Yahoo Mail IMAP connectivity problems or issues

Yahoo Mail IMAP connectivity problems or issues

If you are trying to connect to Yahoo, the program needs a few settings changes to work. This is because while Yahoo has allowed certain popular email programs access, they are still working on providing OAuth enabled programs access to their mail services.

So, in order to access Yahoo Mail:
If you are still having trouble after enabling all the above, contact support@gearmage.com and we can try to assist.
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