On 3/15/2015 10:49 PM, NoOp wrote: > I found that upgrading to SeaMonkey 2.33 (linux and Windows) with the > Enigmail extension causes mailnews accounts to show as "Invalid > Account". So I checked around and found a few bugs related. Asked on the > Enigmail mail list & this is the result: > > <news://news.gmane.org:119/[email protected]> > Subject: [Enigmail] SeaMonkey 2.33 & Enigmail 1.7.2 >> With both the linux and Windows versions of SeaMonkey Enigmail causes >> the mailnews accounts to show invalid. I notice these bug reports: >> >> http://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/372/ >> (#372 Enigmail breaks Account Settings in Thunderbird Aurora) >> >> http://sourceforge.net/p/enigmail/bugs/429/ >> (#429 Mail Account Settings in SeaMonkey 2.33 broken by Enigmail) >> >> 372 states "Fixed in version: --- --> 1.8.0" >> Unfortunately 1.8.0 isn't release yet, and is not an option from the >> Download page. >> >> 429 shows that the bug report is invalid and states "This was fixed >> several months ago. Please use the latest nightly build form >> https://www.enigmail.net/download/nightly.php"; >> The nightly 1.8.a1pre does resolve that issue in SeaMonkey. >> >> 1.7.2 seems to work with Thunderbird 31.5.0 but does not work with >> SeaMonkey 2.33. Why is 429 closed as invalid? >> >> So now every SeaMonkey 2.33 Enigmail user is now expected to run >> Enigmail nightlys in order to not have Enigmail destroy the ability to >> edit SeaMonkey mailnews accounts? > > Response: > <news://news.gmane.org:119/[email protected]> >> On 15.03.15 00:55, NoOp wrote: >> >>>> So now every SeaMonkey 2.33 Enigmail user is now expected to run >>>> Enigmail nightlys in order to not have Enigmail destroy the ability >>>> to edit SeaMonkey mailnews accounts? >> >> 1. The current nightly is nearly - if not completeley - identical with >> the release version 1.8. Expect the release of 1.8 within days. >> >> 2. Seamonkey 2.33 is now 4 days old. So "now" will be very short. >> >> 3. Seamonkey users are small in number compared with total users. >> AMO says, Seamonkey 2.33 are about 400 "average daily users". >> Total is about 150'000. >> (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/enigmail/statistics/ >> usage/applications/?last=30) >> >> Given our limited resources it is not possible to publish an >> intermediate version for such a small number of users for such a small >> period of time. >> >> Ludwig > > So there you go. If you use enigmail you will need to use the 1.8 > nightlies until 1.8 is officially realeased. > > Seems that the: > <https://www.enigmail.net/home/index.php> > "Enigmail is a security extension to Mozilla Thunderbird and Seamonkey. > It enables you to write and receive email messages signed and/or > encrypted with the OpenPGP standard." > Should probably be changed to "Enigmail is a security extension to > Mozilla Thunderbird & if resources are available maybe SeaMonkey"... > > Is there a viable alternative to Enigmail for SeaMonkey (Windows and Linux)? >
I've been running enigmail 1.8a1pre (20150108-0013) since SM 2.32. No problems. -- Ed, W3BNR HTTP://JonesFarm.us/W3BNR Tags by Pick-a-Tag 1.60ß1 "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." -Douglas Adams (1952-2001) _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
