can't add yahoo account on new Linux desktop.
This is a new Fedora-42 desktop, upgraded (dnf upgrade) today. I installed Thunderbird today (dnf install thunderbird), after doing the operating system upgrade. I tried to add my yahoo e-mail account. Settings are as follows:
- create accounts in the new Account Hub is unchecked (off).
- accept cookies from sites is checked (on).
- remember password is checked (on).
- I'm using "IMAP".
When I click "Done", a separate window pops up in which yahoo asks for my password. After entering it, yahoo says "Something went wrong", and gives no other indication of what the problem is.
If I instead "Configure manually"... I tried both the default hostnames and "export.imap.mail.yahoo.com" for the outgoing server. I tried both "Normal Password" and "OAuth2" authentication methods.
In all the above cases, I get "Unable to log in at server. Probably wrong configuration , username or password." with a yellow background.
I see nothing of "Edge Too many requests" as was happening to several people recently.
How do I add my yahoo account to this new Thunderbird on Fedora-42?
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Your PW needs to be a generated app PW - see https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN15241.html.
Settings:
IMAP - Server Name: export.imap.mail.yahoo.com - Port: 993 - Connection Security: SSL/TLS - Authentication method: Normal password
SMTP - Server Name: smtp.mail.yahoo.com - Port: 587 - Connection Security: SSL/TLS - Authentication method: Normal password
Thank-you, Ed.
Ed said
Your PW needs to be a generated app PW - see https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN15241.html.
yahoo requires me to log in to the e-mail account to get that "app PW". I tried that via Firefox on the same new desktop as the Thunderbird in which I'm trying to add the e-mail account. yahoo rejected the login with no reason given. I used the little eye icon so I could see the password that I entered, and it was correct. I assume that if I entered the password incorrectly in that Firefox browser login, yahoo would ask me to try the login again, not reject me after one try.
Can the Firefox login for the "app password" and the Thunderbird in which I'm trying to add the account be different desktops with different operating systems? or do they have to be the same desktop and operating system? The Thunderbird on my old windows-10 desktop has the yahoo e-mail account working fine (at the moment!).
home user said
Thank-you, Ed.Ed said
Your PW needs to be a generated app PW - see https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN15241.html.yahoo requires me to log in to the e-mail account to get that "app PW". I tried that via Firefox on the same new desktop as the Thunderbird in which I'm trying to add the e-mail account. yahoo rejected the login with no reason given. I used the little eye icon so I could see the password that I entered, and it was correct. I assume that if I entered the password incorrectly in that Firefox browser login, yahoo would ask me to try the login again, not reject me after one try.
Can the Firefox login for the "app password" and the Thunderbird in which I'm trying to add the account be different desktops with different operating systems? or do they have to be the same desktop and operating system? The Thunderbird on my old windows-10 desktop has the yahoo e-mail account working fine (at the moment!).
If you can't log into the web interface to get the app PW, do the 'forgot password' thing.
OS shouldn't matter. Can you get the app PW from Saved Passwords on the Win10 PC and try it on Fedora PC?
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