From: dhdurgee@privacy.net   
      
   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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