Hi

I have two Yahoo email .co.uk accounts. Late last year (Nov?) I was prompted to change password on one account with a message from Yahoo that there had been attempts by an app based in US to access my account. I am in the UK. I believe that this may have coincided with a lot of other people also having problems with Yahoo mail.

I changed the password since when I have been unable to access mail from this account in Windows Live Mail. The other account which I didn't change works fine. (I have more recently changed the password on htis account and it still works).

I can access the problem account through my iPhone without problem, and I can access it via the web.

I have tried everything I can find online from varying the POP settings to deleting the account in Windows Live Mail and then re creating it all to no avail.

Current settings are

Outgoing: smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk 587 with SSL

Incoming: pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk 995 with SSL

Have tried other port numbers, .com instead of .co.uk and other forms of authentication.

Log on using secure authentication (clear text authentication) all other options also tried

I get repeated requests for the password although it is entered correctly, and eventually the following error mesage:

Unable to send or receive messages for the Yahoo.co (name of account) account. An incorrect password was entered. The next time you send or receive messages, you'll be asked to enter your user name and password for this account.

Server Error: 0x800CCC90
Server Response: -ERR [AUTH] (#MBR1240) Please verify your account by going to https://login.yahoo.com
Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC92
Protocol: POP3
Port: 995
Secure(SSL): Yes

I have POP selected in the Yahoo Mail settings.

I am running Windows 7 using automatic updates and Mozilla Firefox 27.0.1