allow less secure app access in Yahoo mail

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zackzulg picture zackzulg · May 26, 2020 · Viewed 10.3k times · Source

I need to allow less secure app access in Yahoo but I can't find the button :(

see setting section

Any ideas ?

Regards,

Answer

zackzulg picture zackzulg · May 29, 2020

Finally found it,

Go to ‘Generate App Password’ then select MacMail(in my case I use it) then copy past the generated code instead of your password.

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