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From: Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.seamonkey
Subject: Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:19:02 +0100
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David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> writes:

> Starting yesterday I am getting a problematic popup from
> imap.mail.yahoo.com every time it tries to check for mail.
>
> The popup requests that I login, but when I click the button after I
> enter the email and password I get a spinner and nothing else happens.
>
> I am assuming that something about the popup is causing problems for
> SeaMonkey 2.53.21 here.
>
> The URL for the window shows as:
>
> https://login.yahoo.com/?src=thunderbird&clientid=<long string>
>
> The window can be moved but remains on top.  No right click menu.
>
> Cannot highlight and copy the URL.
>
> The window title is "Enter credentials for" <myemai> on imap...
>
> Obviously I cannot access yahoo mail at the moment and given it is
> non-functional all I can do is close the window.
>
> How do I get this corrected?
>
> Dave

It sounds like it is trying to set up Oauth2. Maybe you have to enable
javascript? Or maybe it is requesting 2FA?