How to sign into Windows 10 Mail with a Yahoo account

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Microsoft’s in-house Mail app forWindows 10is one of the best email clients for the system, supporting all the big email services includingOutlook,Gmail, andYahoo.

Syncing an email accountwith Windows 10 Mail is a piece of cake for the majority of users, but can be tougher for others. For example, most Gmail andOutlookusers have no problems connecting their accounts with the Mail app, but Yahoo users often have trouble signing in.

While it may seem like an error, in actuality users logging in with Yahoo are required to enable a certain setting inWindows 10’s Mail appfirst.

If you’re using Yahoo mail and have problems syncing it with the Windows 10 Mail app, here’s what you need to do:

After doing this, try logging in with yourYahoo mail accountto Windows 10’s Mail app and you should have no problems.

For some reason Yahoo recognizes Windows 10’s Mail app as an app that is less secure than other email clients. So, turning this option off is required to be able to normally sync the two services. A lot of people didn’t know about this which is why they reported it as a problem.

If you experience other problems with Windows 10’s Mail app, checkthis articleout for potential solutions.

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