Support Poor performance wth Yahoo mail

Do you have a Gmail account set up (AND ACTIVE) on the phone?
It needs to have a Gmail account active on the phone for Ymail to work.

If so, try "refreshing" your Gmail account, then wait like a day, and hopefully it will help with your Yahoo connection..

I know... I think Ymail on this phone is pretty glitchy also, (I get the same issue about once a month), but that's my best offer at help.

FYI, I prefer the interface of Ymail vs. Gmail (Ymail's inbox format vs. Gmail's "conversations" and Ymail's folders format vs. Gmails "labels", BUT a failsafe is to have your Ymail forwarded to your Gmail (done in Gmail settings on a computer), and then if your Ymail will not connect, and you need something from your Ymail inbox, you can just go to your Gmail on the phone and it should also be in there..

You could ALSO just to go to Ymail via a browser, but I prefer the actual email app.. Too bad it is so glitchy.. You have the settings as good as I know we can get them though.

 

Yahoo and Sprint just don't play nicely with one another. For that matter, Yahoo doesn't play nice with most mobile phones. You can assume it is Yahoo based on my past experience. Sprint says it has to do with their servers. I have had issues with all of my previews WM phones, but it works a little better on the Moment.

 

Hmm.. I hope I can find a solution for this. My co-worker has a droid and he is having all kinds of issues with Yahoo mail as well. I cannto get it to work reliably on my moment.

Maybe its just Yahoo & Android

 

+1 ... issues with yahoo and WM over a year ago is what caused me to finally migrate fully off my yahoo email address and start using only my gmail addy. Once or twice I may have missed something I could have done with yahoo.. but really filters and labels in gmail more than makes up for the ability to sort my inbox.

 

Docjohn...i just got my Android a week ago and get the same issues.....i will try the "TLS" security setting to see if its available....but i got it to work for like one day...then i get the same issues you describe.....Motorola Droid on Verizon.....

 

honestly were lucky that even works, your actually supposed to pay for a premium account to be able to use something away from yahoo to check your yahoo mail so even if performance isn't great better then nothing for free when it supposed to cost money with yahoo.

 

Thank you for the info. I used these settings and my yahoo mail is working now. I had tried all the other tips I could find until now to no avail. I will report back if I get any spotty results.....

 

well....it didn't work yesterday....but it worked this morning.....go figure....
i tried the "TLS" setting, but that didn't seem to do anything for me.....

 

Another issue... I have finally got my Ymail working sort of (I can get incoming and now outgoing emails to work) thanks to the posts here on this forum. But, like everyone else said they are spotty.... I did notice too, like was posted in another thread, that when Wifi is on I get the username and/or password incorrect notice...

Now, how can I get my phone to notify me that I have a new Ymail when it is "sleeping" or is that not possible? I had a Nextel Blackberry 7100i before this (and everyone was making fun of it saying "is that the 1st B-Berry ever") but I will say that it worked, and my Ymails came through and notified me. Hell they usually got to the B-Berry before the desktop....

Thanks for the help, I have had this phone for 2 weeks now and still trying to get it set up how I like it. But, this site has been very helpful.

 

Not sure if this will help you, but I wanted to try.
To get notified when you get a new email:
Go into your Ymail.
Press Menu/ Account Settings.
In there "check" the Email Notification setting.
Do you have that checked? I don't want to get notified when I get any new emails, so I've always had that unchecked, but I knew that option was there.
Not sure if it will notify when the phone is sleeping though.
If not, you might want to try "missed reminder" app on the Market, but I'm not sure if that app will remind you of emails. I know it works for calls and texts tough. (I don't have it on my phone, or I would check about emails for you). Check it out though.

 

Thanks for the help. I do have it set to notify me. It works ok when I have it on, but when the screen is off I have no idea that I have a new email. So if there are any other suggestions, I will try them

 

Ditto, worked out Great for me as well.
Thanks

 

I used the same instructions found in this thread to set up my free Yahoo Mail as well and have had no problems. It's performance is the same as the other 3 email accounts I have setup, including Gmail. I have it set to check every hour for new emails.