Windows Mail asking for user id & password

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Dottie

Hi, I've been using Windows Mail since I got Vista, with no problems. A few
days ago it started asking me for my user id & password, but every time I
enter them it comes up with an error message:
Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Protocol:
POP3, Server Response: '-ERR [AUTH] invalid user/password', Port: 995,
Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92""

I have a free yahoo email account, which I can still access via internet
explorer.
I have tried deleting my account and adding it again after a re-start, have
made sure that the "my server requires authentication" isn't ticked, and I
also turned of my anti-virus scanning for emails (Norton) all to no avail.
My server port no's are 587 & 995.
I then changed them to 465 & 995, and now get the error message:
""Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes
for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
inactivity. Account: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com', Server: 'pop.mail.yahoo.com',
Protocol: POP3, Port: 995, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error
Number: 0x800CCC0F"

What now please??

My server port no's are 587 & 995
 
Regarding your second error message, you can't use port 995 without
also enabling the SSL option.

The first error message is more problematical. It could be caused by
using a wrong server name, or by your antivirus.

A critical piece of information that you didn't supply is that your problem
is apparently with a paid Yahoo account, also known as 'Mail Plus'.
The Mail Plus service has had its own servers for a number of years,
and Yahoo may finally have gotten around to shutting down the older
servers you are using. Try the server info given here:

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/classic/mailplus/pop/pop-14.html

If no improvement, get back to us with the latest error message.
 
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