Yahoo Send Email credentials

Follow these steps to configure the Send Email credentials with a Yahoo account.

Prerequisites

To follow these instructions, you must first generate an app password:

  1. Log in to your Yahoo account Security page.

  2. Select Generate app password or Generate and manage app passwords.

  3. Select Get Started.

  4. Enter an App name for your new app password, like n8n credential.

  5. Select Generate password.

  6. Copy the generated app password. You’ll use this in your n8n credential.

Refer to Yahoo’s Generate and manage 3rd-party app passwords for more information.

Set up the credential

To configure the Send Email credential to use Yahoo Mail:

  1. Enter your Yahoo email address as the User.

  2. Enter the app password you generated above as the Password.

  3. Enter smtp.mail.yahoo.com as the Host.

  4. For the Port:

    • Keep the default 465 for SSL or if you’re unsure what to use.

    • Enter 587 for TLS.

  5. Turn on the SSL/TLS toggle.

Refer to IMAP server settings for Yahoo Mail for more information. If the settings above don’t work for you, check with your email administrator.