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IMAP login to mail.yahoo.com fails afternoon of July 17, 2017

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erandalln
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My Thunderbird client fails password verification logging in to yahoo's IMAP server. Last downloaded email was 16:03 17 July, 2017. More current emails are present on Yahoo's server. Password has been changed and re-entered multiple times today. Yahoo is currently set to allow "insecure" apps to access it. Tried Yahoo's 2-step verification with app-specific password (not sure if I phrased or capitalized "mozilla thunderbird" correctly).

My Thunderbird client fails password verification logging in to yahoo's IMAP server. Last downloaded email was 16:03 17 July, 2017. More current emails are present on Yahoo's server. Password has been changed and re-entered multiple times today. Yahoo is currently set to allow "insecure" apps to access it. Tried Yahoo's 2-step verification with app-specific password (not sure if I phrased or capitalized "mozilla thunderbird" correctly).

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gom_gom
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Refer to this thread for a temporary fix: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1168164