This guide will show you how to connect your Yahoo email account to Shopibx, enabling you to send order confirmations, customer notifications, and other emails directly from your store.
Step-by-Step Guide to Connect Yahoo with Shopibx #
- Navigate to Email Settings
- Log in to your Shopibx dashboard.
- Go to
Settings>Email Settings.
- Select Yahoo as Your Email Provider
- From the dropdown menu in the
Email Settingssection, choose Yahoo as your email provider.
- From the dropdown menu in the
- Fill in the Required InformationFor Yahoo, fill out the following fields:
- Mail Driver:
- Set this to
smtp.
- Set this to
- Mail Host:
- Enter
smtp.mail.yahoo.com.
- Enter
- Mail Port:
- Use
587.
- Use
- Mail Username:
- Enter your full Yahoo email address (e.g.,
your-email@yahoo.com).
- Enter your full Yahoo email address (e.g.,
- Mail Password:
- Enter your Yahoo password. If you’re using 2-Step Verification, you will need to generate an App Password from Yahoo and enter that instead.
- Mail Encryption:
- Set this to
tls.
- Set this to
- Mail From Address:
- Enter the email address you’d like to send from, such as
your-email@yahoo.com.
- Enter the email address you’d like to send from, such as
- Mail From Name:
- Enter the name you want your customers to see (e.g.,
Your Store Name).
- Enter the name you want your customers to see (e.g.,
- Mail Driver:
- Test Your Configuration
- After entering all the required information, click the Test button to verify that the connection works. This will send a test email to check the configuration.
- Save Your Settings
- Once the test is successful, click Save to apply the settings.
What to Do if You Encounter Issues #
- Generate an App Password (If Using 2-Step Verification): If you have 2-Step Verification enabled for your Yahoo account, you’ll need to generate an App Password to use for the connection. Here’s how:
- Sign in to your Yahoo account.
- Go to the Account Security page.
- Select Generate App Password and follow the prompts to generate the password.
- Copy the generated password and paste it into the Mail Password field in Shopibx.
- Allow Access to Less Secure Apps: If you’re using a Yahoo account without 2-Step Verification, ensure that less secure apps are allowed to access your account:
- Go to the Yahoo Account Security page.
- Turn on Allow apps that use less secure sign-in.
By following these steps, you’ll be able to integrate Yahoo with your Shopibx store and start sending emails to your customers.
