<![CDATA[Opera Mail-Yahoo Mail authentication failed]]>Since today i have this authentication failed message. It was always configured to "Auto", i tried the rest and did not worked, only "Plain text".

I also tried giving access to Opera with an App Password (when two step security is enabled), but it did not matter because the problem did not got away.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/21876/opera-mail-yahoo-mail-authentication-failedRSS for NodeSun, 08 Mar 2026 05:20:17 GMTTue, 18 Jul 2017 00:23:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Mail-Yahoo Mail authentication failed on Sun, 06 Aug 2017 23:06:09 GMT]]>Hi,

I had the same problem on Kmail/Linux. I found a workaround, but haven't tested it yet on Opera Mail on Windows.
I enabled an App password and set the authentication method to "clear text" instead of PLAIN.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/125831https://forums.opera.com/post/125831Sun, 06 Aug 2017 23:06:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Mail-Yahoo Mail authentication failed on Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:41:56 GMT]]>Sorry, I don't get how your post is related. Opera Mail is an older program (though still available) not tied to the current browser. Please start a new thread for your topic, and be specific about what is happening.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/125132https://forums.opera.com/post/125132Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:41:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Mail-Yahoo Mail authentication failed on Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:35:53 GMT]]>I to am having trouble signing in using Google. I have tried setting up the Opera Mail and I keep getting an error message. This was after many attempts to just sign into my account regularly in Opera. I did all the step's shown along with re-starting the computer. I would really like to switch to Opera, but right now I am think I my just stay with FireFox 😞

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/125131https://forums.opera.com/post/125131Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:35:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Mail-Yahoo Mail authentication failed on Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:02:20 GMT]]>

On some systems AUTO doesn't work. I still use POP3 with my mail rather than IMAP though ...

Hmm, weird then, as it had been working for years now on that setting. Its only been the past few days.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/125130https://forums.opera.com/post/125130Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:02:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Mail-Yahoo Mail authentication failed on Wed, 19 Jul 2017 03:08:58 GMT]]>On some systems AUTO doesn't work. I still use POP3 with my mail rather than IMAP though ...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/125119https://forums.opera.com/post/125119Wed, 19 Jul 2017 03:08:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Mail-Yahoo Mail authentication failed on Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:55:05 GMT]]>I'm getting errors grabbing my mail also from Yahoo.

Win 7 & Opera 12.18
Win 8 & Opera 12.18

I have it set on both machines as

imap.mail.yahoo.com
Port 993
Secure Connection (TLS) checked
Auto (Auth Plain)

It has been failing on both machines for about a 24 hours.

Changed it to AUTH Plain and it works every time.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/125107https://forums.opera.com/post/125107Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:55:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Mail-Yahoo Mail authentication failed on Tue, 18 Jul 2017 14:22:01 GMT]]>Sometimes the server can have issues, Opera will then try different settings. Just make sure (on the Servers tab for that account) that TLS is enabled, that Auto is selected and that you re-enter your password. And next time the server has an issue, just cancel and wait a few minutes. (Yes, I've used Yahoo for years.)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/125092https://forums.opera.com/post/125092Tue, 18 Jul 2017 14:22:01 GMT