another thing to remember is that when you are using yahoo mail without paying for the pop-service with them....
if your email is trying to update with wifi, it will not be able to update. updating via mobile yahoo works only going through the cellular network and gets kicked out when trying to use wifi.
if there is someone uber enough to explain this more in detail, please do.
my understanding of what is happening is that yahoo did not expect pda devices to access the mobile version of yahoo for email and they want you to pay for access...so if you are going through a non-mobile ip address/network, it knows and kicks it out.
as soon as you are out of range of your wifi, it will update as usual with no issues.
iPhones and iPod touch use a funky auth scheme to use IMAP. If you search for yahoo and mutt you'll find a thread by me that explains more. Update: here's a link http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=39440
My patched version of Mutt works quite well for Yahoo IMAP if you are prepared to learn it. It is the fastest IMAP client I have ever used, and the connections are all SSL so you run less risk of someone getting your password. Unless they steal your device and and look in .muttrc!
another thing to remember is that when you are using yahoo mail without paying for the pop-service with them....
if your email is trying to update with wifi, it will not be able to update. updating via mobile yahoo works only going through the cellular network and gets kicked out when trying to use wifi.
if there is someone uber enough to explain this more in detail, please do.
my understanding of what is happening is that yahoo did not expect pda devices to access the mobile version of yahoo for email and they want you to pay for access...so if you are going through a non-mobile ip address/network, it knows and kicks it out.
as soon as you are out of range of your wifi, it will update as usual with no issues.
I think a similar problem happened to me...This is what happened:
When I used Yahoo Mail IMAP settings with "smtp.mail.yahoo.com" on T-Mobile WiFi, it worked fine. And I assume that with T-Mobile WiFi, even "smtp.mobile.mail.yahoo.com" will work well.
Today morning, when I used Yahoo Mail IMAP settings with "smtp.mail.yahoo.com" on a regular WiFi connection (ie not provided by a telecom operator), it didn't work. Also, I tried "smtp.mobile.mail.yahoo.com" on a regular WiFi connection and it didn't work too!
So, I guess Yahoo Mail IMAP will work only on WiFi provided by a telecom operator OR GPRS / EDGE / 3G services provided by a telecom operator.
iPhones and iPod touch use a funky auth scheme to use IMAP. If you search for yahoo and mutt you'll find a thread by me that explains more. Update: here's a link http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=39440
My patched version of Mutt works quite well for Yahoo IMAP if you are prepared to learn it. It is the fastest IMAP client I have ever used, and the connections are all SSL so you run less risk of someone getting your password. Unless they steal your device and and look in .muttrc!
Hi Kenchy,
I just want two things:
1) Use Yahoo Mail with IMAP on my N900, AND
2) It should work all the time - be it WiFi, GPRS, 3G etc etc
So, if you have a unique way of solving this then I would love to learn it from you.
Has anybody got the Yahoo IMAP to work. I keep getting authentication errors with the N900 client as well as MS Outlook. I can POP mail but not authenticate IMAP. I have the Yahoo premium account.
les_garten - i hvae imap working fine with two different yahoo email addresses, but i do not have a premium account. just the standard email from them.
les_garten - i hvae imap working fine with two different yahoo email addresses, but i do not have a premium account. just the standard email from them.
Do you have any thoughts on my reply to Kenchy's post?
Also, it must be frustrating to you too when you couldn't use Yahoo IMAP over regular WiFi?
les_garten - i hvae imap working fine with two different yahoo email addresses, but i do not have a premium account. just the standard email from them.
Hi,
I figured it out. It will not work through WiFi but works fine through GPRS. I wish this would work through my WiFi Connection, but it seems this is common. I think Yahoo is doing that as a filter so that only phones may be using IMAP. I cannot get Outlook on my PC to work. Others have noticed that WiFi doesn't work and they postulate it is a Client ID being used. But that's not true. I can connect via GPRS, but then switch to WiFi and get authentication errors.
Do you have any thoughts on my reply to Kenchy's post?
Also, it must be frustrating to you too when you couldn't use Yahoo IMAP over regular WiFi?
lol...oh yeah.
re: Kenshy's post...thanks...if i find a phone, i now know exactly where to find the info!
as for the email...not too frustrating....i hardly use them anyway. but it could be for sure if this is your main email. i have currently 8 email addresses that i am using.
re: Kenshy's post...thanks...if i find a phone, i now know exactly where to find the info!
as for the email...not too frustrating....i hardly use them anyway. but it could be for sure if this is your main email. i have currently 8 email addresses that i am using.
You meant "if i find an iphone" right?
It is frustrating for me coz Yahoo Mail is my primary email. They are doing a terrible job - Giving IMAP access to BB, Iphone and selected WiFi telecom operators and not to anyone else!!
Not even to the premium user paying $20 per year! And Gmail gives IMAP access absolutely free!
