iOS 18 App-generated Password Necessary for yahoo Mail

By Teresa, 3 July, 2024

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When I started using the developer beta, I was wondering why my mail was hanging. Well, I suspected that my newly-transferred Cox Mail needed to have an app-generated password, similar to the way it's done on Mac OS. Sure enough ... had to delete the Yahoo account and create a generic manual one on iOS beta, putting the app-generated password in for two accounts. It worked. I don't know if this is the case for all Yahoo accounts, or if it's just required for Cox Mail ones. HTH ...

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By Teresa on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 - 13:42

I thought that was the fix, but it wasn't. It turned out I just needed to sign into Yahoo again, so this at least might be a necessary step, even if the mail settings get imported to iOS 18.