Firefox 24 - 52 for ME and 98

[schwups]

19 hours ago, diamant said:

But there is an issue: It runs in the background after closing the program.

19 hours ago, diamant said:

It crashes always when closing the program.

Tools>Options>General>uncheck Thunderbird Start Page - Maybe not perfect, but should avoid these errors.

Edited December 28, 2022 by schwups

[jumper]

22 hours ago, diamant said:

The files from Firefox10-new-nss.7z don't work with Thunderbird 2.0.0.24.

Try the files from Retrozilla (Browser or Suite). Also, the emailer in the suite should be nearly identical to Thunderbird.

 

[diamant]

It was indeed necessary to set the option security.tls.version.max in TB24 from 1 to 3.

Tools>Options>General>uncheck Thunderbird Start Page didn't avoid the errors "runs in the background after closing" respectively "crashing after/during closing." I suppose that something other was needed to avoid the errors.

But I'll test TB 9.0.1 or even try to use TB 2.0.0.24 with your tips (files from Retrozilla or WinSSLwrap) for now.

I'll report my experiences / test results soon.

[diamant]

UPDATE:
I had written that the files freebl.dll, nss3.dll, nssckbi.dll, nssdbm3.dll, nssutil3.dll, smime3.dll, softokn3.dll and ssl3.dll from Firefox10-new-nss didn't work with Thunderbird 2.0.0.24.
But I've found a promising workaround: I downloaded the archive ns9-nss-update.7z from Roytam's stuff. It contains the files mentioned above (slightly other versions) and some files more, here the complete file list:
freebl.dll
nss3.dll
nssckbi.dll
nssdbm3.dll
nssutil3.dll
smime3.dll
softokn3.dll
ssl3.dll
freebl3.chk
nspr4.dll
plc4.dll
plds4.dll
softokn3.chk
sqlite3.dll
The last 6 files are not in Firefox10-new-nss. I assume the ns9-nss-update files are for Netscape Navigator 9(?).

I replaced those 14 files from TB 2.0.0.24 folder with the newer ones from ns9-nss-update, and surprise:
It seems to work without error message?! I don't know whether all 14 files are/were necessary.
Then I sent an test email from my email-adress to my email-adress; it seems that it really was received with TLS 1.2?!
In source code of the email there is the line:
"... Received ... with (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted)"

That could mean that I even have the choice between at least TB versions (2.0.0.24 or 9.0.1) to use an "old" email programm with TLS 1.2 support.

(And Roytam seems to be an expert in solving TLS/SSL regarded issues...)

[schwups]

33 minutes ago, diamant said:

I assume the ns9-nss-update files are for Netscape Navigator 9(?)

Yes

[schwups]

Happy New Year!

[mina7601]

31 minutes ago, schwups said:

Happy New Year!

Happy new year to you too and to other 9x members here!

[legacyfan]

1 minute ago, mina7601 said:

Happy new year to you too and to other 9x members here!

and to you to @mina7601! 

[mina7601]

2 minutes ago, legacyfan said:

and to you to @mina7601! 

Thanks.

[schwups]

New test: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 on WinSSLWrap  / OpenSSL 1.1.1t

- instead of 1.0.2t or last u (end of official support) https://msfn.org/board/topic/174247-windows-9x-ssl-protocol-winsslwrap-117-rev-08/

OpenSSL 1.1.1 supports TLS 1.3

-> Message Source -> Received: ... (TLS1.3:ECDHE_SECP256R1__RSA_PSS_RSAE_SHA256__AES_256_GCM:256)

OK, almost a little off-topic, but this will also work with Thunderbird 24+.

My found/suspected requirements for OpenSSL 1.1.1:

KernelEx (here core update 25) and reg file-APISets Stub dll's, additional dependent modules - Ucrtbase.dll (here 10.0.14393.795), VCRuntime140.dll (here 14.0.24210.0)

Possibly Msvcrt.dll (here 7.0.9981.0 Msvcr70) - I didn't test Msvcrt.dll v6.1 yet.

Edited Sunday at 09:18 AM by schwups