Hi, honestly I didn't. I solved the problem by having gmail access my Y! mail account and downloading email from google.
Also, I have updated to ubuntu 9.10 and just tried re-anabling the Y! account and so far it seems to work. I'll keep it on and may the problem persist, I will file the upstream -- POP3 - evolution wrongly thinks password submission failed when maildrop busy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433551 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs