cox has transferred their email to yahoo, now outlook will not accept the email account how do you connect

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Hey there.

I am using Outlook 2010 that came with my Pro MSOffice Suite. There are a couple of things that can screw up your transition to Yahoo from Cox.net. It all has to do with Secure Logins and "spoofing" blocks at Yahooty.

1. You cannot login to Yahooty from a 3rd Party ONBOARD app like Outlook 2010 (or 2016) using your regular Yahoo account password. Just can't do it so stop fiddling with your settings. You must obtain an "App specific password" from Yahooty. The links to getting one are under your Account Security. It's easy. Open a browser sign it to your Yahoo (myname)@cox.net account and sniff about. Look for "Generate App Password".
2. Once you obtain the app specific password, copy it to a safe place. You may need it again.
3. Open your app, and get to the advanced setting where it lists all the good stuff like ports, and servers and such and replace your account password with the app specific password. Don't forget to have the app remember it. (that's the security bugaboo. Yahooty don't like apps that they didn't write remembering YOUR password.

You should be good to go EXCEPT for one more thing. In those App Advance Settings, you might have had a REPLY TO address. Make sure it is BLANK. Otherwise, Yahooty will NOT send your email. That's the anti-spoofing deal. You will get a bounce back with words to the effect of "ERROR 550 Unknown Mailbox" or some such junk. And by junk, you know the word I meant.

That should do it.

Hey there.

I am using Outlook 2010 that came with my Pro MSOffice Suite. There are a couple of things that can screw up your transition to Yahoo from Cox.net. It all has to do with Secure Logins and "spoofing" blocks at Yahooty.

1. You cannot login to Yahooty from a 3rd Party ONBOARD app like Outlook 2010 (or 2016) using your regular Yahoo account password. Just can't do it so stop fiddling with your settings. You must obtain an "App specific password" from Yahooty. The links to getting one are under your Account Security. It's easy. Open a browser sign it to your Yahoo (myname)@cox.net account and sniff about. Look for "Generate App Password".
2. Once you obtain the app specific password, copy it to a safe place. You may need it again.
3. Open your app, and get to the advanced setting where it lists all the good stuff like ports, and servers and such and replace your account password with the app specific password. Don't forget to have the app remember it. (that's the security bugaboo. Yahooty don't like apps that they didn't write remembering YOUR password.

You should be good to go EXCEPT for one more thing. In those App Advance Settings, you might have had a REPLY TO address. Make sure it is BLANK. Otherwise, Yahooty will NOT send your email. That's the anti-spoofing deal. You will get a bounce back with words to the effect of "ERROR 550 Unknown Mailbox" or some such junk. And by junk, you know the word I meant.

That should do it.

Yes - I will give that a try. Just more work lol

Thank you.

Yes - thanks. Bummer going to be some work to move all over. At least they are not lost. Looks like I cannot put the folders under the inbox though and I will have to scroll down to see. Too bad.

I appreciate your getting back to me.