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netMASA replied on October 23, 2009 02:40 to the problem "Postbox crashes six times today, fails to deliver crash reports" in Postbox, Inc.:

Postbox should create the dump files automatically even, if it fails to submit. Start < Run and paste this text: %AppData%\Postbox\Crash Reports

See what's in that folder. There is the chance that nothing of importance is in there. You can always try about:crashes.

If you want to easily simulate a crash, I heard this extension is the best at simulating one.

netMASA replied on October 23, 2009 02:23 to the update "Test Build For Postbox 1.0.2 Now Available" in Postbox, Inc.:

ThunderBrowse works fine still (as that's no surprise anyways). Postbox applied the new default settings a-ok.

A comment on the question "attached .html files become embedded?" in Postbox, Inc.:

Does it disappear when display attachments inline is unchecked? – netMASA, on October 23, 2009 02:20

netMASA replied on October 19, 2009 06:37 to the problem "URLs in email not working (paying customer)" in Postbox, Inc.:

Odd, the package on thunderbrowse.com is just a link to the one on AMO.

As for leaks, that sounds a bit strange. I haven't had leak monitor pick up on anything recently...

A comment on the problem "URLs in email not working (paying customer)" in Postbox, Inc.:

Actually, that's not always the solution. This is a bug with messenger (and it could just be Postbox [with all the new complaints]). It's why I added a patch workaround for this bug in ThunderBrowse. I've also included said patch in an addon called BrowsrBounce. When I update BrowsrBounce to support the new click engine (it took me a week and a half to write the new engine. Half that time I was processing theoretical bugs [which made the engine run smoother]), I'll add support for Postbox to it.

Anyways, I believe the problem is derived from Thunderbird trying to launch the urls directly, causing the OS to believe that it's doing something malicious and it gets blocked OR Thunderbird tries to launch the url by passing it to the OS but the OS is busy doing something and the query gets lost.

And the fix for this? Use my programs (just let extensions do the work). :P But seriously, you can probably guess what the programmatic fix for this. If not, let me know. – netMASA, on October 19, 2009 06:30

netMASA replied on October 19, 2009 06:06 to the problem "URLs in email not working (paying customer)" in Postbox, Inc.:

This is a problem with messenger (the email branch of the Gecko engine) and all derived works in general (meaning it affects Postbox and Mozilla Thunderbird) and is normally caused by a lot of different things.

The first thing to do is reset your default browser (I forget how but someone else should be able to chime in with a solution).

If this still doesn't work, I would suggest you install ThunderBrowse (as BrowsrBounce [an extension that would definitely fix your problem] doesn't use the new click engine [thus it won't work with Postbox]) and use its "Fix links" option. This will definitely fix your problem.

A comment on the question "attached .html files become embedded?" in Postbox, Inc.:

I stated the wrong prefs. Sorry. I updated the post with the correct ones. – netMASA, on October 19, 2009 03:26

netMASA replied on October 19, 2009 03:12 to the question "attached .html files become embedded?" in Postbox, Inc.:

Guys, try this:

If you have ThunderBrowse, go to about:config and then in the filter type: mail.content_disposition_type. Set it to 1.

For everyone else, go to Tools < Options < Advanced < Config Editor. In the filter type: mail.content_disposition_type and set it to 1.

This will make attachments attach as attachments. If you want them to also not display (in the email to you), change the following:

Then, change mail.inline_attachments to false.

A comment on the question "attached .html files become embedded?" in Postbox, Inc.:

No. Look at the source of an email with an attachment in Thunderbird. All of them (except for exes and windats) have Content-Disposition: inline; regardless if it is really inline or not. – netMASA, on October 19, 2009 03:05

A comment on the question "attached .html files become embedded?" in Postbox, Inc.:

Don't. It's how all attachments are handled. Inline ones have a content id that is used to show the object inline. – netMASA, on October 19, 2009 00:10

A comment on the question "Will addons be supported in Postbox?" in Postbox, Inc.:

Actually, you can change it by unzipping the jar file. Jar files are just zipped files (in the extension universe) and then have their file extensions changed. You'll probably be able to port it, just need to change a few ids. – netMASA, on October 13, 2009 19:44

netMASA started following the idea "List of TB Extensions to port to PB" in Postbox, Inc..

netMASA replied on October 10, 2009 18:56 to the idea "List of TB Extensions to port to PB" in Postbox, Inc.:

DisplayMUA doesn't look too hard to port (haven't actually looked at the code [but it probably can be done since Postbox stores and accesses mail the same way Thunderbird does or so it looks]).

You just have to change a couple of IDs and add the version stuff in install.rdf

Display mail route is a bit more complicated because you also have to port mheney (or whatever) and bring mail route to support TB3.

netMASA replied on October 08, 2009 03:27 to the problem "Postbox seems to not allow cookies from secure content." in Postbox, Inc.:

https://addons.mozilla.org, https://paypal.com, or just sign into gmail using https://mail.google.com/

There isn't a really good site that you can use without needing a login there. ThunderBrowse can support logins natively, it's up to the application to handle cookie support. You can login to practically every site you can think of from ThunderBrowse (except those that use the javascript dom submit calls [as those don't work]).

netMASA replied on October 08, 2009 01:26 to the problem "Postbox has the wrong useragent string" in Postbox, Inc.:

You still include general.useragent.extra.thunderbird as a pref.

Also about google calendar runs just fine with a thunderbird useragent string. I think your problem is more related to the fact that https (secure auth) cookies will not save whereas regular cookies will be saved.

I'm wondering if https cookies are being stripped from headers, cause it seems like it.

netMASA reported a problem in Postbox, Inc. on October 08, 2009 01:12:

Postbox has the wrong useragent string

Just a small little bug. The useragent for Postbox is: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.14) Gecko/2009082707 Firefox/3.0.14 (this is the default value in the useragent override) and the app useragent says it's Thunderbird.

I was just thinking that maybe it would be better to actually show some Postbox pride. This is the user agent that is sent with emails and what is shown to sites when ThunderBrowse is being used.

netMASA reported a problem in Postbox, Inc. on October 08, 2009 01:01:

Postbox seems to not allow cookies from secure content.

From my tests it appears Postbox is having the same problem Thunderbird did awhile back. https cookies seem to be stripped from headers, otherwise known as bugzilla bug 477120 applies to (https cookies being stripped).

While I cannot test and confirm that this is the case 100%, it sure looks like this is what is happening.

netMASA replied on October 08, 2009 00:47 to the idea "Will there be some documentation for Extension-Developers?" in Postbox, Inc.:

I would also like developer documentation, but porting extensions over isn't as bad as it is on freaking Spicebird.

netMASA replied on October 08, 2009 00:44 to the idea "thunderbrowsw odd behavior" in Postbox, Inc.:

Rick just emailed me and I'm testing around on the site. ThunderBrowse can work with it, but cookies are killed off.

What I believe is happening is the same thing that bugzilla bug 477120 applies to (https cookies being stripped).

As for popups, this seems to be a new bug with the save auth prompt running but not halting other code (like it used to in Firefox). It would require some special hooks into the auth prompt that I do not have and a bunch of waiting. A fix would just add mess.

netMASA replied on October 02, 2009 15:02 to the problem "AVG Says Postbox Install Is Infected" in Postbox, Inc.:

AVG doesn't mark this as a virus anymore. However, several other anti-virus apps do mark it as a virus...