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AT&T_Yahoo email server security lockout resolve--Helping COVID relati
Brother in Law recovering COVID--not at home. I have his laptop. His email account not sending/receiving since at least November 2020. Email client is desktop Outlook/Windows 10. Email account with AT&T.
His password is good. I'm able to login to his AT&T/Yahoo/Currently mail server and view emails. When AT&T outsourced email servers to Yahoo last year(?), they increased the security level for email client access. I'm sure they sent an email with link instructions to easily address new security--which BIL ignored.
The server error (I don't have right now) is identical to that which I'm seeing on search for those customers that hadn't made the AT&T/Yahoo security fix.
I think I've found the solution on the AT&T forum--Require logon using Secure Password Authentication.
Also something about a Secure Mail Key.
I understand neither. I do not want to screw up someone else's email account/Outlook trying to help. That's why I'm here. I need confirmation of the correct action before I proceed.
Mark