Privacy issues of HTML and Images in emails

New TB user here, coming from Mac. I notice my emails look very 'old school' - font wise. I THINK it's because TB is showing plaintext whereas Mac Mail was showing me ht… (pročitajte više)

New TB user here, coming from Mac. I notice my emails look very 'old school' - font wise. I THINK it's because TB is showing plaintext whereas Mac Mail was showing me html, it looks that way anyway. Or maybe it's 'rich text' rather than html. I'm not sure, but it got me wondering, are there any major privacy/security risks of viewing html emails rather than plaintext? I automatically block all images in emails, always have. but looking at Mac Mail it doesn't look like i blocked html as some emails (newsletter type things) show some nice background colours and buttons etc, whereas the same email on TB is just basic font text.

I'd like my emails to look a BIT prettier, in all honesty, but not if that opens major security/privacy risks.

Would be grateful if someone could offer their thoughts on the above please

Asked by mozilla516 prije 6 dana

Last reply by mozilla516 prije 3 dana

Trouble saving downloads

Prior to about a month ago, downloading worked as expected: - click a link - the save to... dialog opened - choose the folder - the download is off and running No more. … (pročitajte više)

Prior to about a month ago, downloading worked as expected: - click a link - the save to... dialog opened - choose the folder - the download is off and running

No more. For about the past month - click a link - wait for a long time with FF frozen - the a wheel starts rotating - after a full minute (or more) the save dialog appears.

Something has been broken in the mad-dash to push updates. It's fine for browsing, but the, you need to download. At that point you wish you were using a different browser (any other browser, in fact) since FF is the only oe that has this problem. Downloading works fine in a 8 chromium browsers that I have and in the 5 FF clones (like Waterfox)

It's just FF that's broken. I can no longer afford to set it as default because of this. The others are not perfect (WF won't activate Pocket, foe example) but downloading promptly is critical.

Asked by essin prije 4 dana

Last reply by essin prije 3 dana

9gag, "post" button disappears

When commenting on 9gag, the blue "post" button disappears. If I choose "Desktop sight", the entire page reformats and becomes different and I lose all of my posting info… (pročitajte više)

When commenting on 9gag, the blue "post" button disappears. If I choose "Desktop sight", the entire page reformats and becomes different and I lose all of my posting information.

Asked by Dave Wolf prije 3 dana

Last reply by Dave Wolf prije 3 dana

"open in other app" is gone

I use the mobile version of Mozilla firefox and it choose to "remove" the open in other app feature for certain apps. If I open youtube.com mozilla would ask to "open in… (pročitajte više)

I use the mobile version of Mozilla firefox and it choose to "remove" the open in other app feature for certain apps.

If I open youtube.com mozilla would ask to "open in other app" as an option instead of just opening it in the browser, youtube, twitter/X, reddit, etc. are fine, but for certain apps such as Pixiv and Patreon the option just dissapeared entirely, not even in the tripple dots at the bottom right does this option appear, can anyone help?

Asked by danielarthurbmillan prije 3 dana

Last reply by danielarthurbmillan prije 3 dana

repositioning the text in slideshow

HI, I'm trying to move the text to below the picture as in the screenshot of the popup (black back ground) on the non-popup pages because the mobile is not in popup, and … (pročitajte više)

HI, I'm trying to move the text to below the picture as in the screenshot of the popup (black back ground) on the non-popup pages because the mobile is not in popup, and the text is blocking the artwork as well. Is there a section to move the text outside of the picture? Thank you!

Asked by swwindrider prije 6 dana

Last reply by swwindrider prije 3 dana

Thunderbird flatpak commit subject doesn't show version number

When encountering a problem with a new release and wanting to downgrade back to an older (working) version - especially if some plugin I depend on hasn't been updated ye… (pročitajte više)

When encountering a problem with a new release and wanting to downgrade back to an older (working) version - especially if some plugin I depend on hasn't been updated yet. The current version is well marked, but it would be helpful if the older versions had a subject line like "Release 115.x.x (github commit id)" so we can do better than walk back one release at a time. All flatpak examples for rollback show meaningful subject lines, but Thunderbird and other flatpaks I actually use don't seem to.

  1. flatpak remote-info --log flathub app/org.mozilla.Thunderbird

Thunderbird - Thunderbird is a free and open source email, newsfeed, chat, and calendaring client

       ID: org.mozilla.Thunderbird
      Ref: app/org.mozilla.Thunderbird/x86_64/stable
     Arch: x86_64
   Branch: stable
  Version: 115.9.0

...

   Commit: ec99a6e7155ef2ce8fbb88a45c9ce50f3213289cdf6c0f77825b622f30fa7845
   Parent: 6e23bd3c0dbb2ea57192a120e9d4c431ee192e454e0cc11452184392f14e6fab
  Subject: Export org.mozilla.Thunderbird
     Date: 2024-03-19 14:02:18 +0000
  History: 
   Commit: 6e23bd3c0dbb2ea57192a120e9d4c431ee192e454e0cc11452184392f14e6fab
  Subject: Export org.mozilla.Thunderbird
     Date: 2024-03-05 07:25:45 +0000
   Commit: 1d7a72d99a0e77fc16bdd610d356f4eea0626dfaf95fa572744451502b9f4128
  Subject: Export org.mozilla.Thunderbird
     Date: 2024-03-05 07:04:30 +0000

Asked by Jeffrey Goh prije 4 dana

Last reply by Jeffrey Goh prije 3 dana

Error accessing nyu.edu email (provided by gmail) from Thunderbird client after nyu password update

Give that I use TB as my desktop client to access my nyu.edu email (provided by google), and that recently I updated my password as periodically requested by nyu admin Wh… (pročitajte više)

Give that I use TB as my desktop client to access my nyu.edu email (provided by google), and that recently I updated my password as periodically requested by nyu admin When I try to access nyu email a pop up screen come up asking to authenticate with imap.gmail.com. I click next and get a 403 Access Forbidden error (Authentication failure while connecting to server imap.gmail.com.)

Solutions I have tried: 1. Clear cookies, history and cache on browsers and TB; 2. Changed default browsers (Ffox, Ch, Edge); 3. Deleted account in TB and created it again using instructions here https://www.nyu.edu/servicelink/KB0016473 4. Accessed my nyu email on browser to check user name and password. It works. I can access the email.

Nothing seems to work. Still get 403 error. As a result I am unable to authenticate and hence use the email account in TB.

Asked by Music4253 prije 3 dana

Last reply by Music4253 prije 2 dana

All my saved and synced bookmarks and passwords are gone!?

Hi, I did a clean install from win10 to win11, then installed firefox and logged in to my account but it havent synced anything? All my saved passwords and bookmarks are … (pročitajte više)

Hi, I did a clean install from win10 to win11, then installed firefox and logged in to my account but it havent synced anything? All my saved passwords and bookmarks are gone!?

Can someone please help me get them back! Does anyone have a solution for this?

Read something about that a backup is saved on your computer? Isnt saved to a cloud? Thats what a thought! I have done a clean install on a new drive, old drive i already wiped aswell! Doesnt have a windows.old dir or anything.

Please tell me everything isnt lost!

Best regards Gabriel

Asked by gabrielstrid prije 3 dana

Last reply by gabrielstrid prije 2 dana

The setting "place a copy in" does NOT work for Forward, only Reply

Hi! I presumed that the settings for copies to self when sending works for both replies and forwards, but I just discovered that it only works for replies. That is NOT s… (pročitajte više)

Hi!

I presumed that the settings for copies to self when sending works for both replies and forwards, but I just discovered that it only works for replies. That is NOT satisfactory, and not logical - if you ask me.

I think it worked until about 2 years ago, when Thunderbird was seriously damaged by "updates", and has not yet recovered fully...

I have attached an anonymized screenshot of the "Place a copy in" settings. The sending email address is behind 3 of the erased areas. Only "Bcc these" is different.

Any solution would be appreciated. Thank you.

Asked by Henrik R. prije 3 dana

Last reply by Henrik R. prije 2 dana

How do I format my signature?

Left Mac Mail for TB (on Fedora). I am trying to replicate my signature from Mac Mail but I can't seem to format it nicely. I had some legal disclaimer text which was s… (pročitajte više)

Left Mac Mail for TB (on Fedora). I am trying to replicate my signature from Mac Mail but I can't seem to format it nicely. I had some legal disclaimer text which was small font (8) and gray rather than black. I tried pasting the text into the signature box in account settings but it's just plain text. is there some way to activate a rich text/html editor to make it look a bit nicer? thanks

Asked by mozilla516 prije 6 dana

Last reply by mozilla516 prije 2 dana

Cannot copy text in Thunderbird

Hi, I use thunderbird ver. 115.9.0 on Garuda Linux Gnome (Arch based distro). From some time I noticed I cannot copy in app. I cannot copy text from messeges or copy text… (pročitajte više)

Hi, I use thunderbird ver. 115.9.0 on Garuda Linux Gnome (Arch based distro). From some time I noticed I cannot copy in app. I cannot copy text from messeges or copy text from popup window with thunderbird version. I try to change theme but it don'y help.

Regards.

Asked by skweresp prije 2 dana

Last reply by skweresp prije 2 dana

Enable/Disable Show Passwords

April 15, 2024 Thunderbird is Insecure There is missing functionality issues 1. How to Disable the "SHOW PASSWORD" Button in Security Settings 2. Either implement with a… (pročitajte više)

April 15, 2024 Thunderbird is Insecure There is missing functionality issues

1. How to Disable the "SHOW PASSWORD" Button in Security Settings 2. Either implement with a Password Password option, only to show the Passwords or 3. Allow the ability to Disable the Button

back in 1916-18 the ability to disable the "SHOW PASSWORD" Button worked with with a variation of the following at that time user_pref("pref.privacy.disable_button.view_passwords", true); I believe I created and used chrome.css or chrome.js

At some point this functionality ceased to work.

Now, I have scoured the Net to figure out a Solution simply setting the value to True, gets reset by Thunderbird, TB does not save it. it always reverts back to False and the button remains available and does not disable

I have tried everything, adding it in user.js, settings.js, userChrome.js I put it in every directory, nothing seems to work

Do I have to Lock it? - How? confusing and disappointing.

Please provide a simple step by step Solution to the problem

Thank you

Asked by icenews prije 2 dana

Last reply by icenews prije 2 dana

Thunderbird : "subscribe" to folders (POP)

Hello, I use Thunderbird portable. I imported as Imap an existing account at Infomaniak.com but all the personal folders and subfolders were missing. No problem, just rig… (pročitajte više)

Hello, I use Thunderbird portable. I imported as Imap an existing account at Infomaniak.com but all the personal folders and subfolders were missing. No problem, just right-click on the account and choose "subscribe" ("s'abonner" in French), ticking all the proposed folders. So in IMAP it works, but if you set the account as Pop3, the "subscribe" function doesn't appear. I need Pop3 for an account to be imported into Thunderbird. How can I do this ?

Thanks for your help !

Asked by temp1600 prije 3 dana

Last reply by temp1600 prije 2 dana

TB Will not download emails for 1 account on PC, but works fine on Android

Symptom: 1. TB stopped downloading new emails for one account on PC. Solutions Tried without success: 1. Checked Email configuration and settings 2. Restart TB 3. Reb… (pročitajte više)

Symptom:

1. TB stopped downloading new emails for one account on PC.

Solutions Tried without success:

1. Checked Email configuration and settings 2. Restart TB 3. Rebuild Global Database by deleting global-messages-db.sqlite file. 4. Delete Saved passwords. 5. Delete all emails on webserver dating back to when problem began. 6. Change password on webserver.

Additional information.

Current version of TB: Version 115.9.0 Windows Version: Windows 10 Home 22H2 Email Webserver: Ionos Email Protocol: POP3

Issue Details: I use TB on my desktop to manage many different email accounts. Some from Gmail and some from Ionos. Last week, TB stopped downloading emails from one of my Ionos accounts. It still downloads from my other Ionos account and my gmail accounts. I use Aquamail on my Android device and it continues to be able to download emails for this same account. Additionally, I have a laptop with TB and it continues to download emails from this account without issue.

If you need additional information, please ask. Suggesting switching to IMAP is not useful and not a solution to my issue. I respectfully request that you Please do not go there (been down this road before). I want to fix the problem, not go around it.

Asked by Johnhoward28 prije 5 dana

Last reply by Johnhoward28 prije 2 dana

How to sync (duplicate) Calendar Events between multiple accounts?

I would like to have a unified calendar that when an event is added to my gmail or outlook calendar it gets copied to the unified calendar. Is that possible? … (pročitajte više)

I would like to have a unified calendar that when an event is added to my gmail or outlook calendar it gets copied to the unified calendar.

Is that possible?

Asked by mesho_msn3333 prije 3 dana

Last reply by mesho_msn3333 prije 2 dana

Can't close Firefox with multi pages opened through right clicking the taskbar.

Firefox Version: 124.0.2 (64 bit) Windows Version: Windows 10 LTSC 2019 (Version 1809) When I right click the taskbar and press close Firefox, here comes the interface j… (pročitajte više)

Firefox Version: 124.0.2 (64 bit) Windows Version: Windows 10 LTSC 2019 (Version 1809)

When I right click the taskbar and press close Firefox, here comes the interface just as the screenshot uploaded. The blue close button doesn't response no matter how I click it and the Firefox's taskbar is flashing yellow. This bug only occurs on the first window of Firefox and only when user right click the taskbar.

It has been a long time for me wishing that some updates would be released soon to fix this issue, while noting happens. Or this bug is only for me?

Asked by Feeling Unreal prije 6 dana

Last reply by Feeling Unreal prije 2 dana

Tasks Disappeared - flat out disappeared between sessions - GONE!

TB v115.8.0 (64-bit) Closed the app and went to dinner Came back and opened the app. All the tasks are GONE!!! I know TB keeps everything in text files, so I found the "… (pročitajte više)

TB v115.8.0 (64-bit) Closed the app and went to dinner Came back and opened the app. All the tasks are GONE!!!

I know TB keeps everything in text files, so I found the "calendar-data" folder and opened some files using NOTEPAD.EXE to find keywords I know represent my tasks. Sure enough, the data is there in the sqlite files.

What's the secret code that simply decides to not open those files and populate my task window?

Asked by Bob prije 5 dana

Last reply by Bob prije 2 dana

Google account and googleapis.com window

Hi, on My Mother computer i have problem with google account. at first i can't add google account as normal mail account; when I run TB (after I deleted google mail accou… (pročitajte više)

Hi, on My Mother computer i have problem with google account. at first i can't add google account as normal mail account; when I run TB (after I deleted google mail account and google calendar's) i have popup from "https://accounts.google.com/_bscframe", and after i click "next" ("Dalej") i get 400 problem ... data from TB: Informacje o programie Nazwa Thunderbird Wersja 115.9.0 ID kompilacji 20240314154241 ID dystrybucji Kanał aktualizacji release Identyfikator programu Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:115.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/115.9.0 System operacyjny Windows_NT 10.0 22631 Proces uruchamiający włączony Okna wieloprocesowe 0/0 Okna Fission 0/0 włączone domyślnie Zdalne procesy 0 Zasady organizacji Aktywne Klucz usługi lokalizacji Google Brak Klucz usługi „Bezpieczne przeglądanie” Google Brak Klucz usługi lokalizacji Mozilli Brak Tryb awaryjny true Rozmiar pamięci (RAM) 15,7 GB Dostępne miejsce na dysku 271 GB Konta poczty i grup dyskusyjnych ID Nazwa Serwer poczty przychodzącej Serwery poczty wychodzącej Nazwa serwera Bezpieczeństwo połączenia Metoda uwierzytelniania Tożsamość Nazwa serwera Bezpieczeństwo połączenia Metoda uwierzytelniania Domyślne? account1 b.dolinska@reoli.pl (imap) imap-bv6.super-host.pl:993 3 3 Barbara Dolińska smtp-bv6.super-host.pl:465 3 3 true account2 Lokalne foldery (none) Local Folders 0 3 account3 biuro@reoli.pl (imap) imap-bv6.super-host.pl:993 3 3 Barbara Dolińska <biuro@reoli.pl> smtp-bv6.super-host.pl:465 3 3 true account5 dolinska@o2.pl (imap) poczta.o2.pl:993 3 3 Barbara Dolińska <dolinska@o2.pl> poczta.o2.pl:465 3 3 true Biblioteki

Biblioteka Stan Oczekiwana wersja minimalna Wersja w użyciu Ścieżka RNP (OpenPGP)


Ustawienia kalendarza Domowy Nazwa Wartość Nazwa Domowy Typ storage Wyłączone true Nazwa użytkownika Adres URI moz-storage-calendar:// Częstotliwość odświeżania Tylko do odczytu Wstrzymaj przypomnienia Włączona pamięć podręczna Tożsamość iMIP id1 Wyłączone iMIP Konto iMIP Identyfikator organizatora mailto:b.dolinska@reoli.pl Wymuś harmonogram pocztowy Obsługiwane wyskakujące przypomnienia Obsługiwane przypomnienia o zaproszeniu Maksymalna liczba przypomnień na wydarzenie Obsługiwany załącznik Maksymalna liczba kategorii Obsługiwany stan prywatności Obsługiwany priorytet true Obsługiwane wydarzenie Obsługiwane zadanie Obsługiwany czas lokalny Obsługiwana strefa UTC/GMT Obsługiwany automatyczny harmonogram Zgłoszenia awarii z ostatnich 3 dni ID zgłoszenia Data przesłania Zdalne procesy

Asked by DWSD prije 1 dan

Last reply by DWSD prije 1 dan

firefox v google etc

1st, I'm old, cant code, tho wish I cld, so am naive and tho being online for over 20 years, just dont get any tech etc on how any of it works (damn it). My issue, is th… (pročitajte više)

1st, I'm old, cant code, tho wish I cld, so am naive and tho being online for over 20 years, just dont get any tech etc on how any of it works (damn it).

My issue, is th incompatibility across 1st O/S's, due to competition but mainly bcoz of the lack of ethics inherant in capitalism.

As my meme has; "cRapitalism - guaranteed to make a$$holes of otherwise good folks!"

But, "that's evolution fo' yo'!

Point is, th web is still a baby, so has a way to go b4 it, thus all operators and users, "evolve" to agreed bases, O/S's, layout standards for all the sites, platforms, apps, etc.

Eg1; Social media platforms? All in their own anazing ways, are fabulous.

But (yeah, an "old Luddite's" problem) skipping from 1 to another, and another, each w its great but own layout, is longterm, long-game, all up v innefficient.

So, IMCO, there needs ASAP to be a meet of both developers AND govt specialists, to begin a project to design GLOBALLY-acceptable layouts etc, for maximum user-friendliness, and other vital factors in sites' designs.

I write this on my phone, bcoz sPOOks have hackrashed every lap and desk top computer, bcoz of my REALPolitiks, so that'll do from me.

Sayin', "sameness" of all parts for online use, like the accepted "QWERTY" keyboard layout, as with Post Offices, I guess, all requiring postage stamps in the dame corner of envelopes, globally, etc, baby internet needs to gwow upsies, above the usually excellent egotrips of each web layout etc., to maximize humanity's communications systems.

Cheers.

But, maybe ending cRapitalism would improve human intelligence faster, so we dont go extinct fighting for our own egotrips to rule?

JaRD @Justdfy on X (I gave up on algorithm facespook, long after google included their shadowbanning Al Gorythm to G+.)

16:10AEST, 240416.

Asked by JaRD prije 2 dana

Last reply by JaRD prije 1 dan