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How can I recover multiple gmail and yahoo mail accounts lost in change from uninstalling corrupted earlier version to installing newer version?

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Laptop became horribly slow online. Tests suggested Firefox corruption. R/R to current version. Two mailboxes (one each) are retained as the last ones in use. All others are lost in transition. Gmail and Yahoo do not recognize my new Firefox settings beyond the two saved accounts. I have multiple accounts for various uses. I'd like to recover them but there is no evident process for this. Also, the same thing has occurred for all saved passwords (expected) so I have re-saved many of them. However, LinkedIn, Ebay, PayPal, Twitter, etc... not recognized. Email systems say lost accounts don't exist while member accounts remain locked to lost email accounts. I appreciate your solutions or, if necessary, suggestions, -- such as useful direct contacts for Gmail and Yahoo support. Thanks, -- Ed

Laptop became horribly slow online. Tests suggested Firefox corruption. R/R to current version. Two mailboxes (one each) are retained as the last ones in use. All others are lost in transition. Gmail and Yahoo do not recognize my new Firefox settings beyond the two saved accounts. I have multiple accounts for various uses. I'd like to recover them but there is no evident process for this. Also, the same thing has occurred for all saved passwords (expected) so I have re-saved many of them. However, LinkedIn, Ebay, PayPal, Twitter, etc... not recognized. Email systems say lost accounts don't exist while member accounts remain locked to lost email accounts. I appreciate your solutions or, if necessary, suggestions, -- such as useful direct contacts for Gmail and Yahoo support. Thanks, -- Ed

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If you are using webmail, can you not just log in to the accounts and get the mail? If you mean that you are not logged in any more, are you allowing those sites to set cookies? You should allow any sites where you have to log in to set cookies.

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If you are using webmail, can you not just log in to the accounts and get the mail? If you mean that you are not logged in any more, are you allowing those sites to set cookies? You should allow any sites where you have to log in to set cookies.

ed123go
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Thanks. It seems the system just took some time to catch up. I have access now. It's OK to post this for others to read. Thanks, again.