For nearly a month now I have been unable to access my Yandex account via Thunderbird (current version 115.6.0) on IMAP.
Before mid-February the same problem would occur intermittently and correct itself after a few days, so to begin with I thought nothing of it. However it persists.
I can still access Yandex webmail without any trouble, and all my other e-mail accounts are functioning normally, including via IMAP.
I used Bleachbit to give T'bird a good scour out but that didn't help.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?
My guts tell me that the problem is at the Yandex end. Maybe it's something to do with the war?
Partial resolution of the problem:
I went into Thunderbird's account settings
Yandex IMAP > Server Settings > Security Settings > Authentication method
... and changed "Normal password" to "OAuth2"
It asked me for my password, which I gave
T'bird seems to be receiving again but the equivalent change on the sending side didn't work.
You'd think that they'd let people know of such a change.
Did you configure the outgoing server? from the yandex page, use smtp.yandex.com, SSL, 465
ref: Other mail clients - Mail. Support
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I have it as you say but "SSL/TLS" instead of just "SSL". Doubt if that makes a difference.
I dont have a yandex account so I cannot test but try various options so that AUTH will work.
TLS is a better version of SSL.
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I have the outgoing SMTP server set up exactly as suggested here: Mozilla Thunderbird - Mail. Support but no joy.
Odd