I know it's possible as I've done it before, and I should have taken notes as I'm struggling to set this up on another Mac.....
I'm trying to (1) add a Yahoo POP3 account to the Apple Mail app, and (2) once that's done, change that account to POP. I've managed the first step, but not the second.
The first challenge (step 1) is adding a Yahoo POP account to Apple Mail in the first place: here's the trick (which IMHO isn't so obvious):
a) create a "Other mail account..." (i.e. do not click on "Yahoo mail") in Apple Mail, but don't (not just yet) insert the account password
b) log into your Yahoo mail account from a web browser.
c) go to your Yahoo account's "Settings", then "Account security"
d) scroll down to the "How to sign in to Yahoo" section, then click on where it says "Generate and manage app passwords"
e) generate the single-use password, and copy it to the clipboard
f) go back to the Apple Mail app, where you continue where you left on (step a) by pasting the single-use password into the "password" field and it should work
So now a working account has been set up in the Apple Mail app, but it's an IMAP account (which I could much easier have created in the first place by simply selecting "Yahoo Mail" when choosing which account to set up), but how do I proceed to change this to a POP account instead?
I'm trying to (1) add a Yahoo POP3 account to the Apple Mail app, and (2) once that's done, change that account to POP. I've managed the first step, but not the second.
The first challenge (step 1) is adding a Yahoo POP account to Apple Mail in the first place: here's the trick (which IMHO isn't so obvious):
a) create a "Other mail account..." (i.e. do not click on "Yahoo mail") in Apple Mail, but don't (not just yet) insert the account password
b) log into your Yahoo mail account from a web browser.
c) go to your Yahoo account's "Settings", then "Account security"
d) scroll down to the "How to sign in to Yahoo" section, then click on where it says "Generate and manage app passwords"
e) generate the single-use password, and copy it to the clipboard
f) go back to the Apple Mail app, where you continue where you left on (step a) by pasting the single-use password into the "password" field and it should work
So now a working account has been set up in the Apple Mail app, but it's an IMAP account (which I could much easier have created in the first place by simply selecting "Yahoo Mail" when choosing which account to set up), but how do I proceed to change this to a POP account instead?