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Monday, February 12th, 2024 9:03 PM

Adding my email back onto Macbook Catalina 10.15.7

It started with me changing my password at MyAT&T email account using my browser.  Since then I cannot add my email account back into mail on the Macbook.  I was able to get my iphones and ipads working.  I've contacted Apple Care and after trying they asked me to contact AT&T.

We keep getting the same message "authentication failed, failed to authenticate with Yahoo, please try again later".  I still have a couple of other emails that didn't get a password change that still work on the Macbook as Yahoo mail.

We have gotten the current imap,smtp paths and ports from this site.  Still not working. 

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Community Support

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231.7K Messages

3 months ago

Hi @1billblack,

Thanks for reaching us.

We understand your concern with regard to adding email on Macbook. Let's get the help you need.

Appreciate that you've tried few troubleshooting steps to resolve this.

Since the password reset didnt work, we'd recommend that you try logging in using a secure mail key, where you can login directly without entering the password.

Let us know how it goes.

Thank you.
David, AT&T Community Specialist.

2 Messages

3 months ago

Thanks very much David.  This worked perfectly.  Could have saved myself a lot of frustration if I'd have posted here in the beginning.  Thanks again

Community Support

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231.7K Messages

3 months ago

Hi @1billblack,

 

We're glad to know that your issue has been resolved. If you have any other questions please feel free to reach out to us!

 

Thank you,

Sarah, AT&T Community Specialist.

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