[sylpheed:36971] Re: Yahoo since 20 of October 2020 and Sylpheed

[Gene Goldenfeld]

While I'm not looking at your computer set up, I'm still using POP3 with
Yahoo; only Mailwasher, i.e., a third party program, had to be changed
to IMAP. Have you tried changing the Yahoo account to IMAP in Sylpheed
and leaving OAUTH out of it? 

Gene


On Sun, 4 Oct 2020 18:34:48 +0200
Javier <sylfiger at gmx.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 20:01:44 -0600
> Gene Goldenfeld <genegold at fastmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Javier,
> >
> > Not clear if this is about a mobile device.
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> this is about desktop and IMAP/POP3 server access, what Sylpheed is
> intended for ;) What else?
> 
> 
> And Yahoo (and AOL, as both are the same company after all) limiting
> the use of the account password.
> 
> 
> So, now, to check mail they offer 3 options:
> 
> 1. their app or web access
> 2. use a third party mail client that supports Oauth (for example,
> Thunderbird)
> 3. use a third party mail client that doesn't support Oauth (for
> example, Sylpheed) and use an app password instead use the account
> password.
> 
> 
> The problem is that the 3rd option, in the mails they are sending
> says...:
> 
> "Once created, this password will continue to allow your app to
> securely sync your AOL email unless you sign out (or are signed out)
> from your app."
> 
> In the other hand, in the help page that they link, they don't tell
> such thing:
> 
> https://help.aol.co.uk/articles/Create-and-manage-app-password
> 
> https://help.yahoo.com/kb/new-mail-for-desktop/SLN15241.html
> 
> 
> And there is my doubt. Would continue being one-time-generated
> password or one-time-use-password? For those who use Yahoo (or AOl)
> what do you understand?
> 
> Because the one-time-use-password will limit, well... will drop the
> use of Sylpheed, or any traditional mail client, with Yahoo (or AOL).
> 
> 
> 
> Anyway, I accept your suggestions about paid services, but, I'm not
> in that boat. If I'd do something, I'd better run my own server at
> home with an UPS. Not ideal, but if I had to choose between free and
> third party paid, I'd go myself. But never say never. Who knows
> what would I do.
> 
> 
> > Fastmail [...] (~$35 USD/2 years)
> 
> 
> Mmmmm, the website says by year, not by 2 years (3 monthly), if this
> is the company https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/
> 
> Regards.