# Help with Gmail Notifier Pro

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-gmail-notifier-pro/937603>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 10, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-gmail-notifier-pro/937603 "2021-03-10T10:16:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Chickenwrangler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chickenwrangler/32/91_2.png) [@Chickenwrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenwrangler)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-gmail-notifier-pro/937603/1 "2021-03-10T10:16:49Z")

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I have been using Gmail Notifier Pro to check my E-Mails for some years without any problems.

I have accounts with Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and Gmail and recently my two Yahoo Mail accounts have been giving a “failed” notice though the Hotmail and Gmail still work just fine.

I have made no changes or modifications to Gmail Notifier or my E-Mail accounts so don’t understand why Yahoo mail should be the only ones not working anymore.

As both other accounts still work I’m guessing there has been some change that I’m not aware of with Yahoo but I can’t find it. ☹

Any Ideas as to what the problem might be would be welcome 👍

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-gmail-notifier-pro/937603/2 "2021-03-10T15:34:53Z")

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Yahoo stopped working on my Outlook client as well but since I deal with my email elsewhere now I haven’t been arsed to fix it yet.

Almost certainly Yahoo changed something. Turned on two-factor authentication or changed an email port or something. I do not know.

Best advice is to delete the old account and make a new one using the following details:

> **[IMAP server settings for Yahoo Mail...](https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN4075.html)**
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> Benefit from the latest technology provided by Yahoo for 3rd party email apps with IMAP. Find out the IMAP settings and port numbers for mobile mail apps and desktop mail client.

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**Author:** ![Chickenwrangler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chickenwrangler/32/91_2.png) [@Chickenwrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenwrangler)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-gmail-notifier-pro/937603/3 "2021-03-11T01:12:16Z")

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Mmmm! Does seem Yahoo have changed something

Not too worried about it, just a slight inconvenience

Wish they would stop “improving” things that are working just fine

🙁