Re: [SECURITY] [DLA 3452-1] thunderbird security update

[skoric@uns.ac.rs]

Hi,

> Hi,
>
> On 12/06/2023 13:35, Miroslav Skoric wrote:
>> Although unrelated with the security issues above, may I ask something
>> that I
>> noticed for the first time in Thunderbird 102.11.0 (32-bit) that annoys
>> me and
>> what differs from some older versions in the past, as I can remember: 
>> In fact,
>> a right click on a message body (in the message pane, F8) opens the
>> 'Save As
>> ...' option. Then in the new opened window a file name shall be entered.
>> However, it is per default offered to save the message under a rather
>> complex
>> name composed by all of these: Subject-Sender <sender_email> Day
>> Time.eml
>>
>> And for some reason I get the response: 'Unable to save the message.
>> Please
>> check your file name."
>>
>> So, after testing different variant of file names, I discovered that the
>> best
>> option is when the name includes only the Subject (and not the rest). It
>> makes
>> me wonder if it would be possible for a user to set it per default, so
>> it would
>> not be needed to shorten the file name each time. (I mean, to configure
>> saving
>> the message under a name that includes only the Subject and nothing
>> else.)
>>
>> Furthermore, I noticed that message saving under a name that includes
>> some
>> non-alphabet characters, such as colon or like, also tends to fail. And
>> it fails
>> under some Linux versions, but not in Windows ones. What may be a reason
>> for
>> that? Thank you.
>
> It works for me on my ext4 filesystem. However I tested saving to a NTFS
> filesystem and I got that error message. That's probably a limitation of
> what
> characters filenames in NTFS filesystems (or whatever filesystem you're
> trying
> to save to) can contain. I suggest filing this issue upstream in order to
> make
> the default filename simpler.
>
> Cheers,
> Emilio
>
>

Thank you for suggestion. May I ask for a weblink to do it. Tnx!