Configuring the Mail Server to Use Yahoo!

Platform Notice: Data Center Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the Data Center platform.

Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.

*Except Fisheye and Crucible

Usage

You can refer to this article when you want to configure a Yahoo Account for Mail Notifications in Bitbucket Server.

Configuring

Go to the Mail server configuration in the Administration page.

Configure according to your needs:

Hostname:smtp.mail.yahoo.com

Port: 25 or 587

Username:your_email@yahoo.com

Password: ********

Use SSL/TLS if available: Yes

E-mail From:your_email@yahoo.com

Account Security settings for Yahoo

If you are running in to authentication issues even after entering right credentials, please make sure you make changes to account security settings. Go to settings->Account Info->Account Security and enable "Allow apps that use less secure sign in"

Updated on April 8, 2025

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