Yahoo login doesn't work on Interlink but it does on Thunderbird.
Posted: 2021-03-16, 22:20
I cannot login to Yahoo's POP/SMTP servers with Interlink version 52.9.7731/64-bit but I can with various Thunderbird versions. I've tried just about everything including creating then deleting installations including the mail boxes and profiles. To ensure login settings with Interlink were correct:
- I checked Yahoo's site for info on settings and followed directions for POP/SMTP etc. as well as the recommended settings info for Thunderbird. There was no info there that I've not used before with Thunderbird (nothing required changing).
- Out of desperation, I even had Thunderbird's account settings in one window and Interlink's in another and then crossed-matched them to ensure that they were identical.
- The working password that was used on Thunderbird for login was checked and reentered numerous times into Interlink. The text was even made visible to ensure that there were no differences.
- Both the current Thunderbird, v78.8.1 and an ancient beta version, Earlybird, v54.0a2, work.
- The fault with Interlink was that after a considerable delay it timed out with a message to the effect 'server error, try later'.
- No addons were installed, the program was installed as-is from the EXE.
- Web mail login also worked. Note, (a) both Thunderbird and web mail were logged out when attempting to login with Interlink, (b) no old profiles were used from either version of Thunderbird, Interlink's profiles were new in each instance and located in totally different directories to that of Thunderbird.
(My reason for trying Interlink is that (a) I used to use FossaMail (with the same settings as current T'bird), and (b) when Fossa was discontinued I then used v54 Earlybird specifically to keep my addons from breaking. (The perpetual annoyance with Mozilla is that every new version broke addons—seems the company never knew what the word 'compatibility' meant. As some addons were not upgraded it meant keeping the old beta. The same has happened again with the latest Thunderbird versions. The aim was to try Interlink with these older plugins to see if they were compatible.)
- I checked Yahoo's site for info on settings and followed directions for POP/SMTP etc. as well as the recommended settings info for Thunderbird. There was no info there that I've not used before with Thunderbird (nothing required changing).
- Out of desperation, I even had Thunderbird's account settings in one window and Interlink's in another and then crossed-matched them to ensure that they were identical.
- The working password that was used on Thunderbird for login was checked and reentered numerous times into Interlink. The text was even made visible to ensure that there were no differences.
- Both the current Thunderbird, v78.8.1 and an ancient beta version, Earlybird, v54.0a2, work.
- The fault with Interlink was that after a considerable delay it timed out with a message to the effect 'server error, try later'.
- No addons were installed, the program was installed as-is from the EXE.
- Web mail login also worked. Note, (a) both Thunderbird and web mail were logged out when attempting to login with Interlink, (b) no old profiles were used from either version of Thunderbird, Interlink's profiles were new in each instance and located in totally different directories to that of Thunderbird.
(My reason for trying Interlink is that (a) I used to use FossaMail (with the same settings as current T'bird), and (b) when Fossa was discontinued I then used v54 Earlybird specifically to keep my addons from breaking. (The perpetual annoyance with Mozilla is that every new version broke addons—seems the company never knew what the word 'compatibility' meant. As some addons were not upgraded it meant keeping the old beta. The same has happened again with the latest Thunderbird versions. The aim was to try Interlink with these older plugins to see if they were compatible.)