Re: Kontact configuration
Le lundi 23 juin 2025, 18:08:18 heure d’été d’Europe centrale Soren Stoutner a
écrit :
> You cannot use your normal Yahoo password. You need to generate an app
> password.
Thanks for the reply.
I don't understand what an "app passwd" is. If my password is, for example,
"XXXxxx" and I can log in to my mailbox via Firefox with this password, how do
I generate this "app passwd" or retrieve it?
> https://help.yahoo.com/kb/pop-access-settings-instructions-yahoo-mail-sln472
> 4.html
> On Monday, June 23, 2025 8:55:58 AM Mountain Standard Time MERLIN wrote:
> > Hey,
> > I am changing computers and I am migrating all applications from one
>
> computer
>
> > to another, both computers have the same Linux Kde Debian SID system. The
> > configuration of Kontact (Kmail) creates a problem for me that I cannot
> > resolve. I have three POP3 mailboxes for two of the mailboxes I have not
>
> hadI
>
> > am changing computers and I am migrating all applications from one
> > computer
> > toI am changing computers and I am migrating all applications from one
> > computer to another, both computers have the same Linux Kde Debian SID
>
> system.
>
> > The configuration of Kontact (Kmail) creates a problem for me that I
> > cannot
> > resolve. I have three POP3 mailboxes for two of the mailboxes I have not
> > had any problem a little surprised anyway by the fact that we cannot
> > enter the password of the mailbox at this time and that it is only
> > requested at the first attempt to receive messages from this mailbox. For
> > a mailbox managed
> by
>
> > Yahoo I cannot access each time after a certain time I have the message
> > indicating that the password is incorrect, I made several attempts by
> > scrupulously checking the password without success, I access without
> > problem by firefox to this yahoo mailbox with this password. On my old
> > computer with Contact, I have no problem accessing this Yahoo mailbox.
> > I don't know what to do anymore. Could you help me solve this problem?
> > another, both computers have the same Linux Kde Debian SID system. The
> > configuration of Kontact (Kmail) creates a problem for me that I cannot
> > resolve. I have three POP3 mailboxes for two of the mailboxes I have not
> > had any problem a little surprised anyway by the fact that we cannot
> > enter the password of the mailbox at this time and that it is only
> > requested at the first attempt to receive messages from this mailbox. For
> > a mailbox managed
> by
>
> >
> > Philippe MERLIN
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