How do you get yahoo mail to work on WP8.1? [HTC One M8]

[Windows Central Question]

HTC One M8. Tried several apps for mail including the default one. Keep getting authentication errors. Logged in via browser ok, but not the apps.

 

[mark233]

Try Settings/ email+accounts/ add an account .... this is what I did to get my yahoo mail account.

 

[ddauber]

That's whats failing. email+accounts

 

[tangledW]

That's whats failing. email+accounts

Might need to try a soft reset, settings/emails+accounts is what I use to and it works fine. Never had any problems.

 

[ddauber]

Figured it out. Seems the 2 level authentication on yahoo security settings was turned on. Turning it off allowed it to connect. I guess using the browser and authenticating isn't good enough for the different levels of auth.