
Version 60.3.0 crashes repeatedly on sound file bug 1482659
Working on a Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit machine; Using a T-Bird 32bit version. Yesterday (11/7/18) T-bird automatically updated to version 60.3.0 and then the problems started happening.
Every time T-bird went to get my emails from my GMX POP account T-bird would crash. It would also leave all my emails on the server, even though the checkbox for "Leave emails on server" is unchecked, and always was. So every time T-bird would now go to get my emails, my postbox would fill with new identical versions of the same emails.
I decided to deinstall 60.3.0 and revert back to 52.9.1. Now at least I can actually work with T-bird again without it causing chaos in my daily correspondence. So now with 52.9.1 I have no problems any more again.
By the way, I also turned off the automatic update feature in about:config under app.update.enabled; now it is set to false.
Another thing: I found another recent question in the support forum (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1239732) where some of the answers suggested that the crash has something to do with customizing of the sound to be played upon receipt of new mail. In my case I customized the sound, so a wav file of roughly 2.5 MB plays.
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Krejt Përgjigjet (2)
By the way, here are a few of the crash reports:
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/71fc4311-1271-4be1-9b22-4d7bb0181107
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/2c353e9d-24af-4b3f-85cc-701bf0181107#tab-details
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/8aeff99d-4839-4bc3-983e-96f590181107
https://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/index/b1909030-e111-43bb-9527-e3ab30181107#tab-details
Yes, odd sound files are known to cause crashes. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1495799 is one report