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Why Firefox (ESR version) manual update is failed on selective machines

Launch Firefox, manually check for latest update by going to settings > Help > About Firefox. However the manual update keep showing update failed. Other than Mozil… (read more)

Launch Firefox, manually check for latest update by going to settings > Help > About Firefox. However the manual update keep showing update failed. Other than Mozilla config file, can we use GPO to configure auto update for Firefox browser?

Asked by chin_leng_ooi 2 years ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 2 years ago

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Weird Firefox Behavior, insane consumption and disk usage high, one off moment. Any ideas on what it could have been? Should I be worried?

To begin with I fell asleep with my PC on, and I woke up a couple of hours later, and I noticed my computer was running a little rough, so I decided to check task manager… (read more)

To begin with I fell asleep with my PC on, and I woke up a couple of hours later, and I noticed my computer was running a little rough, so I decided to check task manager, and I saw Firefox using 20 gb's of ram, and 50% disk usage.

I had a couple of tabs open, and seeing that it was stressing my SSD, I decided to quickly close the process, and I checked through all the tabs, and there was only one tab that had crashed when I had ended the task on it. I am running version 99.0.1 (64-bit) on Windows 10 21H2.

https://www.riotgames.com/en/work-with-us/job/3485689/staff-software-engineer-game-systems-valorant-los-angeles-usa

It was this link to a job posting for Riot Games. It had said that the tab had crashed and I had the option to refresh the tab. Not sure if it really was this or the tab just had some memory attached to that process. I had panic closed the process in task manager and forgot to screenshot anything else sadly.

Any ideas to what it was? Maybe just a memory leak or bug? My first instinct was to run a virus scan with Malwarebytes, and so far it has nothing, and I did a full scan of everything.

Have my extensions in the images. I've had these extensions for a long time at this point, I'm not sure if they would be the culprit or not.

I've never really seen or heard of this before, and this is the first time it's happened, and I don't know if it'll be repeatable either, just a bit worried about it is all.

Asked by envoyofthelast 2 years ago

Last reply by FredMcD 2 years ago

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I cannot send Emails:

Hi It seem I cannot send Emails' it comes up with this message Sending of the message failed. An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: [TPG-A02] … (read more)

Hi It seem I cannot send Emails' it comes up with this message Sending of the message failed. An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: [TPG-A02] Authentication denied. User jdeboer8@tpg.com.au is banned from using SMTP AUTH due to previous abuse. Please verify that your email address is correct in your account settings and try again. I have checked that my Email address is correct

Asked by Jdeboer8 2 years ago

Last reply by YongHan 2 years ago

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Thunderbird - all accounts and emails suddenly disappeared

Opened Thunderbird yesterday afternoon - all as normal no problems, nothing wrong. Opened Thunderbird last night - all accounts and emails disappeared TB asking for "new … (read more)

Opened Thunderbird yesterday afternoon - all as normal no problems, nothing wrong. Opened Thunderbird last night - all accounts and emails disappeared TB asking for "new account setup" Tried to resolve by renaming the default profile to my profile Every time I set the new profile to "default" and restart TB reverts to the original default?

Asked by Brian Craven 2 years ago

Last reply by sfoxorder 1 year ago

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get rid of todays pane in status bar i do not have lightening as a add on

I know I asked this before but sorry i forgot the answer plus i am on a difference machine is there a way to remove it from the bottom right of the status bar. Than… (read more)

I know I asked this before but sorry i forgot the answer plus i am on a difference machine is there a way to remove it from the bottom right of the status bar. Thanks

Asked by Mary 2 years ago

Answered by Stans 1 year ago

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Extension Cannot Be Updated. Code Signing ??

This is a self-hosted extension, that initially seemed to be updating. Using File > Open, the current installed version is 1.8.61 In the approved extension's (1.8.61… (read more)

This is a self-hosted extension, that initially seemed to be updating. Using File > Open, the current installed version is 1.8.61

In the approved extension's (1.8.61) manifest:

 "browser_specific_settings": {
   "gecko": {
     "id": "fasty@a_domain.com",
     "update_url": "https://a_domain.com/appextension/updates.json"
   }
 },


After tapping Check For Updates, I can see the following in Browser Console:

11:28:34.044 XHR GET https://a_domain.com/appextension/updates.json [HTTP/2 200 OK 254ms] 11:28:34.201 1651073314201 addons.update-checker DEBUG Found an update entry for fasty@a_domain.com version 1.8.61 11:28:34.201 1651073314201 addons.update-checker DEBUG Found an update entry for fasty@a_domain.com version 1.8.7

Here is where the issue gets interesting. Having downloaded all the xpi files, supposedly signed, today while attempting to manually install a newer version, Firefox oftentimes complains "This add-on could not be installed because it has not been verified." The Console reports:

12:06:36.478 1651075596478 addons.xpi WARN Download of https://a_domain.com/appextension/fasty-1.8.7-fx.xpi failed: signature is required but missing

According to the Developer Hub, the resulting xpi has been signed.

I don't know what to try to get automatic updates to work. Please suggest.

David

Asked by dolan2go 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Way to recover Archive file that was overwritten with same name

Hello, I was doing a backup of my Thunderbird profile and accidentally overwrote the good archive folder with an older one that was much much smaller. Example... The… (read more)

Hello,

I was doing a backup of my Thunderbird profile and accidentally overwrote the good archive folder with an older one that was much much smaller.

Example... The file is Archive under the Local folders.

C:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxx.default\Mail\Local Folders\Archive

Is there any logs or something I can use to recover the file?


Thank you Bill

Asked by crazydrve 2 years ago

Last reply by crazydrve 1 year ago

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Thunderbird logo Google Harassment for using Thunderbird

I POP from a google account. Lately Google has been refusing access saying On 5/20/20Toad-Hall helpfully advised: If you use POP or Imap and use 'Authentication Met… (read more)

I POP from a google account. Lately Google has been refusing access saying

On 5/20/20Toad-Hall helpfully advised:

  • If you use POP or Imap and use 'Authentication Method' = Normal Password, then in gmail webmail, you have to set up to use 'less secure mail' option even though it isn't less secure. It's just gmail scare tactics. You will still find gmail will block the account from accessing server on random occasions forcing you to access webmail and reset that option and usually they want you reset passwords and sometimes use 'Captcha' to get access. They claim they are only safe guarding your account.
  • I strongly recommend that you access the Account Settings and select 'Authentication Method' = 'OAuth2' and also do the same for outgoing smtp settings. Then restart Thunderbird and the first time Thunderbird needs access to emails you will be prompted by gmail to enter email address and normal password to confirm you really are you. Then gmail applies an OAuth2 token which is stored in same place as passwords. From then onwards access to server will use that token. You should get a lot less hassle from gmail. But please remember, that you still use normal password when needing to access webmail.

But the incoming authentication was already OAuth2, and I can't see how to change the authentication on the outgoing server. -Please assist.

Asked by trc2 2 years ago

Last reply by Stans 1 year ago

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FIND bar popping up when I type eg editing a comment box on waitrose.com

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 n… (read more)

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.

Asked by john.washbrook 2 years ago

Answered by FredMcD 2 years ago

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

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 … (read more)

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.

Asked by Steve 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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Unable to download all mails from remote server.

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 … (read more)

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

Asked by gaurab.dey 1 year ago

Answered by Stans 1 year ago

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hoi medewerkers van Thunderbird

hoi medewerkers van Thunderbird willen jullie er voor zorgen dat je mailtje op kan verzenden op dat datum op de mail box van Mozilla Thunderbird dus kan de verzenden … (read more)

hoi medewerkers van Thunderbird willen jullie er voor zorgen dat je mailtje op kan verzenden op dat datum op de mail box van Mozilla Thunderbird dus kan de verzenden plannen AUB willen jullie daar voor zorgen en het regelen dat het net zo kan als in gelogd ben bij Gmail als je in de bijlage kijkt kan je zien wat ik bedoel de bijlage staat hier boven of hier onder en wat ik ook wil bij de mail box van Mozilla al je op de bijlage klikt kan je het nog beter zien

Asked by hoih7009 2 years ago

Answered by Stans 1 year ago

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Thunderbird updated this morning - no longer receives incoming email.

Thunderbird WIndows - auto-installed update 91.8.1 this morning, Apr.28th. Incoming emails stopped showing up in the inboxes in all three accounts I have set up. Can I … (read more)

Thunderbird WIndows - auto-installed update 91.8.1 this morning, Apr.28th.

Incoming emails stopped showing up in the inboxes in all three accounts I have set up.

Can I unroll the update? 91.8.0 was working fine. I use Thunderbird for work - need a solution urgently.


Thanks in advance! Cyril

Asked by cyril.mocine 1 year ago

Answered by cyril.mocine 1 year ago

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Can't send Bcc anymore

I've used Thunderbird for many years, problem free. Suddenly, when trying to send a Bcc email, I get this: Sending of the message failed. The message could not be sent… (read more)

I've used Thunderbird for many years, problem free. Suddenly, when trying to send a Bcc email, I get this:

Sending of the message failed.

The message could not be sent using Outgoing server (SMTP) smtp.cox.net for an unknown reason. Please verify that your Outgoing server (SMTP) settings are correct and try again.

Asked by tiger-rka07 2 years ago

Last reply by tiger-rka07 1 year ago

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Firefox does not use locally installed font for rendering SVG content.

Firefox 91.7.0esr (64-bit) Windows 10 The local system has the font OCRB (also named OcrbATA) installed in the normal windows location: c:\windows\fonts\ocrbata.ttf The … (read more)

Firefox 91.7.0esr (64-bit) Windows 10 The local system has the font OCRB (also named OcrbATA) installed in the normal windows location: c:\windows\fonts\ocrbata.ttf

The SVG graphic is loaded from the local file system directly (FILE: not via HTTP: or HTTPS:) by using the Windows File Explorer.

The text in the graphic is specified to use the font family OCRB and I also tried OcrbATA (because Windows font naming is odd and has two different names displayed: the font name: Ocrb and the Full Name: OcrbATA.

The text in the graphic is only displayed in a fallback font (such as the browser specified default font), which produces the wrong rendering.

Looking for the font in the Firefox 'settings' for the "Fonts and Colors" dialog drop down, I see that this font is NOT shown in the list. OCR A is show, which is also installed on the system, but OCRB is not shown. I suspect this may be a symptom of why Firefox isn't making use of the installed OCRB font.

Having looked at a similar thread, I confirmed that "privacy.resistFingerprinting" is at its default of false. And "layout.css.font-visibility.level" is at the default of "3".

Any idea why Firefox, will not make use of the system installed font, when the file to display wants to use that font?

I would attach the SVG to this but the 'Upload Images' dialog only accepts raster images, not vector types like SVG. The attached images show the Windows 10 font dialog for the OCRB font with a sample string rendered, the Character Map for that font, so you can see the glyphs it uses, and the Firefox rendering of the SVG file which is just using the default firefox font to render, despite the text specifying OcrbATA as the font family in the SVG. For example:

 <tspan  font-family="OcrbATA" fill="rgb(120,120,120)"  font-size="332"  >Special Symbol Testing:</tspan>

Asked by Thomas S 1 year ago

Last reply by Thomas S 1 year ago