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Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com

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David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> writes:

> NFN Smith wrote:
>> David H Durgee wrote:
>>>
>>> I have Thunderbird on my system as well, but I don't use it as I
>>> prefer SeaMonkey.  If I were to set up Thunderbird to access Yahoo
>>> mail via IMAP and SMTP with oauth2, assuming it will work, would
>>> there be a way to pull the oauth2 entry from it and add it to the
>>> SeaMonkey password file to get it working here?  >> I use both
>>> Thunderbird and Seamonkey, and prefer Seamonkey, as well.  >> I
>>> don't believe that OAuth2 tokens are portable, even if you move a >>
>>> profile from one computer to another.  >> I don't know the internal
>>> mechanics of how tokens are composed, but >> they're essentially a
>>> fingerprint of your mail client, and where >> each token is entirely
>>> unique, and not reusable.  >> I don't believe there's a way of
>>> export and import of a token, but >> even if there was, the server
>>> in question would reject a submitted >> token as inauthentic.  >>
>>> Remember that the purpose of OAuth2 is for multi-factor >>
>>> authentication, where your password is "something you know", and the
>>> >> token is "something you have". I'm guessing, but the creation of
>>> a >> token is likely to be something that is done with server >>
>>> participation, which would mean that the server recognizes the >>
>>> configured mail client.  >> Although it seems intimidating, if you
>>> have a token in one client >> and want to use another client, then
>>> you have to use the second >> client to create its own token. 
>>> However, that should be simple >> enough to do in the second client
>>> if you make sure there are no >> saved tokens, and then let the
>>> process work the way intended. That >> means that after the server
>>> has been contacted (and authenticated >> your password), you get a
>>> pop-up initiated by the server that >> requests a re-entry of your
>>> password.  When the password is correct, >> then the token will be
>>> created, and subsequently, should be >> invisible to you.  >> Smith
>
>
> The difficulty is that something in SeaMonkey is preventing me from
> completing the dialog to create the token.  If I copy the URL to a
> Firefox window I AM able to complete the dialog but encounter an error
> when it refers to a localhost URL even though a login notice is sent
> to my backup email address.
>
> So at this point it appears I am unable to work with Yahoo mail on
> SeaMonkey at all.
>

I decided to recreate the problem. I created a new profile and set up an
email account for my yahoo email. I changed the connection security to
TLS and Oauth2. Then when I tried to access my email I got a login to
yahoo window. I clicked Next as the email was prefilled, but it would
not do anything. I clicked Next again and got a two many connections
error.

I would recommend you use an app password and 2fa until this is fixed or
forever.

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Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> - 2025-10-08 10:20 -0600
  Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-10-08 18:19 +0100
    Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> - 2025-10-08 12:55 -0600
      Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> - 2025-10-08 13:42 -0600
        Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Mark Bourne <nntp.mbourne@spamgourmet.com> - 2025-10-08 20:59 +0100
          Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> - 2025-10-08 16:11 -0600
            Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-10-09 12:41 +0100
              Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-09 13:25 +0100
            Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> - 2025-10-09 11:58 -0600
              Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> - 2025-10-10 11:15 -0600
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com NFN Smith <worldoff9908@gmail.com> - 2025-10-10 14:40 -0700
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> - 2025-10-10 17:53 -0600
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-10-11 13:07 +0100
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-12 00:06 +1100
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-10-14 14:02 +0100
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-10-14 14:28 +0100
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-10-14 16:02 +0100
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-10-14 19:29 +0100
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> - 2025-10-14 13:47 -0600
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-10-14 21:05 +0100
              Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-12 10:22 +0100
          Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-09 20:19 +1100
          Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com NFN Smith <worldoff9908@gmail.com> - 2025-10-09 09:21 -0700
      Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com NFN Smith <worldoff9908@gmail.com> - 2025-10-09 09:32 -0700
    Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-09 19:56 +1100
      Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-10-09 12:47 +0100
        Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-09 23:01 +1100
          Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-10-09 13:38 +0100
            Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-09 14:00 +0100
              Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-10 00:33 +1100
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-10 23:51 +1100
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> - 2025-10-16 11:54 -0600
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-10-16 14:37 -0500
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2025-10-16 21:52 +0100
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-17 20:43 +1100
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Jordi Garcia Soler <jordialcoister@gmail.com> - 2025-10-30 12:04 +0100
                Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-10-30 22:45 +1100

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