Account Wizard doesn't help to configure new email account

[Hans-Georg Scherneck]

SeaMonkey 2.53.29 on MS Windows 10

I need to first remove and than add back an email account since my school account demands two-factor auth. I also need to change from POP to IMAP. 

Create a new account -> Account Wizard starts -> asks for a news server -> that's not what I need -> Account Wizard ends. 

What's an alternative?

/HGS

[Nuno Silva]

Late reply, but in case it's helpful:

This is a known issue, the wizard can be left in such a state where it
believes an account configuration needs to be finished, quoting the
release notes:

«After creating a news account through clicking a news URL, the
MailNews account wizard may be broken (the account type will always
be News). To work around the problem, set the
mail.server.serverX.valid pref (where X is the internal number of
the corresponding news account) to true in about:config, or delete
the invalid news account (bug 521861[1]). »

[1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521861

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