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   Message 9,261 of 9,710   
   David H Durgee to David H Durgee   
   Re: Problematic popup for imap.mail.yaho   
   08 Oct 25 13:42:00   
   
   From: dhdurgee@privacy.net   
      
   David H Durgee wrote:   
   > 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   
      
   The error console shows [ABE} errors relating to this.  How do I fix that?   
      
   Dave   
      
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