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|    David H Durgee to Richmond    |
|    Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yaho    |
|    08 Oct 25 12:55:06    |
   
   From: dhdurgee@privacy.net   
      
   Richmond wrote:   
   > David H Durgee 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=   
   >>   
   >> 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" 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   
      
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