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

From David H Durgee <dhdurgee@privacy.net>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.seamonkey
Subject Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yahoo.com
Date 2025-10-10 17:53 -0600
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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.

Dave

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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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