Connecting MXRoute IMAP/SMTP to Yahoo Mailbox

#1

Hello all,

I am attempting to connect the Yahoo Mail App to retrieve mail from blizzard.mxrouting.net so that I can provide a user with a seamless inbox along side of their Yahoo mail. Yahoo only permits this action from the mobile app, not on their full desktop browser experience.

Yahoo posted direction here. https://help.yahoo.com/kb/manage-third-party-email-addresses-yahoo-mail-sln28341.html (limited, but I can provide screen shots of what I see directly).

I enter my full email address user@domain.tld in the Yahoo screen, then I get to the next screen where it asks for the Server Settings.

I choose IMAP and complete their little form:

IMAP Address: imaps://blizzard.mxrouting.net 993
SMTP Address: smtps://blizzard.mxrouting.net 465

the preface of “imaps://” and “smtps://” is on their screen by default; I’ve tried multiple ways to input the details, both with and without the preface.

Once I hit submit, the process hangs. Yahoo offers no output error after any timeout period.

Can you check the logs to see if Yahoo is attempting to connect in some non-standard format or with some non-standard protocol? Or maybe you’re blacklisting their IP addresses? I have no other applications that fail, so I know this is not your issue (unless it’s an IP blacklist), I just need some insight so I know that I’m not going crazy.

Please PM me if you need my user ID that I’m connecting with.

Thank you very much.

#2

I’m not seeing any Yahoo IPs coming across my screen in a log check for your 3 domains. I see a few password failures but those look like your residential IP. IP blocks look to be clear of anything I’d suspect of being an IP that they’d use for the connection.

#3

Thank you for getting back to me.

I think the issue is with the Yahoo app and the Android phone’s “Accounts” . I was able to add a different domain using the same app with a new user.

Thanks again. I appreciate it very much.

Tim