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I have updated yahoo mail password in Thunderbird, but login fails, even after restart?

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My wife had to change her password because at&t is abandoning yahoo mail support next Wednesday (June 28). We changed her password, and verified that it works by logging directly into mail.yahoo.com. I put the password into Tools|Options|Security|Passwords>Saved Passwords, but when I click Get Messages, Thunderbird reports that password submission failed. I have entered it several times, including pasting the same string that works successfully on the direct login. I have restarted Thunderbird, and restarted the PC. Nothing has worked.

Any ideas will be much appreciated.

Thanks and best regards,

Joel Williamson

My wife had to change her password because at&t is abandoning yahoo mail support next Wednesday (June 28). We changed her password, and verified that it works by logging directly into mail.yahoo.com. I put the password into Tools|Options|Security|Passwords>Saved Passwords, but when I click Get Messages, Thunderbird reports that password submission failed. I have entered it several times, including pasting the same string that works successfully on the direct login. I have restarted Thunderbird, and restarted the PC. Nothing has worked. Any ideas will be much appreciated. Thanks and best regards, Joel Williamson

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Joel Williamson here. I did a Clear Recent History, and that fixed it.

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Chosen Solution

Joel Williamson here. I did a Clear Recent History, and that fixed it.