Thanks, but so sorry, my original post was unclear. I was describing my annoyance at finding out that "WebMail Notifier" (Firefox extension) was retaining a Yahoo login, apparently the entire time my default browser (Firefox)is in use. I haven't even tried "WebMail" (for Thunderbird) yet and want to know how it will behave before I choose.
I'm not concerned with logins from two browsers or two computers at once, or from one browser plus Thunderbird on my computer. What I want to know is - if I were to have Tbird open (and no browser) with this add-on active and containing a list of Yahoo accounts, does it log into one Yahoo account, then log out of that; then log in to my next listed Yahoo account and log out of same; then on to the third Y-account and so on? And when the add-on is finished checking mail on its list, is it true (as I wish) that nothing is logged into a Yahoo account until the next moment the add-on starts its list again? On Oct 9, 1:08 pm, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > Although the extension logs in to your email accounts emulating a > browser session, this log in is quite independent of any log in you may > make using a browser such as Firefox or Internet Explorer. For example, > should you log in to your web mail account using Firefox, you will not > be logged in using IE, even from the same computer. You can log in quite > independently using either browser, even log in using both > simultaneously. The point that I'm making is that whatever the extension > does to log in will have no effect on you logging in using a browser. If > you found yourself already logged in, then this would have to be because > you hadn't logged out of a previous session and a cookie had stored the > log in. > A corollary of this is that if someone else has logged in from another > computer, you would only find out if they changed something, you cannot > tell just by logging in yourself whether another program on your > computer or anywhere else (or anyone else) is also logged in. > > > > wizard wrote: > > Q. If this add-on is used to check a few Yahoo webmail accounts, > > would it be logging in to each account according to my chosen > > time cycle parameters, but log out and leave me disconnected > > from the Yahoo network in between checks? > > > That's how I'd want it to behave... > > > I mistrust Yahoo. The accounts are leftovers from the pre-Gmail era. > > In recent years - for various reasons unwilling to deactivate them > > altogether - I have checked for incoming Yahoo (only) mail within > > Firefox, via the add-on called "WebMail Notifier." > > > But this morning I discovered something appalling when I manually > > navigated to the Yahoo Calendar login page: I was already logged in on > > one of my userIDs, > > > This despite a number of browser measures to avoid or clear LSOs, > > Flash cookies, SuperCookies, or any kind of persistent cookie I have > > ever heard of. (I'm not a tech expert.) > > > I do not want Yahoo hooked to me except when either (a) an automated > > process is checking for new mail; or (b) I am actually looking inside > > one of my accounts with my own eyeballs. > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thunderbird Webmail Extension" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
