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Moderator's note: this post and its replies were added to a thread about configuring Yahoo accounts in outlook.com. Because this problem seems to be a different one, it's been moved to its own thread.
I too am having the exact same problem described here. Nothing to add. I just wanted to sign up so that I will be notified when/if someone comes up with a fix.
I have been using Windows Live Mail with my Yahoo mail account via POP for quite some time now with no problems. In the last 3-4 days I can't get any new email messages to download. I have tried updating the settings, have verified settings are correct, removed the email set-up and then recreated (and lost some older email messages in the process and then had it download all of the messages from the Yahoo server). Once it is done with the initial download though I keep getting the message below. I would really like to resolve this.
When you click the Send/Receive button in WLM it pops up the Windows Live Mail connection box and it seems like it is working until it get halfway on the green status bar and then stops responding. It then errors out with the following message.
Unable to send or receive messages for the Yahoo (XXXXXXX) account. Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity.
Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC0F
Protocol: POP3
Port: 995
Secure(SSL): Yes
I haven't been on my Hotmail e-mail in months and had forgotten the password. I tried numerous times to get into my account and ended up having the account temporarily blocked.
I tried to have to recover my password through my backup account. The problem is, my backup account is a Yahoo e-mail address that hasn't been logged into for over 12 months. Yahoo now deletes accounts that have been inactive for that long.
I used the other option that asked for the Hotmail user's name, DOB, e-mail contacts, etc. I haven't received any help and it's been over three days now. I don't know what else to do, please help me. Thank you.
I have Windows 7 as an operating system. I use Windows Live Mail for most of my Emails. I also use the same Email address on Yahoo mail. Many of the Emails sent to me are put into the Yahoo Spam Box and never get to my Windows Live Mail InBox. What can be done to correct this situation?
You might ask why two EMail systems. It is because I find Yahoo can receive and send some Emails which Windows Live Mail does not. This is usually Emails of 6 Megabytes or greater.
Thanks for any help.
Chuck Johnson
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