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Questions tagged [yahoo-mail]

For issues with the Yahoo! mail app or the service of the same name.

What is Yahoo! Mail?

Yahoo! Mail is a free web service, which also provides its own Android app. Detailed information on the service and its background can be found e.g. at Wikipedia.

What should you use this tag for?

If your issue is with the Yahoo! Mail service or app, this is the appropriate tag to use. For other apps and services, as well as for related topics, please refer to the Related tags section below.

Related tags

Related apps and email services

  • : for generic mail issues, or when no other specific tag exists for the app you've got issues with
  • : Google's own mail service and app
  • : Microsoft's Hotmail service and its app and its newer pendants labeled Outlook.Com
  • : issues with the most favored 3rd party mail app, K9-Mail by K-9 Dog Walkers
  • : the mail app shipped with your Android device (not GMail!)

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How to turn off Yahoo Mail notifications in 4.1.2.?

I just upgraded my Android OS to 4.1.2. and the Yahoo Mail is pushing audible notifications again (I had disabled them in the previous version of OS). When I go into the app, there is no settings in the menu. How do I disable the notifications?
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Cannot set up a yahoo email account with @yahoo.com.au address (.au not accepted)

The mail app on my Samsung note does not allow me to set up my email account with the full Yahoo address: it does not permit adding the .au at the end of the address. If set up the account like this, then I receive all my emails, but any I send out…
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Inexplicable possible automated event

I'd like to understand the cause of this: I put the smartphone on airplane mode After some hours I turn off the airplane mode, and activate internet connection Suddenly, after having lowered the notification panel, automatically it opens the…
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Turn off Yahoo News notifications without turning off email notifications

I just recently downloaded the Yahoo app to get my email on, and I am constantly getting notifications from Yahoo News. I want to turn off the news notifications but not the mail notifications. I turned off all notifications, but I get…
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Frequent login failure on Yahoo Mail from GMail app

I have added my Yahoo Mail account to Gmail app on my Android phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 3, latest Gmail version) However, ~5 times out of 6, the app fails to log in to Yahoo (the username/pwd and other settings are clearly correct since it does…
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Why does the email app on my Samsung Galaxy S4 keep loading old messages and telling me they're new?

So I've recently upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy S4 from the iPhone 4. I seem to have correctly added my yahoo mail account. However, every time the phone checks for mail, it will indicate that I have 17 new messages, when in reality there may only…
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Yahoo Mail App - Send Email To Contact List

I have created several contact lists in my Yahoo e-mail account by using Yahoo's website via Internet Explorer. I would like to send an e-mail to one of the contact lists from my Android phone (which is a Galaxy S4), but I can't figure out how... …
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How to import Yahoo Mail contacts into Google?

I need help with importing my Yahoo Mail email addresses to my Gmail contacts list, using a Samsung Galaxy S4. Whenever I try to email anyone from my Gmail contacts list, I can't because they aren't imported from my Yahoo Mail account.
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Text disappears when attachments are downloaded

Using AG&G Yahoo Mail on HTC EVO. When I open mail there is message text which I can read. When attachments finish downloading the message text disappears never to be seen again. I can read attachments OK but message text has disappeared.
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Email application not displaying message bodies

Below is a picture of the problem one of my users is having on their VZW Motorola Droid RAZR running ICS. The picture (click to enlarge) is a screenshot of the default email application configured to sync Yahoo Mail over IMAP. The white border in…
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How to troubleshoot Yahoo Mail app that shows empty error pop-up on login attempt?

As part of migrating to a new Pixel 7 phone and accessing email for her work, my spouse installed the Yahoo Mail app, which shows three options: login with Yahoo, login with Google, and create new account. Tapping any of those options shows this…
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Replies from Yahoo Mail sent from Samsung showing up in gmail account

For some reason, when I send an email from my Yahoo account from my Samsung 8+, the replies come into my Gmail account. When you look at the email reply, it clearly says "mailto:myyahooaddress" yet it only shows up in my gmail account. I tested it…
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E-mail links do nothing when I click on them

Some links in my yahoo email will not open or do anything when clicking or long pressing on them . Ones that work are in emails that I have clicked on always show pictures . The emails that did not pop up that window I cannot get links to open.…
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SNS has gone can't be re enabled again

Following this thread http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/296366-facebook-log-sync-applications.html I have disabled the SNS service now Yahoo mail app does not notify for Facebook emails, it does notify about everything else. In…
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How To Create A New Gmail Contact Or A Yahoo Mail Contact From Android Device

I would like to create a new Gmail contact or Yahoo mail contact from my Android device. It's a Samsung Galaxy S4 running Android 4.4.2. I've tried looking in the Yahoo mail app, the Gmail app, and the Google+ app on my phone, but I can't find any…
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