Authenticating with Yahoo Mail

You can authenticate Forensic Email Collector by generating an app-specific password as follows:

  • Sign in and go to your Account security page at https://login.yahoo.com/account/security
  • Click Generate app password or Manage app passwords.
  • Select your app from the drop-down menu and click Generate.
  • Follow the instructions below the password.
  • Click Done.
  • Use this app password and your email address to sign in to your email app.

Please review Yahoo's support page for details.

Modern Authentication

The option to generate an App-specific Password may not be available in some mailboxes. In such scenarios, you would receive an error message along the lines of "Sorry, this feature is not available right now!".

If you run into this limitation, you can have FEC perform modern authentication against Yahoo by turning on the Use OAuth option. Modern authentication does not require an App-specific Password.

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