Yahoo! Mail is not working on my iPhone. How can I troubleshoot?
Last Updated: June 30, 2009
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Your iPhone's mail settings let you customize the email account the iPhone uses for mail. Changes you make to the iPhone's mail settings never synchronize with your computer, so your computer is not affected by any changes. This enables you to set email to work with iPhone independently of email on your computer.

Yahoo! Mail is instantly transferred to iPhone as it arrives at Yahoo!.

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Checkthe iPhone's Mail settingsChoose Settings > Mail > Yahoo! Mail account and confirm that your Yahoo! Mail account information—address and password—has been entered correctly.
Checkthe passwordIf your password has special characters in it, think up a new password without any special characters and change your current password to the new one.
Checkreceiving mail to your Apple iPhoneGo into Yahoo! Mail Inbox, click the refresh icon in the lower left, and confirm that you can receive new Mail messages.
Checksending mail from your Apple iPhoneGo into the Yahoo! Mail Sent folder and confirm that the mail that you are trying to send is there.
Checkthe setting for getting new messages automaticallyYour Yahoo! Mail is instantly transferred to iPhone as it arrives at the Yahoo! server. Send a message to your Yahoo! Mail account and look for it on the iPhone.
Checkthe setting that makes Yahoo! Mail your default email accountClick this link How do I set Yahoo! Mail on my iPhone as the default email account? and read the article for details.
Delete and re-enterthe Yahoo! Mail account in the iPhoneClick these links: How do I delete Yahoo! Mail account access on my iPhone? and How do I set up access to Yahoo! Mail on my iPhone?. Read the articles for deleting and setting up.

If you can’t sign in to Yahoo! Mail, please try to sign in to Yahoo.com and follow any instructions provided. If you are unable to sign-in to Yahoo.com, please click the “I can’t access my account” link below the “Sign In” button.

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