Why am I getting the error message connection to server failed for iPhone 5?

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connection to server failed for iPhone 5 fix

I cannot connect to Yahoo mail from iPhone. It mysteriously stopped working

 

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Re: connection to server failed for iPhone 5 fix

I moved to the 6plus today and when I did it took about 5 tries to get it to verify my account. Might be something going on at Yahoo.