On 29/10/2022 09:51, krw wrote:
> On 28.10.22 17:27, Philip Hole wrote:
>> On 28/10/2022 16:20, krw wrote:
>>> On 10.10.22 09:30, Kate B wrote:
>>>> Aaargh. Has anyone else been suddenly updated to TB 103.3.2?  Lots
>>>> of new unwanted 'improvements', and it's lost a whole mailbox -
>>>> admittedly not one that was much used, but it had useful old emails
>>>> in it.
>>>>
>>>> I hate unannounced updates. Actually I think I hate updates
>>>> altogether. I have a backup from last week, but would of course have
>>>> run one last night had I known this would happen. Grrrr.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thunderbird 102.4 has arrived here.  It lost a mailbox completely and
>>> then crashed.
>>>
>>> It now wants me to upgrade to 102.4.1
>>>
>>> But the missing mailbox has reappeared.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The obvious lessons are:
>>
>> Do not allow programs to download automatically. Mozilla and Windows
>> have the option to delay downloads. Best to wait 48 hours.
>>
>> Backup (Mozbackup) before you update.
>
> Kate raised her concerns back on 10 October - I waited 18 days which I
> think is a reasonable period.  Nothing completely lost as far as I can
> tell - and now I have moved on to 102.4.1
>
I'm on 102.4.1 too now and all seems well. I had to reconfigure a couple
of accounts (those which had disappeared and then reappeared) which had
reset 'sent' and 'archive' options, but otherwise it's behaving as expected.

How do I get off the release-update channel now I'm on it?

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Kate B

On 01/11/2022 19:31, Kate B wrote:
> How do I get off the release-update channel now I'm on it?
>
>
Go to 3bars (top RHS)/ go to Settings / Scroll down to Updates / click
"Check for updates....."

ps
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Flop