On 2022-09-21 20:31, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
On 9/17/22 13:31, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 9/17/22 13:24, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Only the software development engineers know for certain what needs to be protected and backed up. The TB update process/software should preserve and backup all user data before proceeding with an irreversible upgrade.
Even if they do, there is no way to revert the process once the admin upgraded the code.
Imagine my F'ing surprise when Mozilla asked me test 102-beta on the CPU use issue, damn glad I backup up my TB directory before that. When I was done, I just wiped the TB directory and restored from the backup and went back to TB 91 -- that works.
The biggest rub is there is NO WARNING. There should at least be a notice and (yes/no) prompt to the user explaining the irrevocable change that is about to occur.
It happened to me two days ago without warning! It scrambled my saved messages to some degree, but worse, it broke Smartcard S/MIME encryption. I can decrypt existing messages, but encrypting new ones fails.
I'm screwed! I'm having to use Outlook!!
Use older Thunderbird. Me, I just tried mime pkcs, and I can at least sign emails - with the old th I could not. But I had to go to the configuration, erase the certificate, and add it again. Funny thing, my certificate doesn't have an email defined (an error), so if I want to send to my email an encrypted email, it does not find the certificate, and it does not allow to choose one. It selects an older one that has an email defined, and when going to send it fails because it says the certificate is expired. You might want to try a fork of Thunderbird, Betterbird. https://www.meneame.net/story/betterbird-cliente-correo-open-source-gratuito... -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar)