moisseev/rspamd-spamness

Not compatible with Thunderbird 78

fa-ribeiro opened this issue · 7 comments

fa-ribeiro commented

Rspamd-spamness is incompatible with Thunderbird 78.1.0.
Any quick fix?

moisseev commented

No, quick fix is not possible, rspamd-spamness is a XUL extension and Thunderbird 78 doesn't support XUL.
Support for "legacy" add-ons was removed in Thunderbird 74beta. The only way is rewriting the add-on using modern MailExtensions API, but currently I have no plans for this.

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realizelol commented

Mozilla nay MZLA Technologies Corporation has removed the blockade to auto update to version 78.x.x.

Today my Thunderbird was updated to 78, even I also had have another 2 addons which aren't compatible to version 78.

Steps to go back to the old version:

After you've done that you could use back the old version again, but please be noted I don't take any responsiblity of lost data.

best regards
realizelol

zertrin commented

Same here, with 3 add-ons incompatible. Luckily I had a recent backup of my TB profile from before the upgrade.

Downgrading from TB78 to TB68 without restoring a backup of the profile should work, but the address book will be lost (because TB78 migrated it to another format).
In my case I restored the backup of the previous profile before reinstalling TB68 and everything was back to normal...

... well... almost:

before uninstalling TB78, I strongly suggest to go to the settings and disable automatic updates. Otherwise as soon as TB68 is reinstalled, it will happily re-upgrade to TB78 ☹️. (been there, done that...)

To fully prevent the automatic upgrade checks, for Windows at least there is a trick by adding a registry entry (reproduced below) that I found here (and that worked for me).

But note: DO NOT open the Help > About menu! Apparently opening this menu also triggers an update check even with the automatic update check disabled!

Exit Thunderbird.

Type 'Run' in search and select 'Run' app
In 'Run' app type regedit and click on Ok
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies
Create new subkey called 'Mozilla'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Mozilla
Then create new subkey called 'Thunderbird'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird
On the right, create a new 32-Bit DWORD value DisableAppUpdate.
Note: Even if you are running 64-bit Windows you must still create a 32-bit DWORD value.
Set its value to 1.

Start Thunderbird

Menu icon > Options > Options > Advanced > 'Updates' tab Thunderbird updates It will state current version number. Options are removed and replaced by: 'Updates disabled by your system administrator'

To undo the change, remove the DisableAppUpdate 32-bit DWORD value you have created, then restart Thunderbird.

realizelol commented

@zertrin

Thank you very much !! I didn't thought about that gimmick.

This is a batch script which could be run via "rightclick -> run as administrator":

powershell New-Item -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird" -Force -EA SilentlyContinue
reg query "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird" /v "DisableAppUpdate" goto update || goto install
:install
powershell New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird" -Name "DisableAppUpdate" -PropertyType Dword -Value 1
:update
powershell Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird" -Name "DisableAppUpdate" -Value 1
gpupdate /force /boot

(Please note: that the "/boot" flag on gpupdate will force a logout on Win7/Win2008R2 or previous versions.)
--> This will create the registry key (folders) and create or update the value of "DisableAppUpdate" to 1

To remove just run this in an administrative cmd or powershell (WIN + X (together) then A):
powershell Remove-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird" -Name DisableAppUpdate
gpupdate /force /boot and restart thunderbird or just do a reboot of your pc.

best regards
realizelol

realizelol commented

I think now it's very difficult to stay on the old version:
CVE-2020-15673

So hopefully there will be a rewritten code soon. :(

best regards
realizelol

Bommel24 commented

This plugin works in Thunderbird 78: https://github.com/friedPotat0/Spam-Scores

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realizelol commented

Thank you moisseev, the actual master (2.0.0a1) is working like a charm in Thunderbird 78.7.1!

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