Yahoo IMAP server rejecting password

[Diana]

I keep getting the above message and my Yahoo account in Mail going offline.  I gather from Apple Discussions this has been a problem for a lot of people for some time.  Yahoo say it is Apple and vice versa. There does not appear to be a universal remedy. This message is coming up several times a day for days on end and driving me nuts.  It does not happen on my iPhone or iPad only on my Mac Mini. Do any of you have experience of this with a Yahoo account on Mail in OSX Lion?  I can log into my Yahoo account in Safari no problem. If I were to forward my Yahoo mail to my @me address it will not send emails under my Yahoo address I am guessing.

[Ranulph Glanville]

I get this on occasion, though I do not use Yahoo.

I have come to the conclusion that my system thinks I am already signed into my account. If I don't sign out and quit my mail program, then I often have to wait to get back into my account because, I think the system believes the account is still open to me already. I have to wait for about 20 minutes, then, to gain access.

I don't know if this helps. But using several machines to access the one account means there is an increasing likelihood that the system is already in use (by me) if I try to sign on again.

That's my explanation, and my cure is to quit mail and wait. I can always use webmail if it's vital.

Hope this helps.

Ranulph

On 6 Jan 2013, at 00:01, Diana wrote:

I keep getting the above message and my Yahoo account in Mail going offline.  I gather from Apple Discussions this has been a problem for a lot of people for some time.  Yahoo say it is Apple and vice versa. There does not appear to be a universal remedy. This message is coming up several times a day for days on end and driving me nuts.  It does not happen on my iPhone or iPad only on my Mac Mini. Do any of you have experience of this with a Yahoo account on Mail in OSX Lion?  I can log into my Yahoo account in Safari no problem. If I were to forward my Yahoo mail to my @me address it will not send emails under my Yahoo address I am guessing.

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