I suggest you go to options and search for updates... oh that's right you don't have the version with that option to search because it is truly awful, and I can not remember the location in Thunderbird 68. It is probably six months since I used it. Perhaps just look around in options.

Or you could read the outdated knowledge base article on the subject. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/advanced-panel-settings-in-thunderbird#w_update-tab

See this option for Windows: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1313758

Mat that was a totally useless and condescending reply.

sfhowes, thank you I will try this. I saw the same info someplace else and the person said it did not stop the update nags just made it so you could not update. But I will try it at your suggestion. Thanks.

Mat that was a totally useless and condescending reply. sfhowes, thank you I will try this. I saw the same info someplace else and the person said it did not stop the update nags just made it so you could not update. But I will try it at your suggestion. Thanks.

Just a shame I went to the effort to look up and provide you with a link to the information. What was useless was the effort I expended providing you a link to the information you requested. How dare I point our your primary problem is the version of the software you are using. Silly me. You refusal to use the fixed version is entirely my fault. However. Congratulations, my continued presence on this forum is one message closer to ended. I am sick of being abused by folks because they do not communicate in the same language I do.

Mat, the link you provided has no relationship to the version I am using! And the wording in your response is condescending and assumes I have no ability and have not already spent hours searching for the answer. I am retired IT and if I had ever written a reply like yours I would have been fired.

There is nothing wrong with the version I am using! It is a perfectly good, working , stable and usable version.

There is no "FIXED" version. If you mean the latest update, forget it. It is totally a bust and also has no way to stop updates and nags (I installed it used it and removed it)!!

I do not know what your language is but my question was succinct and to the point in English! sfhowes had no problem understanding what I was asking. And provided a polite and possible helpful answer with no snarky attitude.

sfhowes thank you that seems to have solved my problem!

Eric

you may also see this: Disable auto-update in Thunderbird, (please upvote my Q+A there, if its useful/hlpful).

atErik thank you for link to the the information. Very interesting. The registry process solved the problem but I am bookmarking your link as I may try that at some later point in time.

I just received an email 'Matt posted an answer to your question "How do I stop update notifications in Thunderbird?"'. I see no answer! Just my response to his rude comments.

@erbogan: I agree with you. Matt behaved like a jerk to you for no reason, which is even more unfortunate when you realize he is supposed to be a "moderator", yet he writes a lot more like a troll than like a moderator.

I'm also trying to remove update nags from Thunderbird 68.12.1. I'm using that version because current Thunderbird is slow and buggy. In the latest versions, the left folder column scrolls really slow (and I have lots and lots of IMAP folders, so I need the scroll to be snappy, like in version 68). Also, when composing a new mail it often glitches out while typing and sometimes I lose entire sentences for no reason. So, since I'm tired of those issues, which have been happening during a whole year with no solution, I went back to 68.

Thanks, @sfhowes, for your suggestion, but in my case I use a Mac, so thanks, @atErik, for your link to a platform-agnostic solution through about:config. In fact, I don't understand why the Windows version saves some settings in Windows' registry when TB is multiplatform software which already has its integrated Mozilla-based about:config system which works across all platforms.

Best regards.