Thunderbird

[Sparky]

Thunderbird was updated on stable today.

Not for me. Maybe it will propagate to other mirrors later?

[Eadwine Rose]

Keeping my fingers crossed that Lightning and Provider for Google Calendar will keep working as add ons. I need those.

[metreo]

Yes, at least Provider for Google Calendar continues working, though I've found it has an issue properly loading in my calendars and tracing the time bar throughout the day. I can load the calendars by clicking unview/view for each and every one and likewise manually reset the time bar by closing the calendar and re-opening it.

[metreo]

As to Lightning unfortunately: https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/th ... /versions/

[MXMateng]

Hi,
for Lightning: As far as I understand this is now integral part of Thunderbird 78. Here with Thunderbird 78.4 calendar seems to work also with Google calender connected via the most recent Provider for Google Calendar 78.0.1

[mmikeinsantarosa]

anybody else having trouble getting mail from at&t/yahoo using thunderbird?

[Eadwine Rose]

This is what I got in my mail a while ago. I have it working

Hey Yahoo Member,

Head’s up: As of 20 October 2020, Yahoo Mail will no longer support third-party applications (such as third-party email, calendar, or contact applications) using outdated sign-in methods. That just means if you’re still signing in to your Yahoo account via another email application, like the default email application on your phone, you need to make some quick updates to ensure your mailbox isn’t interrupted.

Here are your options:

Option 1: We recommend that you access your email using our free Yahoo Mail app for iOS and Android or simply go to mail.yahoo.com to access Yahoo Mail on the web.

Option 2: Keep your current, non-Yahoo app, BUT follow a few steps to get it to sync with our secure sign-in method. The steps vary across different email applications, but in most cases, you will have to remove your Yahoo account from the app and then add it back again to update the sign-in security. Use the links below to follow the specific steps for your current application:

iOS Mail
Gmail
Samsung Mail
Others


Option 3: You can generate a one-time, unique password that will allow you to sign in to your account using your non-Yahoo email application. Once created, this password will continue to allow your app to securely sync your Yahoo email unless you sign out (or are signed out) from your app. You can find instructions on how to do this here.

Questions? Please visit our help page. If you’ve already made the necessary changes for your account, we appreciate the quick action!

Yours in your inbox,
The Yahoo Team

I chose option three, which leads you here:

https://uk.help.yahoo.com/kb/new-mail-f ... 15241.html

Which says:
Sign in and go to your Account security page.
Click Generate app password or Manage app passwords.
Select your app from the drop down menu and click Generate.
Follow the instructions below the password.
Click Done.
Use this app password and your email address to sign in to your email app.

[mmikeinsantarosa]

thanks Eadwine

[OoglaBoogla]

While I'm quite sure that this issue has been solved, along with a lot of other good information being put out there from other users, I figured I would put in my 2 cents worth. I've been using MX Linux for a little while, and in the Package Installer, it is obvious that Debian does not consider anything past version 68 of Thunderbird to be stable, so it will not be updated until that changes. Mine has not been, either. However, if you cruise into the MX Test Repo tab, you will see the option to upgrade to version 78. I tried this out. I didn't uninstall anything. I just installed it from the MX Test Repo list, and it updated my Thunderbird to 78.4.0, without any change in my settings. So far, I'm not having any problems with the new version. Looks a little different, but works the same. And I didn't use a terminal. That's why I love MX Linux. Use a terminal if you want, but this is the first distro I've tried that I have yet to need to use a terminal on.

[BV206]

anybody else having trouble getting mail from at&t/yahoo using thunderbird?

I use Yahoo IMAP (no AT&T account) and had a lot of timeout and authentication errors until earlier this year.
I always locally install the latest version from Thunderbird's web site.
I don't know if Yahoo changed something on their end or Thunderbird fixed something in versions after 69 or so but I haven't had a problem in months. Sometimes some messages appear slow to download but I don't have any other problems any more.