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dch1244
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My wife and I have a Thunderbird e-mail account. Because Yahoo mail no longer sees my wifes account and password, she can no longer receive e-mail to Thunderbird on our desktop. I would like to delete here account without changing mine, can I do that?

My wife and I have a Thunderbird e-mail account. Because Yahoo mail no longer sees my wifes account and password, she can no longer receive e-mail to Thunderbird on our desktop. I would like to delete here account without changing mine, can I do that?

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sfhowes
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There are lots of instructions for modifying Yahoo on this forum:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1305096

Change the authentication to OAuth2, remove old passwords, enable cookies, restart TB, and enter the account password in the OAuth browser window when prompted.