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Re: Upgrade rant

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Dan Purgert wrote:

> You might be able to "fix" it by renaming the profile directory and
> letting Mint 21.x tbird recreate it from scratch.  After that, it may be
> possible to copy the relevant database(s) from the 22 tbird back into
> the new profile so that your saved email services, etc. show up again.
> You'll probably be forced into re-syncing all the mail though.

No, that was not necessary. There is never a risk of losing any mails, 
because Thunderbird does not touch the profile folders in your home 
directory, even when you remove or reinstall the program.

Meanwhile it works again, but I did remove the extension "Minimize on 
Close". Not that it was necessary, but because of all the permissions it 
needed:

- Have full, unrestricted access to Thunderbird, and your computer

Extensions requesting this permission might:

- Change every aspect of Thunderbird’s user interface
- Read and modify all your data (messages, contacts, calendars, web 
content and passwords)
- Read, modify and execute any file on your computer

That's like installing a backdoor on your computer and giving the key to 
a total stranger. If I had known this before, I would have removed it a 
long time ago. It is useful and I liked it, but this is really going too 
far in my opinion.

How is this even permitted? Why on earth would a simple extension  need 
all those permissions? I find this totally unacceptable.

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  Re: Upgrade rant "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-25 14:43 -0500
  Re: Upgrade rant azigni <azigni@yahoo.com> - 2025-01-26 03:01 +0000
  Re: Upgrade rant RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2025-01-26 07:36 +0000
    Re: Upgrade rant "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-26 09:14 -0500
      Re: Upgrade rant Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2025-01-26 15:19 +0100
    Re: Upgrade rant Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2025-01-26 15:16 +0100
      Re: Upgrade rant "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-26 09:36 -0500
        Re: Upgrade rant Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2025-01-26 15:54 +0100
          Re: Upgrade rant Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-01-27 14:27 +0000
            Re: Upgrade rant Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2025-01-27 18:12 +0100
              Re: Upgrade rant Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2025-01-27 18:18 +0000
                Re: Upgrade rant Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2025-01-27 19:59 +0100
                Re: Upgrade rant "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-27 14:45 -0500
                Re: Upgrade rant "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-27 17:03 -0500
                Re: Upgrade rant Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid> - 2025-01-28 06:58 +0100
                Re: Upgrade rant "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-28 08:28 -0500
        Re: Upgrade rant Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> - 2025-01-26 20:04 +0000
  Re: Upgrade rant Gerald H <geenspam@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-01-26 20:24 +0000
  Re: Upgrade rant azigni <azigni@yahoo.com> - 2025-01-27 21:02 +0000

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