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Lance Simpson
User level: Level 1 (0 points)

Yahoo email connection failure

Mail - server code AUTHENTIFICATION FAILURE

Posted on Oct 11, 2026 3:17 PM

1 reply

Lawrence Finch
User level: Level 10 (244,490 points)

Oct 11, 2026 6:25 PM in response to Lance Simpson

You need to contact Yahoo support. Yahoo requires 2 factor authentication, and you probably are not following the correct instructions to authenticate.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256374394