Problem with oauth2 in Thunderbird, go to Enter credential screen to get error message concerning javascript turned off
My university turned on 2 factor authentication for gmail (optional now, but mandatory in January). I use Thunderbird to get my e-mail. When I turned oauth2 on in Thunderbird a box opens up for Enter credentials for me on imap.gmail.com but then it gives an error saying javascript is turned off in my browser but 1) I'm still in Thunderbird, and 2) my browser is running javascript (but the browser itself is not open). I changed my google account to give Thunderbird access to my gmail, and I enable the setting in google for less secure apps to access my account. I'm getting this error on my laptop at home but not on my computer at work. I reinstalled Thunderbird fresh at home and I still get this odd javascript message. Please help. I am using Windows 10 64 bit both at home and at work.
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use the config editor to change the setting javascript.enabled to true.
oAuth is a browser security thing. Because Yahoo and Google are forcing it down the throats of mail clients it is supported, but to work, thunderbird has to dust off it's browser roots in Firefox and work as a browser. Hence messages about a browser. At that point Thunderbird is a browser.
I assume some over zealous security has seen the JavaScript enabled setting turned off. IF not I am not sure why you ould see such an error.
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use the config editor to change the setting javascript.enabled to true.
oAuth is a browser security thing. Because Yahoo and Google are forcing it down the throats of mail clients it is supported, but to work, thunderbird has to dust off it's browser roots in Firefox and work as a browser. Hence messages about a browser. At that point Thunderbird is a browser.
I assume some over zealous security has seen the JavaScript enabled setting turned off. IF not I am not sure why you ould see such an error.
use the config editor to change the setting javascript.enabled to true.
oAuth is a browser security thing. Because Yahoo and Google are forcing it down the throats of mail clients it is supported, but to work, thunderbird has to dust off it's browser roots in Firefox and work as a browser. Hence messages about a browser. At that point Thunderbird is a browser.
I assume some over zealous security has seen the JavaScript enabled setting turned off. IF not I am not sure why you ould see such an error.
Thank you! I didn't know about config editor. When I pulled it up, javascript was disabled. I enabled it, and the credentials screen worked. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I was having brain fade when I wrote that.
Options > Privacy has a user interface to toggling that stuff. Oh well, now you know there are two ways to change options.
Hi, Matt. I don't see the choices Options > Privacy in the Thunderbird menu. Is Options supposed to be a top-level menu item? And are we talking about the menu at the three-little-stacked-bars on the far right of the URL bar? (Obviously, I don't know what stuff is called...)
Please help a lost soul! Thanks. I'm using Thunderbird version 60.2.1, in Ubuntu Linux 18.10.
-Amazing Blair
amazingblair said
Hi, Matt. I don't see the choices Options > Privacy in the Thunderbird menu. Is Options supposed to be a top-level menu item? And are we talking about the menu at the three-little-stacked-bars on the far right of the URL bar? (Obviously, I don't know what stuff is called...) Please help a lost soul! Thanks. I'm using Thunderbird version 60.2.1, in Ubuntu Linux 18.10. -Amazing Blair
Linux options is called preferences and is on the edit menu. Apple OSX is is also called preferences but is on the Thunderbird menu.
Thanks, Matt. That got me into the Thunderbird Preferences dialog box.
I did finally go into Config Editor, where "javascript.enabled" was set to "true" by default. So I don't know why I ran into the original problem where a video wouldn't run because JavaScript supposedly wasn't enabled in Thunderbird. Oh well. Thanks anyway.
amazingblair said
So I don't know why I ran into the original problem where a video wouldn't run because JavaScript supposedly wasn't enabled in Thunderbird.
javascript is not enabled in mail. Ever. It is a huge security risk. Neither is flash, vb script etc. The option you speak about is for http/https JavaScript.