Error message when accessing Yahoo email from Thunderbird?

Question

I downloaded Thunderbird and a patch which allows me to read and send emails through my Yahoo account. I followed all the setup instructions on the site where i downloaded the extension, (called WebMail) but when new account setup is complete i click 'get mail' and it appears to do 'something' then displays this error message:
'an error occurred with the POP3 mail server. Mail server mail.yahoo.com responded:'
have i done something wrong in setup? As the POP incoming server I typed mail.yahoo.com but am not sure if this is correct. Also what should the outgoing mail setting be?

Answer 1

Have you accessed you Yahoo account using your browser and set it up to allow Pop3 access? Theres an option to do so in your Preferences. If you haven't, it could be why the server responds but does not allow mail to be downloaded.