On 3/9/2017 4:44 AM, Simon Charles wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I would love to try SeaMonkey, but I can't download it!
> 
> I am a long-term Mozilla user trying to download it from 
> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases - using Firefox on Windows 7.  
> Frustratingly, I just get the following 'insecure connection' warning 
> (with no obvious option for circumventing it):
> 
> -----------------------------------
> Your connection is not secure
> The owner of download.cdn.mozilla.net has configured their website 
> improperly. To protect your information from being stolen, Firefox has 
> not connected to this website.
> This site uses HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) to specify that 
> Firefox may only connect to it securely. As a result, it is not possible 
> to add an exception for this certificate.
> Learn more...
> [BUTTON] Go back  [BUTTON] Open Login Page
> [BUTTON]Advanced
> -----------------------------------
> 
> which gives the impression that Firefox doesn't want you to download 
> SeaMonkey, that one part of Mozilla is not a good fit with another part.
> 
> The advice given in the Windows Installation Instructions on 
> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/install-and-uninstall (text below) 
> is no help if there is no advice on getting beyond the warning page.
> 
> -----------------------------------
> Note: Windows may warn you that it could not verify the publisher when 
> you try to run the installer. This is because the SeaMonkey installer 
> for Windows is not digitally signed. As long as you downloaded the 
> installer from either www.seamonkey-project.org or mozilla.org, you can 
> safely ignore it (more experienced users may use the checksums linked to 
> from the download pages to verify the integrity of the installer).
> -----------------------------------
> 
> Looking forward to trying SeaMonkey - and seeing an update on the 
> Documentation so that other people don't get put off and abandon trying 
> to download it (as I nearly have been).
> 
> Thanks
> 
> SC
> 

Try <https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/2.46/>.

-- 
David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>

Paraphrasing Mark Twain, who was quoting someone else:
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and
alternative truths.
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