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| From | Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.seamonkey |
| Subject | Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com |
| Date | 2025-10-09 12:41 +0100 |
| Organization | Frantic |
| Message-ID | <86jz14nvye.fsf@example.com> (permalink) |
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David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> writes: > Mark Bourne wrote: >> David H Durgee wrote: >>> David H Durgee wrote: >>>> Richmond wrote: >>>>> 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? >>>>> >>>> >>>> I thought I had Oauth2 already setup on all my mail connections, >>>> but perhaps I missed it. Looking in my passwords do not show one >>>> for that email address, so that may be the problem. >>>> >>>> I will look into how I need to get that working. >>>> >>>> Dave >>> >>> The error console shows [ABE} errors relating to this. How do I >>> fix that? >>> >>> Dave >> I don't know if it might have other meanings, but to me "ABE" is >> NoScript's "Application Boundaries Enforcer" that restricts which >> domains can load Javascript and other resources from which other >> domains. It could be that the Yahoo login page is trying to load >> Javascript from another Yahoo domain, and maybe you've configured >> ABE rules that prevent that. As far as I recall ABE isn't enabled >> by default in NoScript, and has very few restrictions by default >> even if enabled. So if that is the problem, hopefully you'd know >> you've enabled ABE at some point and that's enough of a clue to work >> out how to adjust whatever rules you've set up. >> Or it could be "ABE" has a completely different meaning in this >> context...! >> > > I disabled ABE in No Script and those messages went away. I still see > one No Script related error listed: > >> [NoScript] Force text/plain for missing content-type on > > I don't know if that is directly related to the problem or not, it > sounds pretty innocuous and appears to confirm this relates to oauth2 > based on the URL. > > Unfortunately I am still getting nowhere with this. > > Dave I am using Yahoo with Seamonkey Mail, it works, but I am using Normal Password with 2FA. Have you checked what you are using? Is it Oauth2? Perhaps if you log into Yahoo through the web and turn off 2FA briefly until you get passed this authentication and then turn it on again after? You could also disable any extensions temporarily. https://login.yahoo.com/myaccount/security/
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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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