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As of yesterday, Yahoo Mail is telling my that my mail application is untrusted. What is going on?

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timothybil
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I have had a Yahoo account for several years. My Thunderbird settings are for a POP server and SSL/TLS security. As of yesterday Yahoo mail told me that my connection is unsecure, and suggested that I turn off allowing access by unsecured apps. If being configured as a POP server is a problem, how can I convert it to a IMAP server without losing all my emails and settings?

I have had a Yahoo account for several years. My Thunderbird settings are for a POP server and SSL/TLS security. As of yesterday Yahoo mail told me that my connection is unsecure, and suggested that I turn off allowing access by unsecured apps. If being configured as a POP server is a problem, how can I convert it to a IMAP server without losing all my emails and settings?

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Matt
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just ignore the yahoo message... they want to frighten you to using web mail with adds. There is money there. There is none in providing pop mail.