Post AxRT5vIZTScNeW4cme by deirdrebeth@mas.to
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 (DIR) Post #AxG5jyFLOjtSjwZIDg by m0xEE@nosh0b10.m0xee.net
       2025-08-17T10:56:03Z
       
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       Mozilla #Thunderbird is cool software!Unfortunately it doesn't work… 😩So, I have Radicale and I want Thunderbird to synchronise contacts and calendars with it. There used to be this add-on/extension that could do the job just fine: https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/dav-4-tbsync/Why "used to"? Because now Thunderbird supposedly supports CalDAV/CardDAV natively and the only thing the latest version of that extension does is suggests you to use built-in features and offers removing itself.Why only "supposedly" — because built-in support for #CalDAV and CardDAV does NOT work. Okay, CardDAV works to some extent — CalDAV doesn't work at all! When I attempt to point it to my calendar it doesn't even prompt me for a password. Could it be because CardDAV is already configured for the same server and it has my password? No! Because it's my server and I can see the server logs — it does not even attempt to log in. Okay, so I put the login name and password right in the URL — I can see the server reply with 200, so it should be okay? No! It's still "Please wait while your calendars are being discovered" and the spinner keeps spinning infinitely.No, my Thunderbird profile isn't borked either — I tried starting from a clean slate, still doesn't work.I tried looking for bugs related to this matter — nothing. People are only reporting problems connecting their iCloud calendars — and unlike with my non-idiosyncratic CalDAV server, these issues do get fixed, although I doubt there are lots of people who need this as those who rely on iCloud are likely to use Apple Mail and iCal.Okay, built-in thing doesn't work and the latest version is just a stub, but we have older versions of the extension archived on its page, right? Yes, we do! But it doesn't work with Thunderbird 128 (current ESR version) and above.So sadly, the solution to my problem was building the old ESR version — 115, same as with Firefox. I suppose with Mozilla's software everything above 115 is broken in one way or the other and we have reached the point when you care less and less about security because in newer versions they keep removing the features you use — some of the features can be considered "core" features to this type of software.So, what exactly is Thunderbird today — a clunky email client? Half-assed RSS reader? A PIM you can only use locally (or with iCloud)? 😕
       
 (DIR) Post #AxRSFlUShCXkAslSKG by m0xEE@nosh0b10.m0xee.net
       2025-08-22T22:22:51Z
       
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       Woah, there is this Betterbird fork: https://www.betterbird.eu/They have fixes for 115 — probably worth checking out!
       
 (DIR) Post #AxRT5vIZTScNeW4cme by deirdrebeth@mas.to
       2025-08-22T22:33:44Z
       
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       @m0xEE I've been using Betterbird for a few months now. It works on windows, android, and Linux. I think my only sadness is I cannot mark spam on android. I can move it to junk but that's it.