Yahoo popup page (infuriating)
Starting today I get a popup page on Thunderbird from Yahoo about every 10-15 minutes. How do I block it? Can anyone help? Is it just me or are others seeing it?
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Godfreyp said
I think the problem is I have a very dormant Yahoo account and about 6 months ago I added it to Tbird. I shall delete it. Thanks.
No, as you were told you did not enter the password that was requested. Entering the password stops the request for your password when Thunderbird tries to get your mail
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Can you post a screenshot? Use the W10 Snip & Sketch app.
here you go. It almost fills the screen. The only way I have found to dismiss it is through the quick launch tool bar.
According to the URL, that is the browser window that appears when the authentication on the account is OAuth2, rather than normal password. There's a similar process with Yahoo and gmail accounts using OAuth. I recommend you sign in and allow the process to store a token in your Saved Passwords, and that should only happen once. You probably have to enable cookies in TB Tools/Options/Privacy to allow the authentication to complete.
I think the problem is I have a very dormant Yahoo account and about 6 months ago I added it to Tbird. I shall delete it. Thanks.
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Godfreyp said
I think the problem is I have a very dormant Yahoo account and about 6 months ago I added it to Tbird. I shall delete it. Thanks.
No, as you were told you did not enter the password that was requested. Entering the password stops the request for your password when Thunderbird tries to get your mail