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Setting up Mail with 0Auth2 authentication

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prplchkj

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Hi, Hoping you can help.

My current email client, on my new MacBook Pro, was recently sold. I wasn't a fan of the replacement so I decided to use Apple's Mail. Unfortunately, I cannot send mail because the outgoing server authentication isn't working. The Yahoo login popup stopped working with the old app. That application is no longer supported so when the Yahoo log in screen fails there is no support.

When I try to set up the account's outgoing server, in Mail, manually, OAUTH2 is not on the list of options. I have followed the online instructions (basically delete and recreate the account selecting "Other Mail Account" instead of Yahoo (who now manages AT&T's email). The instructions imply that I should see OAUTH2 in the list at this point but I am not.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue? Can you point me to better documentation? In terms of setting the server up on the Yahoo side that has been working for a few years.
 

cjmnews

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I gave up on Mac Mail and Yahoo. After hours of attempting to get it to work, I installed Thunderbird and it worked in minutes.

Your message prompted me to try again, and still the same with the Mac Mail. It looks connected but it isn't, Yahoo is shown as offline, attempts to bring it online fails, the Connection Doctor is useless as it shows the connection attempt but nothing beyond that. The logs have no help either.

There are other issues from migrating the Mac from a previous Mac as well (looking for other email servers that don't exist, and I can't find where in the Settings to remove them.

I tried to manually set up the connection as well, and that failed. This is why I don't use Mac Mail anymore.
 
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