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

From	Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.seamonkey
Subject	Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com
Date	2025-10-16 21:52 +0100
Organization	Frantic
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David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net> writes:

> Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 10/10/2025 12:33 am, Daniel70 wrote:
>>> On 10/10/2025 12:00 am, Nuno Silva wrote:
>>>> On 2025-10-09, Richmond wrote:
>>>>> Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> writes:
>>>>>> On 9/10/2025 10:47 pm, Richmond wrote:
>>>>>>> Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So I am now logging in to my Yahoo account using Firefox. No
>>>>>>>> problems .... so I expect Yahoo has made changes to its
>>>>>>>> system/coding which now causes SeaMonkey to not work with Yahoo
>>>>>>>> mail ..... as so many other sites are failing as well.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you are logging in with firefox then you are using webmail,
>>>>>>> so is it webmail that is not working with Seamonkey? Or are you
>>>>>>> using Seamonkey Mail with Imap or POP3?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yahoo Webmail (i.e. in a Browser Tab) has not worked for me in my
>>>>>> SeaMonkey Browser screen for a couple of days. I don't have any
>>>>>> e-mail account set up in SeaMonkey Mail.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With Firefox ... Yahoo Mail is not a problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> OK well this thread is about Imap. Perhaps you should create a new
>>>>> thread about webmail to avoid muddying the waters? I tested
>>>>> webmail and you are right, it doesn't work with the seamonkey
>>>>> browser, even when I changed the user agent to chromium.
>>>>
>>>> Is the webmail itself that does not work or just logging in? Or is
>>>> it not clear which one is failing?
>>>>
>>> With my Webmail, enter email address, new screen asking for
>>> Password, but even with correct Password, I just see a little
>>> spinning wheel at right hand end of "Next" bar.  >> Elsewhere in
>>> this thread (in the discussion of Yahoo-mail NOW >> failing to
>>> download e-mail into an local SeaMonkey e-mail) it was >> suggested
>>> to try a new profile to see if that worked.  >> Just FYI, I've just
>>> now created a new Profile (Tools - Switch >> Profiles - Manage
>>> Profiles -> Create Profile) and, in that Browser >> Only
>>> incarnation, I tried logging into my Yahoo mail account (then >>
>>> went and made my Dinner) ..... and failed with the spinning wheel >>
>>> span and span.  >> So I don't think making a new Profile will fix
>>> the OP.
>
> I have tried several times to get Yahoo mail working in SeaMonkey mail
> without success.  I finally decided to try doing so using app
> passwords and got nowhere there either.
>
> At this point I broke down and opened Thunderbird.  I was able to
> quickly get Yahoo mail set up there.  I have disabled Yahoo mail in
> SeaMonkey.
>
> If anyone has Yahoo mail working with IMAP/SMTP in SeaMonkey mail and
> can tell me exactly how they got it working I will be happy to try
> again, but until that point I am stuck with Thunderbird for it.
>

Yes I have had it working with an app password for a long time, and
because you started this thread I managed to get it working with Oauth2
and described in detail how I did it, but it was no fun at all. I
recommend using an app password and second factor authentication for
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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