Yes, well, unfortunately the two extensions have one important word in common - makes mentioning them confusing.
Anyway, in my experience, including 5 minutes ago, Yahoo Mail will not allow login to 2 accounts at the same time (in a browser). So I doubt that the Tbird add-on could have "a cookie set which keeps it logged on for as long as Thunderbird is running" if I have more than one Yahoo account being checked. Somebody else??? On Oct 9, 2:19 pm, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, I missed your point about being interested in trying webmail > extensions with Thunderbird. I don't know for sure, but I suspect that > having checked mail once, the extension has a cookie set which keeps it > logged on for as long as Thunderbird is running. I can't see how this > could be a problem, I can't see a security risk, someone would have to > physically access your computer to take advantage of the log in, and if > they're sitting at your computer they can read all your mail anyway. If > you're really concerned about this possibility, don't have Thunderbird > remember your passwords, enter them manually every time your mail is > checked. > > > > Chris Clifton wrote: > > This forum is for the webmail extensions which work with Thunderbird, > > which is why I assumed that your question referred to the webmail > > extensions. I don't know anything about "Webmail Notifier", but I would > > guess that it does log in through Thunderbird as you describe, and quite > > possibly remains logged into the last account checked. Others on this > > forum may be more knowledgeable, but this isn't really the place to > > discuss Firefox extensions. > > > wizard wrote: > > >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
