From: worldoff9908@gmail.com   
      
   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   
      
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