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Firefox and Thunderbird
Does Firefox and Thunderbird share UserIds and Passwords?
I have used them since Netscape, Did they ever share UserIds and Passwords? I have never used Thunderbird as a browser, yet it seems there are UserIds and Passwords from sites I have visited in Firefox that appear in the Thunderbird's list of UserIds and Passwords -- 2018: The year we learn to play the great game of Euchre |
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Firefox and Thunderbird
Keith Nuttle wrote:
Does Firefox and Thunderbird share UserIds and Passwords? I have used them since Netscape, Did they ever share UserIds and Passwords? I have never used Thunderbird as a browser, yet it seems there are UserIds and Passwords from sites I have visited in Firefox that appear in the Thunderbird's list of UserIds and Passwords They have separate profile folders. Using Agent Ransack, do a search for "profiles.ini", a text file. I have one file each for Thunderbird, Firefox, Seamonkey. Examine each file with Notepad. There should be references to different ABCD1234 style profile directories. None of those three should be "sharing" a profile folder. [General] StartWithLastProfile=1 [Profile0] Name=default IsRelative=1 Path=Profiles/abcd1234.default Default=1 A profile.ini can have references to more than one profile directory, in which case the Profile Manager can be used to select one at runtime. Paul |
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Firefox and Thunderbird
Keith Nuttle wrote in
: Does Firefox and Thunderbird share UserIds and Passwords? I have used them since Netscape, Did they ever share UserIds and Passwords? I have never used Thunderbird as a browser, yet it seems there are UserIds and Passwords from sites I have visited in Firefox that appear in the Thunderbird's list of UserIds and Passwords I have been using Firefox and Thunderbird for a long time, and the only passwords and URLs my copy of Thunderbird has are for the three mail hosts I have used over the years. Of course, I only use Thunderbird for email, so that might make a difference. |
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Firefox and Thunderbird
lonelydad wrote:
I have been using Firefox and Thunderbird for a long time, and the only passwords and URLs my copy of Thunderbird has are for the three mail hosts I have used over the years. Of course, I only use Thunderbird for email, so that might make a difference. Same here, email passwords from TB and website passwords from FF remain separate, I don't think it's possible for TB to use a FF sync account, but have you got some other sync service operating in both? |
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Firefox and Thunderbird
On 3/1/2019 7:36 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
Does Firefox and Thunderbird share UserIds and Passwords? I have used them since Netscape, Did they ever share UserIds and Passwords? I have never used Thunderbird as a browser, yet it seems there are UserIds and Passwords from sites I have visited in Firefox that appear in the Thunderbird's list of UserIds and Passwords Do you also access your email accounts via webmail? If so, those email access passwords will be the same in both apps, but they aren't really "shared" as exchangeable lists. -- best regards, Neil |
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Firefox and Thunderbird
On 3/2/2019 7:48 AM, Neil wrote:
On 3/1/2019 7:36 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote: Does Firefox and Thunderbird share UserIds and Passwords? I have used them since Netscape, Did they ever share UserIds and Passwords? I have never used Thunderbird as a browser, yet it seems there are UserIds and Passwords from sites I have visited in Firefox that appear in the Thunderbird's list of UserIds and Passwords Do you also access your email accounts via webmail? If so, those email access passwords will be the same in both apps, but they aren't really "shared" as exchangeable lists. OP: When I posted I had checked the UserIds and Passwords in Thunderbird. I had about 16 entries. The information for my ISP email and webmail were there, but there were others from places like Corel.com, Library, etc. These were dated in 2011, Every thing else had dates with the last 3 years. I deleted all those with the 2011 dates. I hope that was correct. -- |
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