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After an extended conversation with my ISP I have learned that they are terminating
the use of 'third party' apps like The Bat, Outlook etc etc.with their service.

In the future, anyone who signs up with the ISP will be forced to write/check their

e-mail in one of two locations:
1. At their website
2. At the Yahoo Mail website

This is horrible news. I asked the agent to give me the reason they are doing this.
He couldn't come up with anything that made sense. The usual 'security' reasons etc.

For years I could connect to my ISP with The Bat (after giving The Bat my e-mail address and password).
Then a few years ago my ISP started to make things difficult. They wouldn't allow me to create a password.
They created one for me and forced me to use it if I wanted to use The Bat (or any third party software).

And now they are putting the nail in the coffin. They are refusing to even issue their own password!

By any chance, does The Bat have another way to gain access to my e-mail account with my ISP?
 
 
 
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Mad Batter wrote:
By any chance, does The Bat have another way to gain access to my e-mail account with my ISP?

No: TB can only do what the e-mail server allows it to do, just like all other e-mail client programs.

A friend of mine was switching to a new phone the other day, and while setting up the Yahoo Mail app it asked for permission to handle GMail messages, too (he, of course, refused). It seems that Yahoo's new strategy is to try and shove their Web/App-based e-mail client down people's throats.

In light of all this, my advice to you would be the following:
1. Check whether you can configure your accounts to do automatic forwarding (redirection) of messages to another e-mail address. (This is possible with GMail, somewhere deep in the settings of their Web client, I don't know if Yahoo can do it.)
2. If so, open e-mail accounts with another ISP that supports third-party e-mail clients, configure Yahoo accounts to do the forwarding, and continue to use the new accounts with TB.
3. In any case, if you're using IMAP, check whether TB is downloading complete messages, so that you can access your message base after your ISP drops you. (Account -> Properties -> Mail Management -> IMAP Fine-Tune).
Edited: Miloš Radovanović - 06 May 2024 19:58:23
 
 
 
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"ISP" is an outdated term -- it assumes that you are insufficiently knowledgeable to distinguish among connection provider, email provider, webhost provider, etc. Separate them. The painful part is switching to an email address that's independent of your connection provider.

I have email accounts with Fastmail, Gmail, and Yahoo, though only the first is known to other people. Obviously none of them is my connection provider. A year or two ago, I switched connection providers from CenturyLink to Metronet, and last week I switched again, to T-Mobile, because tornadoes took out my Metronet line. I access all three email accounts using TB. Because the email accounts are independent of my connection provider, the latter has no control over how I access the email, and no interest in controlling my access.


As Milos (sorry, American keyboard) suggested, use forwarding to help switch to an independent email account. I know that Fastmail will pull your email from another IMAP provider. I assume Gmail can do the same.


The switch to an independent email provider will be somewhat painful, but you will never regret it.
 
 
 
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Puzzling. Are you referring to Yahoo? They have made some changes, but still allow access from third party clients.
 
 
 
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