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Cannot add Yahoo search to Thunderbird

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Colin WG
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Trying to add https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%s&fr=opensearch

results in an error message:

Could not add OpenSearch Provider for https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%s&fr=opensearch.

So what am I doing wrong.

Trying to add https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%s&fr=opensearch results in an error message: Could not add OpenSearch Provider for https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%s&fr=opensearch. So what am I doing wrong.

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Matt
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Colin WG said
So what am I doing wrong.

Probably using Yahoo instruction. They have a long history of writing poor to plain incorrect instructions.

Goto Thunderbird's settings. Search on Search. Change the drop down entry as shown in the image.

Colin WG
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No I mean that it's not there, it's missing from the drop down and the ADD refuses to add the engine:

Wayne Mery
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Colin WG said
No I mean that it's not there, it's missing from the drop down and the ADD refuses to add the engine:

I agree attempting to add https://search.yahoo.com/ fails. Please file a bug report https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Thunderbird