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I do not understand how firefox sync is supposed to work. I have a desktop and a laptop. The desktop is FF 85 on Linux Mint (I cannot get a later version due to some querk) The laptop is 99 on Windows 10 Both are signed in to sync but my bookmarks were scrambled so I signed out the laptop and cleared the profile, cleaned up the bookmarks in the desktop and to be safe I tried just syncing the tabs, not the bookmarks, by opening the fresh firefox on the laptop and signing in again. In the sidebar under my account icon I clicked "Synchronise now" and the open tabs from my desktop appeared in a list underneath, jumbled up. (I have 2 separate windows open on the desktop with different tabs in each, but this separation was not followed either, there didn’t seem to be any provision for syncing tabs in two separate windows)

But the row of tabs didn’t open, all I can do is open them one by one from the list on the right, this is a slow process as every time I click on a tab in the list the new page opens in the same single tab, not a new one, but the sidebar closes again.

Is this what’s supposed to happen? I was expecting the synced row of tabs to open automatically.

This feature would have been useful as my OS on the desktop, (Linux Mint) tends to crash and to have the on the laptop would be a good backup.

Incidentally the other way I try to back up the lost tabs is to select them all and bookmark them to a new folder which I call “backup” but it seems this doesn’t necessarily duplicate them, which I would prefer, so any of the open tabs that were previously bookmarked risk being removed from the original bookmarked folder, without my noticing, and I am therefore reluctant to delete the backup folder without checking that it doesn’t contain the only bookmark of a page.

When I came back to syncing the bookmarks, how do I avoid them getting scrambled again?

I decided I needed to use a password to enter my emails. By following my nose, I went to settings and checked the box to use a primary password. It then asked for a password. I typed it in... twice. Once, then confirm. Now, I can't enter my email no matter how many times I type in the password. I've tried resetting the password by going to chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xhtml. It says password was reset but nothing has changed, it did not ask me for a new password, and I still can't get in. Frustration has set in. Thank you for any help you can give tome.

I want to drag a URL to a specific Bookmarks Folder I have (located in the extended bookmarks list (accessed by the double arrow at the far right) but every time I try, the extended list disappears when I try to carry the dragged URL onto it. I can't even select a bookmark in tehe extended list and drag it into a folder from there like I used to be able to do. Please help.

When I type in the main firefox pane I sometimes get the search bar popping, cf the discussions 4 years ago. No idea why, I haven't added any addons. Maddening. It's not doing it now or i couldn't have sent this.

I had to reinstall windows. I do not remember my Firefox account password but I do have a recovery key, which I generated and kept safe for just this type of situation. I can not find recent info on how do I use it to recover my data? Going through the password reset procedure I see nowhere to enter the recovery key

Thanks

I signed up to try Firefox's VPN. It did not load properly and I have not used it. In thinking about it, I use my PC so seldom and I really don't need it. I want to stop the VPN and get a refund of my money for the trial period. I have never used it anyway. Thanks for any help. It is not easy to get help from Firefox.

Rob Stoinoff

Hello, I have a GMail account, from which I download my email in Thunderbird (in Linux), and keep it ordered locally.

I noticed that my backups are very slow, because Thunderbird keeps two big directories that get updated often:

11G /username/.thunderbird/k0aa999s.default/ImapMail 7.0G /username/.thunderbird/k0aa999s.default/Mail

under /username/.thunderbird/k0aa999s.default/Mail I see I have my local folder structure and that's good, but what is under ImapMail ? I guess it is the corresponding email structure I have on the gmail server, (although gmail reports that I'm using 5.67GB, not 11GB). The 11GB are created by just 4 files: 1.6G Apr 22 09:55 Sent Mail 3.0G Apr 22 14:16 Trash 2.6G Apr 22 14:16 Important 4.3G Apr 22 14:20 All Mail

I saw it suggested to rebuild the folders in Thunderbird - I did it but nothing changed

What can I do? I dont need / want to replicate Gmail structure locally, I just want (and use) only what I have under /username/.thunderbird/k0aa999s.default/Mail

I have tried just about everything I can think of as well as read through various similar posts in the community, but there doesn't appear to be an actual solve in the settings to enlarge the font size of the message list view as well as the folders on the left-hand side.

Please see snapshot for reference. If I'm unable to adjust this, then I'll just move to a different email client because this font is just too small and I don't want to revert to having to adjust the resolution settings only to read email each time.

Thank you for any help/guidance you can provide!

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/secure-connection-failed-firefox-did-not-connect?as=u&utm_source=inproduct

How do I stop this BS? I have several hundred pages bookmarked, and now after the last time I allowed firefox to update, I am unable to access 90% of them as I get the above message.

I would hope that I don't have to change browsers as all of the others I am aware of suck.

I am a Cyber Security Specialist and System Integrator (www.techwareusa.com and www.cybersecureusa.com ). I have developed a pretty good Cyber Security Stack with the exception of one chink in my armor. I have been running the Stack on my Clients systems (about 100 total) for over two years and have had only one breach. That breach was caused by the Client not following my suggestion (read any popup and don’t just click through it). He does now.

Part of my Stack is Firefox which I like a lot except that your cyber security leaves one thing as an exposure.

If one were to browse to a poisoned website (namely one infected with malware of some type) and click on an inserted link, malware is automatically downloaded and installed. Firefox does nothing to stop the system from being infected. This kind of website is one that pops up with a big red screen saying “your machine has been infected with a “trojan” or some such. Do not attempt to turn off your system and call Microsoft Support at xxx-xxx-xxxx” (often an 800 #). Indeed, the browser is locked and can’t be closed from a normal action. (When I install Firefox, I setup the security features for my Clients including telling it to block pop-up windows and Warn you when websites try to install add-ons in the Privacy & Security, Permissions section. I have my Clients systems under my control via Splashtop Remote Support into my office. If the “Tech” hasn’t messed up my Splashtop install, I will go in, use Task Manager to shut down Firefox and then clean the system. If the “Tech” did mess up my Splashtop install, the system will have to be sent to me to fix. I have Clients in several states across the southern part of the country.

If the Client calls the 800# the “tech” will remotely access their system and totally messes it up with registry entry’s, replacing files with corrupted versions and such actions. All of this to raise the cost to my Client. They will charge the Client about $700 to $800 but also they will get the Client’s Credit card information to sell. The Client will then call me and often the system is so messed up that I have to reload the OS and missing applications plus my time and the total cost to the Client is often well over $1,000.

I have been looking for software that will block these poisoned websites. The only one that I have found that looks like it will work is Threatlocker. While a good product, the company has its head in the wrong place as far as setting up resellers. I am a reseller and have been in business for over 28 years and have had many vendor relationships. These folks want us to sign both an End User Agreement (that makes me responsible for the way that my Clients use their software) plus they want me to sign a Partner Agreement. In my mind I cannot be both and certainly will not agree to be the end user.

Back to what I am asking help on is the automatic install of the malware off of the poisoned website. Perhaps a browser “setting” to ask for an override button option to be able to install software on the system. If I chose this in the Firefox Settings it will take an action on the part of the user to override the automatic install. In fact, if we could add to the option a number of times (and maybe a message, like CALL BILL before you proceed) that the override button has to be pressed to do the install. The more I can get the user to think, the better it will be for them and the more they will appreciate Firefox and me. No other browser has any feature like this.

Finally! I successfully migrated from Eudora 7, but I had to use TB 17.  Where do I go from here?

I'm running a Mac (10.12.6) with different flavors of Windows in different Parallels VM's, and in order to keep my Eudora install safe I did the conversion on a Win 10 32-bit VM on my creaky old MacBookPro which is disconnected from my network.

So now I want to get a current version of TB running with my newly minted TB data on my primary desktop computer. Typically I am concurrently running the following Parallels VM's: Win 7 32-bit, Win 10 32-bit and Win 10 64-bit.

Makes no difference to me which VM I start with, I just don't know how to get from TB17 on my laptop to TB95(?) on one of my desktop VM's.

In trying to reach at least one Web site (maybe more), https://jabberwocking.com/, I get an error page, Error 523: Origin is unreachable. It also has some tech stuff I don't understand. What can I do?

Why do I keep getting a server error message when trying to access a link?

Error message received:

ip: 102.129.152.219

date: Tue Apr 26 2022 14:50:40 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

url: https://thecollegefix.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=90378351ae56a868ffa8680ae&id=bc2587b522&e=b37f61ea2e

user agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Android 11; Mobile; rv:99.0) Gecko/99.0 Firefox/99.0

Hello,

My remote server supports POP only and the disk space is filling up. So, I wanted Thunderbird to download all emails from all times to the local disk.

But it is downloading only few days and not all mails. Tools >> Account settings >>Synchronization & Storage option is not available to me.

Is there any add-on to do the job or some way to activate the Synchronization & Storage option?

Is there any kind soul to help me out?

In anticipation, Thanks, Gaurab