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03/15/2016, 12:30 PM
#207
I've been having a problem with Yahoo mail since changing my password. For some reason, this was no problem with the TP, but was on the Pre3 - maybe there's some quirk between the two different OS versions.
This is now fixed! 
The first thing I thought it might be was an odd character in the new password, so I changed it once more. Again, no problem on the TP, no go on the Pre. Eventually, I deleted and recreated the account in the app and was able to receive mail again thanks to the Cert Grabber app. But sending didn't work.
I did notice a problem with sending mail on the TP. I wondered if Cert Grabber was only updating the IMAP certificate. It's unlikely that Grabber5.0 would neglect this, but as another example, looking at the pivotCE guide, I have to say that whatever so-called genius wrote that neglected to mention that the SMTP certificate chain also needs to be updated. I suppose it's kind of implied, but it's not clearly stated. Fortunately, I have the power to correct this doltish error and have given the author a stern talking to.
I remember that Cert Grabber only updates the final certificate in the chain, so I went for the 'belt and braces' approach of manually downloading the full chain. It took a couple of restarts, but it is all now working. I'm getting LED alerts and notifications of "Syncing account...", but I guess this is normal with an account that's updating itself.
Moreover, my test mail has appeared in the sent folder. In the past, I've noticed mail that was successfully sent did not get recorded there - which might be important for business communications you could need a record of.
So it might be that a password chain requires the full chain, or perhaps the chain as a whole recently expired or perhaps it was because I remade the account on the Pre. Registering sent mail... I don't know how this works. The smtp server could simply write a copy to the folder on the server or the client could move a copy locally. I suspect communication is required so the contents of the sent mail folder could be retrieved over IMAP like received mail. Somehow perhaps a full cert chain for send and receive is needed for full operation.
Just some thoughts for anyone who might be having odd problems with email.
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