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Windows 10 Pro v. 21H2 - Thunderbird v. 91.8.1

Windows Security: 4/13/2022 - detected 14 Severe Threats from inbound emails infected with Trojan:HTML/Phish.RA!MTB. 4/14/2022 - detected 23 more since then - "only" 27 more, because I stopped opening Thunderbird except when absolutely necessary..

By that time, Outlook 2016 was also up and running on the same computer and receiving the same email account's messages.

When Thunderbird is shut down, not one Severe Threat is seen by Windows Security. Outlook does not allow infected messages to get through. The moment I open Thunderbird, the virus flood begins with pent up fervor.

Conclusion: Thunderbird has severe security issues. Not Windows. Not Outlook.

With respect, what's going on?

Thank you, rsw1941

I've been using Outlook Express (from XP) for years, even into the Windows 10 era with a patched version of XP. Since GMail will no longer support it after May 2022 I decided to migrate to Thunderbird Portable.

Since 91.8.1 doesn't import from Outlook Express, I first used Thunderbird Portable 52.9.1 x86 (last version that supports XP) to import mails, accounts and whatever else it imports. I then set up a Primary Password, and painstakingly manually added all rules from Outlook Express to Thunderbird's "filters". After everything was up and running, I upgraded to Thunderbird Portable 91.8.1 x86.

For some reason, when I try to login to any GMail account, after the login, pass, allow Thunderbird as email client, a popup window appears asking me to "Change Password", but whatever password I put, it always says "Unable to change password". If I go to "Privacy & Security", "Use a Primary Password" is disabled, and if I check it, it asks me to enter and re-enter a new password, but it also says "Unable to change Primary Password".

II tried both commands listed in the link below, both seem to work by pressing the Reset button, but the error console seems to output a uncaught exception. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/protect-your-thunderbird-passwords-master-password#w_resetting-your-master-password-if-you-have-forgotten-it

Any more suggestions?

When i try to send a email, and I am using thunderbird this message Warning pops up. You are about to override how thunderbird identifies this site When it has location smtp.plateautel.net 587, This site attempts to identify itself with invalid information. Wrong site. This certificate belongs to a different site, which could mean that someone else is trying to impersonate this site,

Does anyone know a way to get my e-edition newspaper from Chicago Tribune to load? I have a feeling the link length is too long, and Thunderbird security settings are not letting it load. Any way around this.

Here is today's link:

http://nsl.chicagotribune.com/T/v60000018074bc0e1391466e6e966f4578/91e7db017f4746060000021ef3a0bcc5/91e7db01-7f47-4606-9081-dafadbf62912?__dU__=v0oQlZ2XmHtXiAyDQlJISNgMHTLUYKdjtZWFFXTte5I8s=&__F__=v0fUYvjHMDjRPMSh3tviDHXIoXcPxvDgUUCCPvXMWoX_3g3dRD1DWLuIoeSUjjZMxF2QUqp8pPlv_eRbfbZRQq_NZ_mbZDNvmViqiLwzLUZzgu3nKxC0T5gpRj2lzSB-XSrJ8ActAjFiGtVI-cw5Ij-1MGjqhTIZSsFEYlNOWckB0DUBMMycQIAp6yZC9ZkzD9edhRcLbRMZ_ecSG2KYIMpxLasx-1fUey0eYqAVb-RS2bY-LMGj7rcy_-0hmu20rcZVjmEAxGUmiPt2sG63kYxpaT9t1kyWhXy1s7SnQi5LcltBYhL2yBMUvsS4dPu_CrI5uvfFzt1RBUfoijRegy6zzCEKk86tTz5E7YkCsM68dUVeqC8ZI5iKfjgHgYFFnJ9vTLWC6Q7H9anL-w5DAP7B9z_neZhd5H

In my language: "kokoonpanoa ei voitu vahvistaa", assembly could not be validated. (finnish-english)

I have before could used microsoft outlook e-mail in thunderbird but not anymore? There is in yellow box something about server and does not accept?

Could it be because sometime ago i added two-step log-in to outlook?

I have then used browser e-mail or microsoft windows e-mail but would like to get it back to thunderbird?

I can not, for some reason, sign into my Gmail account on Thunderbird. The password I'm entering matches the password on my google account. I'm stumped.

Any help is appreciated.

D

I have received this from Google and wondering if you are aware of it and plan to make Thunderbird compliant?

Google On May 30, you may lose access to apps that are using less secure sign-in technology ???????@gmail.com To help keep your account secure, Google will no longer support the use of third-party apps or devices which ask you to sign in to your Google Account using only your username and password. Instead, you’ll need to sign in using Sign in with Google or other more secure technologies, like OAuth 2.0. Learn moreWhat do you need to do?

Email software, like Outlook 2016 or earlier, has less secure access to your Gmail. Switch to Office 365, Outlook 2019 or newer, or any other email software where you can sign in using Sign in with Google. Learn more You received this email to let you know about important changes to your Google Account and services. © 2022 Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA Thank you, Jim

I have two email accounts that I access via Thunderbird v91.8.1 (64 bit): -

1. Gmail, which is set up to use Gmail's OAuth2 and works fine and, 2. Zoho mail, which currently uses Username and 'Normal password' authentication, which also works fine. For now.

If Zoho mail stops supporting username/password and tightens their security to use MFA (as they are likely to, like Gmail has) then their equivalent to OAuth2 is their own 'OneAuth' and Thunderbird does not seem to support this at this time.

If this happens then I will no longer be able to use TB to access my Zoho emails so can you tell me if TB is intending to support zoho's OneAuth as well as Gmail's OAuth2 and when we may expect this to happen?

Thank you

Incredibly, Thunderbird will not save a login password even though the box is checked. Not only that, a sign in with Google screen keeps popping up every two or three minutes. What the blankety-blank is wrong? How can this email client, so many years in development, behave so stupidly? I've checked various links from Mozilla and others, but none of the so-called solutions actually work. I need to know:

1. How can I convince Thunderbird to save my login passwords?

2. How can I stop the sign in with Google screen from constantly reappearing?

Thunderbird email is not recognizing my password - it has worked for years and tonight I cannot download mine or my husband's emails. It says my password does not match, but I have not changed it!

How do I update my password to email on thunderbird? I don't have this window that appears and ask you to put new password in. I also don't have any password saved in "saved password".

Please help!

I am getting this error message when opening Thunderbird: Login to server imap.xfinity.com with username at @comcast.net failed. I need to reset my password for the imap server. Thanks, Kevin

/edited emails from public

recently offered the Primary Password as simple security to all my programs. filled in my choice , wrote it down and put it "safe". now neither password nor backup can be retrieved. is there a recovery path?

it seems imay have excluded help by this foolishness? my i phone picks up emails...so far. maloona112@gmail.com Any suggestions welcomed. fairly immune to ridicule, I understand little about jargon nd clever stuff.

Dear helpers ,

Unable to login with my password, even though same password gives me access in the webmail account.

Account provider is  : Tim. it (@alice.it)

In server setting I have :

Imap in.alice.it Port 143

Smtp out.alice.it Port 587

(On page E d i t - Preferences - Saved Passwords I only have blank page ). See enclosure below.

Many thanks to you all.

I suspect this has something to do with our old mail-server and changing the minimum level for TLS to TLSv1.2

In version 91 there is no ≡ > Options > Find in Options to get to the Config Editor. How is that done now ?

I have been using Thunderbird for several years for my GMail accounts, and have always preferred to download my messages using the POP and SMTP protocols, rather than use the IMAP protocol which leaves them all on the web. Google now inform me that "To help keep your account secure, Google will no longer support the use of third-party apps or devices which ask you to sign in to your Google Account using only your username and password. Instead, you’ll need to sign in using Sign in with Google or other more secure technologies, like OAuth 2.0. What do you need to do? Email software, like Outlook 2016 or earlier, has less secure access to your Gmail. Switch to Office 365, Outlook 2019 or newer, or any other email software where you can sign in using Sign in with Google." These changes are due to take effect from May 30th. How can I prepare for them and still use the POP and SMTP protocols after that date? Is OAuth 2.0 appropriate?

My email address and password were hacked today, so I can't get access to Thunderbird. I contacted my Webmail provider (Telstra - Australia) who have issued a new password that works in Webmail. However, apparently TB is only updated(?) once a month, and until then, my password isn't recognised by TB, so I can't get access to send and receive emails. I hope that makes sense. My questions are: is it true that I may have to wait up to 1 month to get this sorted; if an update is needed, when is the next date this will be done by TB; and is there any way that I can get my password sorted before the next update.

A probably related issue is that my Instagram account was hacked about 3 days ago and I got a scam email saying that my laptop had been accessed.

Thanks, Graham

I have started getting lots of spam emails that Thunderbird is not identifying as spam. They go through to my Inbox. Thunderbird is identfying other emails as spam and correctly puts them in the spam folder.

Examples today are from Order-Shipment and Professional Who's Who.

Why is this happening and what can I do to stop it?