Firefox Relay

Has any body else found Firefox relay to be mostly useless? I put up with the annoyance for a few days and then had to get rid of it. I did use it once to get past the i… (read more)

Has any body else found Firefox relay to be mostly useless? I put up with the annoyance for a few days and then had to get rid of it.

I did use it once to get past the id page for a purchase just to look at the freight cost. Too much, so the tab was closed straight away and the masked email did not leave my computer.

The problem is that signing up to new accounts or providing your email online is something that is done only very rarely compared to the number of times your email has to be used to login to an existing account but relay has to be in the way every time.

Just a hint to the developers, those accounts already have my email and they will never lose them. Also if I need to use my email to sign in, giving a mask email is not going to work very well.

Relay is a great idea if only it could determine the right time to get in the way.

Asked by Oldneweng 2 months ago

Last reply by Oldneweng 2 months ago

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I get this question dozens of times every day....: "Mozilla Thunderbird Email wants to access your Google Account" Why would I give Google permissions to access delete or do anything else to my email and contacts:

WHY AM I GETTING THIS REQUEST... DOZENS OF TIMES A DAY? Mozilla Thunderbird Email wants to access your Google Account undefined my gmail.com account: This will allow M… (read more)

WHY AM I GETTING THIS REQUEST... DOZENS OF TIMES A DAY?

Mozilla Thunderbird Email wants to access your Google Account undefined my gmail.com account: This will allow Mozilla Thunderbird Email to:

More info: Read, compose, send, and permanently delete all your email from Gmail Click for more information

More info: See, edit, download, and permanently delete your contacts Click for more information

More info: See, edit, share, and permanently delete all the calendars you can access using Google Calendar Click for more information

By clicking Allow, you allow this app and Google to use your information in accordance with their respective privacy policies. You can change this and other Account Permissions at any time.

HOW CAN I DISALLOW Google to do anything with my account and contacts?

Asked by paulholtzheimer 6 months ago

Last reply by gilad11 2 months ago

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Send to group as bcc

New European regulations (GDPR) require the use of BCC when emailing a group. This needs to be error proof as the cost of a mistake could be serious. The present system … (read more)

New European regulations (GDPR) require the use of BCC when emailing a group. This needs to be error proof as the cost of a mistake could be serious. The present system relies on me remembering to select BCC each time I write to the group.

Use BCC instead sounds OK, but I'm reluctant to use an add-in, as updates to TB could make it fail. And if I'm relying on it and suddenly it doesnt work..

Is there some way that I can create an address list so that when I write to that list it will ALWAYS use BCC? The contact data in the address book has about 50 fields, is there no way to set the preferred type of addressing?

I've read other replies to similar questions but none give the confidence in security that I'm seeking.

Asked by johnlerrington 6 years ago

Answered by sfhowes 6 years ago

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my Thunderbird password is not working

I tried my current Hotmail pwd, but received: 'Login to Server imap.gmail.com failed'. 'Retry', 'Enter New Password' or 'Cancel'. I tried all 3 previous Hotmail pwds, … (read more)

I tried my current Hotmail pwd, but received: 'Login to Server imap.gmail.com failed'. 'Retry', 'Enter New Password' or 'Cancel'. I tried all 3 previous Hotmail pwds, but receive the same. I added a Master Password just now, but still get the above…. Help!!!

Thanks!

Asked by dmmoran 6 years ago

Last reply by dmmoran 6 years ago

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Startup Master

I used Startup Master to keep my e-mails private. However, by just keep clicking 'cancel' when asked for the password, Thunderbird opens and you can read all my mails. Is… (read more)

I used Startup Master to keep my e-mails private. However, by just keep clicking 'cancel' when asked for the password, Thunderbird opens and you can read all my mails. Is there any bug in that add-ons?. It's not only happened in add-on, I happens in default master password too.

Asked by KAPIL5987 6 years ago

Last reply by Wayne Mery 6 years ago

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Remote Images Still Blocked

I have changed the privacy settings as suggested in the help guide, but any image I text to my e-mail is blocked. They can only be double clicked on the footer to open th… (read more)

I have changed the privacy settings as suggested in the help guide, but any image I text to my e-mail is blocked. They can only be double clicked on the footer to open them in another application. Is it possible to have them load automatically in the body of the e-mail?

Asked by MacInAction 6 years ago

Answered by Matt 6 years ago

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I have forgoten my master password for thunderbird

I found an article how to reset the master password. It worked for Mozila's password in the browser but not with thunderbird. I cannot get it to go to thunderbird's tool … (read more)

I found an article how to reset the master password. It worked for Mozila's password in the browser but not with thunderbird. I cannot get it to go to thunderbird's tool to reset it from there.

Asked by Sam 6 years ago

Answered by sfhowes 6 years ago

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Can't set up using an existing account

Currently unable to set up to an existing account on a new laptop. I’ve verified user name and password on the old laptop, but these don’t work when setting up the new on… (read more)

Currently unable to set up to an existing account on a new laptop. I’ve verified user name and password on the old laptop, but these don’t work when setting up the new one. The Thunderbird set-up wizard found my configuration in the Mozilla ISP DB, but can’t verify it. In other words, it won’t accept my username or password. I’ve done this for both IMAP and POP3, but it makes no difference. I’ve confirmed user name and password for both smtp and mail folders, and tried them in setting up. However, on the new laptop, Thunderbird doesn’t ask for user name, but just the name as displayed to others. Once I get set up, I’d like to copy my archive into the new system. One thing at a time…

Asked by bmartel77 6 years ago

Answered by bmartel77 6 years ago

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cant log on due to password settings

I think this comes from google and they seem to want me to set my google account to accept Thunderbird's less restrictive security policy. I'm not sure any of this is co… (read more)

I think this comes from google and they seem to want me to set my google account to accept Thunderbird's less restrictive security policy. I'm not sure any of this is correct and it thurns out there is no simple way to fix my google account. I'm losing interest fast. I have not used Thuderbird for a year, and if i'm correct, something happened at google in that time to lock me out. This was working very well a year ago. tnx

Asked by thisisponderous 6 years ago

Last reply by bobgru 6 years ago

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Can't send email in Thunderbird 60.2.1 - STARTTLS error when using SSL/TLS

After upgrading to Thunderbird 60.2.1, I can no longer send messages. I'm running Linux 4.15.0-38-generic. I get the attached error saying that I have problems with ST… (read more)

After upgrading to Thunderbird 60.2.1, I can no longer send messages. I'm running Linux 4.15.0-38-generic.

I get the attached error saying that I have problems with STARTTLS SMP. However, I have my connection security as SSL/TLS (second attachment). I haven't changed anything for years on my connection security. I successfully sent emails yesterday. Sending still works on my other machine (Windows) with v 59 and the same settings..

Asked by Mary 7 years ago

Answered by Matt 7 years ago

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Scammer showed up as a known contact even though the email address was not in my contacts. I replied because I trusted unnecessarily.

I have attached a screenshot of the incoming message from a scam email. It was a request to buy an itunes gift card. Although the name of the sender is mentioned in the… (read more)

I have attached a screenshot of the incoming message from a scam email. It was a request to buy an itunes gift card. Although the name of the sender is mentioned in the subject, the message came from an email address that is not in my contacts. In spite of this, the Correspondents column showed the trusted name, which caused me to respond, although I didn't send money. Can the trusted name be replaced with the actual bogus email address? That would add security.

Asked by CDiddy4 7 years ago

Answered by sfhowes 7 years ago

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I installed StartupMaster add-on on Mac but forgot master key,deleted and installed Thuderbird many times but it still requires master password.What can I do?

I tried deleting and installing Thunderbird several times but it still requires master password that I wrote when I installed StartupMaster add-on on my Thunderbird. I do… (read more)

I tried deleting and installing Thunderbird several times but it still requires master password that I wrote when I installed StartupMaster add-on on my Thunderbird. I don't know what to do because it seems like I won't be able to install and use Thunderbird on my Mac any more? I thought that maybe there is a need to delete Thunderbird completely from my Mac but I don't know how else I can do it - I just delete the Thunderbird like I delete all other apps. Thanks for help.

Asked by smse 7 years ago

Last reply by Matt 7 years ago

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Incomming HTML, how can I block this?

I constantly get mails with plaintext and then some HTML-Version of the same mail attached. I just want to see the plain-mail part without any HTML/CSS/whatever. I dont … (read more)

I constantly get mails with plaintext and then some HTML-Version of the same mail attached.

I just want to see the plain-mail part without any HTML/CSS/whatever. I dont want HTML and CSS to get rendered. Preferably I want it stripped from the mail and deleted. Is there some way to archive this or an addon that will do it?

Asked by .rhavin 7 years ago

Last reply by Matt 7 years ago

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show sender email to detect forged sender

I'd like to have only email address shown in received mails list. Reason: detect forged email is easier. Things that do not work: -addons, there is none tha… (read more)

I'd like to have only email address shown in received mails list.


Reason:

detect forged email is easier.


Things that do not work:

-addons, there is none that works with thunderbird 60 and it should be basic feature

-uncheck in options "show only name for who is inaddress book", done and people are not in address book

-open the email and read the sender there, that's known but is not what i asked


Example:

sender: "Posteo Support <their@mail.here>" but in the list is only "Posteo Support"

mail from friend that changed his name in google account and sent me test email, sender: "Posteo support <friend@google.com>" but again in the list is exactly as the real one: "Posteo Support"


This bypass spf, dkim and maybe also antispam because it's outside their scope


Same apply for s/mime digitally signed emails, there is no column for it, you have to open them one by one to check what is signed and what isn't.

It has been asked so many times in many years

there are multiple, now outdated, plugins for this

Can we have an official answer on why this bacic feature has not been implemented yet in 2018?


also had to type this twice as when i clicked post it said "access denied" and i have lost everything ':/

Asked by nesos 7 years ago

Answered by sfhowes 7 years ago