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even though I have allowed popups from a certain site,when I try to open a dilaogue box a yellow line pops up that says firefox has blocked a popup. How can I change this??

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When I try to open the dialogue box on a website to see if there are any jobs available, firefix won't allow it "Firefox prevented this site from opening a pop up." is the message that pops up. I have gone into preferences to allow popups from this site. BUT it doesn't allow them.

When I try to open the dialogue box on a website to see if there are any jobs available, firefix won't allow it "Firefox prevented this site from opening a pop up." is the message that pops up. I have gone into preferences to allow popups from this site. BUT it doesn't allow them.

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Turn off pop-up blocking, when the popup appears right-click within to find out what the actual site is.

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it continues to give me that message.

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It is possible that you run into this maximum (the default value is 20):