Re: Usenet reader

AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:

On 11/7/2024 11:14 AM, D wrote:
 

mozilla could make thunderbird more friendly, but that seems unlikely
given each update makes it worse

 
One simple solution for that update problem is to use an old version of
TB just for newsgroups. I like this version 45.0 in that it doesn't bug
me to update. Once I set it up it just works. Course I don't use it for
anything else. Many versions of TB are still available at various
websites. Google is your friend...

(N.B. No need to use your friend to search for "various websites". Older
Thunderbird versions - from 0.1 (!) on - are available from the horses
mouth at <https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/>)

  I use - for email, not newsgroups - Thunderbird version 60.9.0, which
also doesn't bug me to update.

  Newer versions, which do bug the user to update, can be beaten into
submission:

In folder

  C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\distribution
  or
  C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\distribution

create file policies.json with content

{
"policies":
   {
     "DisableAppUpdate": true
   }
}

Exit and restart Thunderbird. Done.

Extra -> Options -> Update will now say:

"Updates disabled by your system administrator"