KenK wrote:
MikeS wrote in :
On 16/02/2019 17:39, KenK wrote:
Gmail keeps returning T-bird messages. Tried two Gmail locations (one
mine, the other my sister) so not Gmail setting. Once put it in Gmail
Spam folder instead of returning it. Can't find an email support
address for Mozilla. One clue from Mozilla says T-bird version should
be 38 or newer to work with Gmail. My T-bird says it is 2 and when I
check for updates says none available. I just DLed and started using
this one less than a year ago. Up till a week or two ago it worked
fine with Gmail.
I guess I'll have to replace T-bird with another enmail ap. Not Gmail
or Eudora.
Any suggestions to make it work or what to replace it with?
TIA
You may have downloaded Version 2 less than a year ago but it seems
the final release (2.0.0.24) was in early 2010:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor...ird#Release_hi
story
Perhaps it is the most recent version that works with XP?
Are you saying that your Sent messages are not being delivered by
Gmail or just that a copy appears in your Inbox? If the latter it is a
simple TB setting which you must have changed by mistake.
They are not being delivered TO Gmail. Gmail returns them.
Thunderbird would work, all the way up to the version based on
Firefox 52ESR. Thunderbird is actually a copy of Firefox (about
90 percent of the tarball of the source is Firefox code). The development
process consists of dragging in the latest Firefox code, then pouring
in the Thunderbird code and making it work "on top of" a new XUL.dll
engine.
So rather than Firefox being a "software suite" like some of the other
softwares, the "second feature" is implemented as a separate package.
Think of it as a "suite broken into pieces" in a sense.
The hardest part, is finding the "timeline chart" for each software
product, which contains info showing (perhaps) the last version that
runs in WinXP. I've had some softwares here, where I tested version
after version after version (Wireshark)... because the idiots refused
to label which one was the last one for certain OSes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor...la_Thunderbird
52.9.1 Thunderbird 52.9.1 10 July 2018 Official version 52.9.1 release.
Last release to support Windows XP,
Windows Server 2003,
Windows Server 2003 R2,
Windows 2008 and Windows Vista.
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/thun...1/win32/en-US/
Thunderbird Setup 52.9.1.exe 38M 10-Jul-2018 18:01
According to the chart, that should work. However, I don't know
which release had problems with plugins.
That should "eat" your profile OK, but if you want to go
back to 2.0.0.24, that step could be a problem. And besides,
"everyone should learn how to back up their Thunderbird profile" :-)
I don't know how many times that's saved my ass. The Mork file
format doesn't really "feel" all that stable.
The article on backing up profiles here, is suitably confusing,
but mentions Mozbackup. There are two problems with the third party
program. It's no longer supported. And links to copies of
the program stored all over the place, contain adware. The
author of the program still maintains his own site. If you can
find "profiles.ini", then you can likely locate the chunk with
your Email and USENET files in it. I zip that one up for safe
keeping, for doing repairs to the data files when needed (the
profile below profiles.ini - the profiles.ini can be opened with
Notepad).
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up...and_setti ngs
Paul