send test email to yahoo not working for me (posted to Announcement)

[esamett]

email notification isn't working for me:
Error 8
host server / name

I am using similar settings with FN8.0 which sent the test successfully:
smtp.mail.yahoo.com. I set up outgoing email for "root" user as per my understanding.

Port 995
Plain
SMTP authenticate

please advise [NOOB]

[william]

I don't think you're using the right info...
Plain authentication is usually not a choice for providers like gmail
Also, 995 is the port for POP not SMTP

​http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/bizmail/pop/pop-33.html
Use port 465 and SSL

[esamett]

I checked out the link. I do not have the fancy business yahoo mail, just the free version. I must be doing something wrong since every variation I try gets the error:
Your test email could not be sent [ERRNO 8]hostname nor servname provided, or not known

help? Is anybody out there using Yahoo mail and can walk me through this?

[william]

This looks like a DNS problem, can you resolve names from shell? ping yahoo.com?

[gcooper]

If you don't pay Yahoo, you can't get access to their SMTP server(s).

Verified by reanimating my dead Yahoo! account.