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Account removal and setup

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sr44biz9
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Yahoo is requiring that I remove their accounts in Thunderbird and set them up again using the automatic setup in order to comply with their new security protocol. Do I need to move the contents of the Inbox and Sent folders in that account to a local folder to preserve them before removing the account? Or can I simply disable the current account by changing the email address and then add a new account with the correct email address?

Yahoo is requiring that I remove their accounts in Thunderbird and set them up again using the automatic setup in order to comply with their new security protocol. Do I need to move the contents of the Inbox and Sent folders in that account to a local folder to preserve them before removing the account? Or can I simply disable the current account by changing the email address and then add a new account with the correct email address?

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You don't have to remove the account. Change the authentication to OAuth2 on the incoming and outgoing servers, check that cookies are allowed in TB Options/Privacy, remove the passwords from Options/Security/Passwords/Saved Passwords, restart TB, and enter the account password in the OAuth browser window when prompted.

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sfhowes
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You don't have to remove the account. Change the authentication to OAuth2 on the incoming and outgoing servers, check that cookies are allowed in TB Options/Privacy, remove the passwords from Options/Security/Passwords/Saved Passwords, restart TB, and enter the account password in the OAuth browser window when prompted.

sr44biz9
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Thanks sfhowes, very helpful, very quick, thank you. I'll be donating to TB in appreciation.