[GTALUG] U of T alumni mail + Thunderbird

[William Park]

OK.  Got the latest Thunderbird working on my old settings and data.  To 
select the "default" profile, you have to

(1) thunderbird --ProfileManager

or

(2) Help -> More Troubleshooting Information -> Application Basics -> 
Profiles -> "about:profiles"

Online docs says to click "Open Directory".  But, it pops up Audacious 
music player.  Crazy.


On 4/23/22 13:34, William Park via talk wrote:
> I'm using Thunderbird 68.12esr.  I just downloaded Thunderbird-91.8.1 
> (latest), and found that it doesn't import settings from the old one. 
> WTF!  It'll take a week to regenerate all the filter rules and account 
> settings.  OS needs upgrading too. :-(
> Thanks Seneca.
> 
> On 4/23/22 11:21 AM, Seneca Cunningham via talk wrote:
>> UofT made some changes recently with authentication, disabling what 
>> they’re calling “legacy authentication”.  These days, it’s OAUTH2 or 
>> you’re stuck with webmail.  First, you need to ensure that you’re 
>> using Thunderbird 77.0b1 at the minimum.  Then, you can follow the 
>> instructions in the email they sent about this in March: 
>> https://its.utoronto.ca/improving-information-security-by-disabling-legacy-authentication/ 
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 17, 2022, at 21:06, William Park via talk <talk at gtalug.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> To those with @alumni.utoronto.ca email account,
>>>
>>> I have an old UofT account, and I'm trying to set it up in Thunderbird.
>>>
>>> (1) Getting Email:
>>>
>>> I can download via IMAP.  But can't via POP3.  Is it same experience 
>>> for other people?
>>>
>>> (2) Sending Email:
>>>
>>> I can't send email via their SMTP server.  Thunderbird asks for 
>>> password which errors out.
>>>
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