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Tbird/yahoo authentication problem EDGE Too many requests (bug1997062)

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Email problem. Old Lenovo Desktop, Window 8.0 (I know, I know, but it's my wife's and all she uses it for is email and utube recipes, and she's used to it). I use it for some banking, mainly because the printer is on it. Tbird 115.18.0 (32 bit) -says it's up to date AVG antivirus free

Email through yahoo. It worked fine until, going by the last date it linked email, 10/30/25 at 06:45AM MST When I tried to download new messages Sunday 11/2, it failed.

It pops up a new window "Enter credentials for bababarb@yahoo.com on imap.mail.yahoo.com" In the address window is "https://login.yahoo.com/?src=thunderbird&client_id=(about a zillion characters) Then, in the message window is "Edge: Too many requests"

So, I did the troubleshooting as in Help article. I logged in on the webmail, signed in with the password, and was able to see the messages, many from after the 30th (she gets a ton of sorta spam).

Looking under Account setting> server settings, I find that the security is set to SSL/TLS and Authentication is set to OAuth2. Incidentally, these were set automatically when I set this to a yahoo.com address.

So, I try setting the Authentication to Password and request mail. I get a popup asking for the password. I enter it (the same password I used on webmail) and it replies "Login to server imap.mail.yahoo.com with username bababarb@yahoo.com failed."

Following suggestions on the help article, I got to Settings, and check "saved passwords". Then, again following the suggestions, I remove the yahoo password entry. According to the article, the next login attempt should ask for a password. It does not. I just get the "too many requests" popup. What the hell, I go back and remove the SMTP password, too. Same result.

Anybody else having this issue? Any suggestions?

Email problem. Old Lenovo Desktop, Window 8.0 (I know, I know, but it's my wife's and all she uses it for is email and utube recipes, and she's used to it). I use it for some banking, mainly because the printer is on it. Tbird 115.18.0 (32 bit) -says it's up to date AVG antivirus free Email through yahoo. It worked fine until, going by the last date it linked email, 10/30/25 at 06:45AM MST When I tried to download new messages Sunday 11/2, it failed. It pops up a new window "Enter credentials for bababarb@yahoo.com on imap.mail.yahoo.com" In the address window is "https://login.yahoo.com/?src=thunderbird&client_id=(about a zillion characters) Then, in the message window is "Edge: Too many requests" So, I did the troubleshooting as in Help article. I logged in on the webmail, signed in with the password, and was able to see the messages, many from after the 30th (she gets a ton of sorta spam). Looking under Account setting> server settings, I find that the security is set to SSL/TLS and Authentication is set to OAuth2. Incidentally, these were set automatically when I set this to a yahoo.com address. So, I try setting the Authentication to Password and request mail. I get a popup asking for the password. I enter it (the same password I used on webmail) and it replies "Login to server imap.mail.yahoo.com with username bababarb@yahoo.com failed." Following suggestions on the help article, I got to Settings, and check "saved passwords". Then, again following the suggestions, I remove the yahoo password entry. According to the article, the next login attempt should ask for a password. It does not. I just get the "too many requests" popup. What the hell, I go back and remove the SMTP password, too. Same result. Anybody else having this issue? Any suggestions?

Modified by Wayne Mery

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This is a documented Yahoo/AOL problem. It's been reported multiple times today. Temporarily, you might try accessing via website.

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