Help, please with 2.53.20 and Win 11
Bud Krueger
I'm lost.
I've purchased a new Acer 5 Windows 11 Pro computer to handle the
future. I've transferred files into the new machine with good fortune,
except for SeaMonkey. It refuses to get past opening the
Mail&Newsgroups window. It 's demanding a new Password and Username. I
am using 2.53.20.. Please help me to get by the Windows 11 barricade.
I'm using addresses from support that I received back in 2019.
Hopefully, this is getting to someone. My 2.53.20 is working fine on
Windows 10 computers, but the Windows 11 can't handle it. I don't know
if Dominique is still there, but it's worth a try.
Bud Krueger
Marietta, GA
508-317-9412 (cell)
Philip Taylor
Just installed SeaMonkey 2.53.20 here under Windows 11 Enterprise 64-bit, using the British English 64-bit installer from https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/2.53.20. Installed as administrator, accepted the licence agreement, accepted standard setup type, it checked the existing installation, installed to C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey, did "a little housekeeping", and installed. I did not accept the "Launch SeaMonkey now" option as I don't want it running as administrator, finished the installation, then launched "C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" as myself. Declined the options "Use SeaMonkey as the default client for Browser & Email (I use Firefox and Thunderbird), "Feeds" ticked but grey (unchangeable ?), and declined "Always perform this check when starting SeaMonkey". Pressed Ctrl-2 from the SeaMonkey "Release Notes" browser window, and it went into the Mail & Newsgroups New Account Setup. I accepted the default option of "Email account", clicked "Next", entered the same credentials as I am using to compose this reply ("Philip Taylor" / "P.Ta...@Rhul.Ac.Uk"), selected "IMAP" / "993" / "outlook.office365.com" / "p.ta...@rhul.ac.uk", clicked "Next", added my local SMTP server as Outgoing Server (details redacted), clicked "Next", accepted default Account Name, clicked "Next", clicked "Finish", selected the new account in the left-hand pane, selected "View settings for this account", updated Server Settings to "SSL/TLS" / "Oauth2" and clicked on "OK". Clicked on "Read messages", and was taken to https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=<remainder redacted> and entered my password then clicked "Sign in". Was instructed to enter a 2-digit code into my Microsoft Authenticator app (which I run under Bluestacks on the same PC), was offered no box in which to do so but instead offered a 6-digit authentication code which the interacting authenticator was willing to accept. After which I had full access to incoming and outgoing e-mail.
Hope this helps.
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Philip Taylor
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Help, please. I've been using SeaMonkey since it first started but now I'm lost.
I've purchased a new Acer 5 Windows 11 Pro computer to handle the future. I've transferred files into the new machine with good fortune, except for SeaMonkey. It refuses to get past opening the Mail&Newsgroups window. It 's demanding a new Password and Username. I am using 2.53.20..
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Ray Davison
it between machines since then. It moves easily if you do a few things.
Do not have any part of it in a boot partition. Put the App tree at the
root of a non boot partition. - I have an App partition.
Put the profile(s) tree at the root of a non boot partition. I have a
data partition.
Get the mail files out of the profile tree, and point to them in their
own tree. That is primarily what you back up.
Run the SM shortcut with a target of the form
X:\SM253-20\seamonkey.exe -Profilrmanager
That will offer you your choice of profiles which you have created. If
you do not see your profile, STOP, something is wrong.
Ray