mail app

[Isolley]

Hi 

Is there a fix for this authentification issue? Those settings used in Other are already used in my Apple Mail app sky email.

What I am doing is trying to re-add my Sky/Yahoo account to my Macbook Desktop Mail app.

But I get this warning: 

"Unable to verify account name or password." or 

To prevent unauthorised account access, sign-in attempts are being blocked for now. Try again in an hour with this device and browser -- Even though I have not signed in more than once.

I can acccess sky mail with the Yahoo Macbook app and via the web just not in Apple Mail which I used to be able to do for the last 18yrs...

Any ideas ?

Thanks.

[caesarome]

Have you tried setting Yahoo as the provider and if you have then using Other and these settings might be the only way to get it working unless you use a different app like Outlook:

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server

Server - imap.tools.sky.com
Port - 993
Requires SSL - Yes

Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server

Server - smtp.tools.sky.com
Port - 465
Requires SSL - Yes
Requires authentication - Yes

You will then need to generate a 16 digit password and use that instead of your usual one, you can do that here:
https://www.sky.com/sky-yahoo-mail/manage-apps?client=email

[Keith-f]

Had the same problem for months. Tried every which way. Given up using Yahoo as my main provider, add this issue to a problem with it refusing to forward some messages, now use icloud or gmail, much more reliable. 

[Mark39]

@Keith-f there's an intermittent known problem with Apple's Mail app which is likely to be causing this, No date from Apple when it will, if ever, be fixed.