How-to: Setup Yahoo mail on the Motorola Droid

According to Verizon (just spoke with them earlier today about the Droid) they claim it is IMPOSSIBLE to sync with Yahoo. They say Windows Live and [especially] GMAIL is fine but they're adamant that Yahoo will not work (unless an Android App becomes available later). Verizon said just access the web browser and go to yahoo from there.

I do not own the DROID (yet!) so I cannot tell you if it's true or not.

I've read that it will only work if you have Yahoo Mail Plus - I tried hooking up my account that doesn't have Mail Plus and it didn't work.

Actually I just did another test and after I turned off wi-fi everything connected correctly using the settings above - no doubt this is some kind of bug.

This worked perfectly for me. I don't have a Plus account. As long as WiFi is off it works like a charm

you only have to disable wi-fi on the setup - after turning it back on everything works find. weird.

thank you works fine for me

Originally Posted by tavenger5

you only have to disable wi-fi on the setup - after turning it back on everything works find. weird.

Is the wifi on automatically? I just got my droid and I've not even tried this yet. I would love my yahoo connected to my phone.

I have been unable to get my yahoo email to work. I have turned the wifi off, but that doesn't seem to do anything different. I plug all the information in as the post above states and when I hit Next, it tells me "unable to open connection to server." Anyone have any other ideas why I can't get yahoo to add as an email account?

Thanks Mark

Originally Posted by golffanatc

I have been unable to get my yahoo email to work. I have turned the wifi off, but that doesn't seem to do anything different. I plug all the information in as the post above states and when I hit Next, it tells me "unable to open connection to server." Anyone have any other ideas why I can't get yahoo to add as an email account?

Thanks Mark

where it says "Select IMAP" its actually IMAP server
and its the same for SMTP server
I had the same problem but just moved the info and it worked

Thanks, Great help!

I am filling in all the server settings as instructed, with the Wi-fi turned off and with a 3g connection, but I still get an error. When I hit next after filling out the info on the incoming server settings page, it tells me the the "Setup could not finish: Username or password incorrect." I'm sure that the password and username are both correct. I've tried about 30 times to get this to work, checked all the forums... has anybody had similar problems on their Droid? Anyone have any ideas about how to fix it? I need easy access to my yahoo mail.

can anyone really confirm this procedure is for Yahoo Email Plus only

and that there is no other way ?

Thanks

ps: the only work around i found to work with my Droid was to goto this url and it works great and the Droid actually remembers the passwords

Or type this URL into your phone's browser:
m.yahoo.com

My phone no longer goes to the smtp page, I setup the imap page and click "Next" and it goes to checking incoming servers, "setup could not finish" - username or password is incorrect.

I had it working on my first droid, but had to trade that droid out for another one, now I can't setup yahoo account.

A Verizon employee told me about k-9 mail app... anyone using that?

Originally Posted by cavitating

My phone no longer goes to the smtp page, I setup the imap page and click "Next" and it goes to checking incoming servers, "setup could not finish" - username or password is incorrect.

I had it working on my first droid, but had to trade that droid out for another one, now I can't setup yahoo account.

I am having this PRECISE problem - I had my first Droid for 3 weeks and set up my yahoo email with no problems. Received my replacement Droid in the mail and it will NOT go through the yahoo mail setup! Wi-Fi is off and it won't work...restarted my phone and it wont work. Help! I need my yahoo mail!