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Yahoo Mail Issues

blkhwks55

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I have an iPhone 4s on Sprint that is having problems receiving emails. It will show that it is connecting , checking for mail, it will show that it is downloading the mail, then stops and won't update. I've tried turning the phone on and off butt that doesn't help. Am I better off deleting the account and reinstalling it or has someone else had this problem and found a solution.

Thanks,

Tony
 

Exxod

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Yes. I would try deleting and then resetting up the account. And if that doesn't work, go into Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
 

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Since I update my OS to 6.0 on both my iPhone 4S and IPad 2, I can't log into Yahoo Email (using Yahoo's site). I can log into Yahoo, but when i go into the email it opens starts downloading the message and then changes to " your session has expired - please log in". It has my user name and I enter the PW and it starts again like it's going to open as normal then goes back to your session has expired. I can go back to the main Yahoo or My Yahoo page and I'm still logged in, but if I click on mail it does the same thing again. When I try this on my Windows PC and Laptops, no issues. I even changed my PW from the yahoo page and it still does it. I did go into ":Settings" "Safari" and Cleared the History, Cookies and the "Advanced" and cleared out the "Website Data" and it will let me log in, but if I log out or close Safari and try to log back in or just go back to Yahoo Email it does the same thing again. I can also set up the Yahoo Email under the regular Mail and it works great there. but I can't go to yahoo and look at my email. Any Ideas or tricks?
 

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Initially it told me that my password was missing and no matter how many times I entered the blasted thing it wouldn't connect so I deleted it. Tried again the next day and its been fine.
 

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Since I update my OS to 6.0 on both my iPhone 4S and IPad 2, I can't log into Yahoo Email (using Yahoo's site). I can log into Yahoo, but when i go into the email it opens starts downloading the message and then changes to " your session has expired - please log in". It has my user name and I enter the PW and it starts again like it's going to open as normal then goes back to your session has expired. I can go back to the main Yahoo or My Yahoo page and I'm still logged in, but if I click on mail it does the same thing again. When I try this on my Windows PC and Laptops, no issues. I even changed my PW from the yahoo page and it still does it. I did go into ":Settings" "Safari" and Cleared the History, Cookies and the "Advanced" and cleared out the "Website Data" and it will let me log in, but if I log out or close Safari and try to log back in or just go back to Yahoo Email it does the same thing again. I can also set up the Yahoo Email under the regular Mail and it works great there. but I can't go to yahoo and look at my email. Any Ideas or tricks?

Did you update to iOS 6 OTA? If so, try doing it from iTunes & setting your device as new. Yes, it may be a pain, but doing so has served me well. :)
 

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Doesn't Yahoo! automatically logout apps after a period of time? After 2 weeks or something like that? I think I remember seeing a setting mentioning that on the Yahoo! site. I need to login and locate it. If I'm correct, that *may* be the issue.
 

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