These policies are in active development and so might contain changes that do not work with current versions of Thunderbird.
You should use the officially released versions (https://github.com/drlellinger/thunderbird-policies/releases) if you are deploying changes.
Policies can be specified using the Group Policy templates on Windows (https://github.com/drlellinger/thunderbird-policies/tree/master/windows)
Policy Name | Description |
---|---|
AppUpdateURL |
Change the URL for application update. |
BlockAboutAddons |
Block access to the Add-ons Manager (about:addons). |
BlockAboutConfig |
Block access to about:config. (Bug fixed with TB 68.1.1) |
BlockAboutProfiles |
Block access to about:profiles. |
Certificates |
|
Certificates -> ImportEnterpriseRoots |
Trust certificates that have been added to the operating system certificate store by a user or administrator. |
Certificates -> Install |
Install certificates into the Thunderbird certificate store. |
DisableAppUpdate |
Turn off application updates. |
DisableDeveloperTools |
Remove access to all developer tools. |
DisableMasterPasswordCreation |
Remove the master password functionality. |
Extensions |
Control the installation, uninstallation and locking of extensions. |
ExtensionSettings |
Manage all aspects of extensions. |
ExtensionUpdate |
Control extension updates. |
AppUpdateURL
Change the URL for application update.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: N/A
Preferences Affected: app.update.url
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\AppUpdateURL = "https://yoursite.com"
BlockAboutAddons
Block access to the Add-ons Manager (about:addons).
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: disableAddonsManager
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\BlockAboutAddons = 0x1 | 0x0
BlockAboutConfig
Block access to about:config.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: disableAboutConfig
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\BlockAboutConfig = 0x1 | 0x0
BlockAboutProfiles
Block access to About Profiles (about:profiles).
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: disableAboutProfiles
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\BlockAboutProfiles = 0x1 | 0x0
Certificates | Install
Install certificates into the Thunderbird certificate store. If only a filename is specified, Thunderbird searches for the file in the following locations:
- Windows
- %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Thunderbird\Certificates
- %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Certificates
Certificates are installed using the trust string CT,CT,
.
Binary (DER) and ASCII (PEM) certificates are both supported.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: certs.ca
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Certificates\Install\1 = "cert1.der"
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Certificates\Install\2 = "C:\Users\username\cert2.pem"
DisableAppUpdate
Turn off application updates.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: disableThunderbirdUpdates
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\DisableAppUpdate = 0x1 | 0x0
DisableDeveloperTools
Remove access to all developer tools.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: removeDeveloperTools
Preferences Affected: devtools.policy.disabled
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\DisableDeveloperTools = 0x1 | 0x0`
DisableMasterPasswordCreation
Remove the master password functionality.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: noMasterPassword
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Thunderbird\Thunderbird\DisableMasterPasswordCreation = 0x1 | 0x0
Extensions
Control the installation, uninstallation and locking of extensions.
Install
is a list of URLs or native paths for extensions to be installed.
Uninstall
is a list of extension IDs that should be uninstalled if found.
Locked
is a list of extension IDs that the user cannot disable or uninstall.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: addons
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Extensions\Install\1 = "//path/to/xpi"
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Extensions\Uninstall\1 = "bad_addon_id@mozilla.org"
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Extensions\Locked\1 = "addon_id@mozilla.org"
ExtensionUpdate
Control extension updates.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: N/A
Preferences Affected: extensions.update.enabled
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\ExtensionUpdate = 0x1 | 0x0