Email Messenger: Yahoo settings

NETx Server settings for messenger plugin:

• From: <your Yahoo email address>
• Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
• Port: 587
• UseAuthentication: T
• Username: <your Yahoo email address>
• Password: <app password>
  • This is NOT your Yahoo password. See details below
• UseSsl: T

In order to use a Yahoo account to send notifications from NETx Servers, you need an app password. App passwords are only available if 2-Step authentication is activated for your account. Thus, ensure that you have activated 2-Step authentication. If not yet, please activate it in your account settings.

Afterwards, you have to generate an App Password for your server:

1. In Browser log into your  account 
2. Navigate to https://login.yahoo.com/myaccount/security/
3. Scroll to "Other ways to sign in"
4. Press "Generate and manage app passwords"
5. Give your password a name
6. Click "Generate password"
7. It will give you 16 chars token.
8. User this the 16 chars token as a password in the Password field in Email definitions