Retrieving email from Yahoo via POP server

quasidutch · 5 Nov 2016, 04:18 PM

I'm looking to consolidate all emails to a Runbox account by enabling a POP fetch. One of the accounts from which I want to draw email is a Yahoo address.

When I attempted to set up the fetch, I received the following warning from Yahoo:

Quote:

Your account is currently not enabled to sign in from apps that do not meet modern security standards (ex. Older versions of mail and calendar apps such as Outlook). As a result, we prevented a sign in to your Yahoo account (xxxx).

The email continues that I can allow apps that are "less secure" with an option, but that this is not recommended.

Are there any security risks that I should be worried about here? Or to get these emails to the Runbox account, should I just set up auto-forwarding from Yahoo's side?

kservik · 1 Dec 2016, 08:56 AM

No. The reason you get the warning is that they want the app connecting to their app to use Oauth2, but we use POPS.

Kim

1 Dec 2016, 08:56 AM	#2
kservik Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 555 Representative of: Runbox.com	No. The reason you get the warning is that they want the app connecting to their app to use Oauth2, but we use POPS. Kim