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| From | The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird, alt.comp.microsoft.windows, alt.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: How to recover from Google dropping password support on May 30th 2022 |
| Date | 2022-03-06 21:23 -0800 |
| Organization | None, as usual |
| Message-ID | <t044t3$8gp$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 03/06/2022 09:46 AM, Paul wrote:
> On 3/6/2022 12:11 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
>> On 03/05/2022 03:10 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
>>> The Real Bev wrote:
>>>
>>>> oath2whatever can't be implemented for POP by Thunderbird
>>>
>>> We had this discussion a few months back, yes it can, pop is what I use with TB
>>> v91 and gmail, it may not be available with your older version?
>>
>> TB 38. Definitely older.
>>
>> I'm wondering about downloading the latest TB version into a separate subdirectory, letting (requiring?) it to create a new profile, and then copying over the entire contents of my current profile over the new profile (cp -arf * I think). This is my normal Firefox update method and it seems to work fine. Will it work nicely with Thunderbird too?
>>
>
> Thunderbird has profile migration. It can note the
> "version numbers" inside files and deal with them.
> For example, if you define a filter (killfile), those
> have version numbers, and the file might need to be
> migrated. On minor release changes, just the version
> number field might change.
>
> Some details might not have changed, simply because
> of a lack of developers who understand them. Mork
> format for example, a kind of database format, only
> a couple people have a good idea how it works. More common
> things like .eml format, share details with other email
> clients.
>
> Any password scheme, will change between releases.
> There's more reason to be tweaking that aspect.
> Or maybe the storage of certificates might be messed about.
>
> Seamonkey, a parallel development scheme, their web page
> usually has warnings about how "compatible" their migration
> is. I don't think Thunderbird has nearly the same level of
> warnings.
>
> No tool likes to go "backwards". It's unlikely the tool
> will like a request to migrate from 91 to 38. Such as
> if you move a 91 profile, to your TB38 installation.
>
> As for the "copying" step, you can edit "profiles.ini"
> and add an entry which points to where-ever the profile
> is located.
No, I want to leave TB38's profile untouched by anything but TB38. The
copy is to see if the latest version can cope with what I regard as
essential.
So far it's worked copying FF82's profile to the FF98(?) nightly, but
when I tried to update the nightly it broke. Just deleted the FF
nightly and haven't tried again. One of these days.
> For example, right now I have a profile folder
> which is in ~/Downloads, where I am more likely to
> bump into it, back it up, and so on. On Linux, the
> "file system distance", likely isn't that large between
> where the profile is normally stored, and the Downloads folder.
> On Windows, the path is a bit more obscure (for casual users
> who haven't turned off all Hidden features). On Windows,
> it might be down in AppData:Roaming (visibility problem).
No reason to move the profiles from where they are. I run a backup
almost every night of my entire working partition.
> This is an example of an older format for a profiles.ini . Newer
> ones are more of a mess for some reason. I won't put a newer one,
> because I couldn't explain what they were thinking :-)
>
> [General]
> StartWithLastProfile=1
>
> [Profile0]
> Name=default
> IsRelative=0 <=== absolute path
> Path=C:\Users\Username\Downloads\1234abcd.default <=== absolute path
> Default=1 <=== "nominated"
>
> Paul
>
--
Cheers, Bev
666øF -- the oven temperature for roast beast.
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