I tried changing the Local Directory in a few different versions of the Thunderbird snap on an Ubuntu 24.04 system: * 128.9.1esr (revision 706): This is from --stable today * 138.0b2-1 (revision 708): This is from --beta today * 133.0b5-2 (revision 579): This is the reporter's last reported working version * 128.0esr-2 (revision 496): This is the first 128 esr snap release * 115.12.2-1 (revision 490): This is the last 115 esr snap release
Each version that I tested had the same behavior: * The server settings shows the Local Directory to be: `/home/heather/snap/thunderbird/common/.thunderbird/<some hash>.default/ImapMail/imap.mail.yahoo.com` * I Browse to another Local Directory location (`/home/heather/.thunderbird`) * Thunderbird says it has to restart for the changes to take effect. * After the restart, the Local Directory is: `/run/user/1000/doc/<some other hash>/.thunderbird` I tried browsing to other folders in $HOME, like `/home/heather/Documents` but Thunderbird said this kind of directory was unsuitable (and didn't say why). That's ok though, the `/run/user/1000/doc/<some other hash>/.thunderbird` directory it creates has 775 permissions and you can copy it to anywhere you want. So I agree that it's not ideal (or intuitive) that the Local Directory you set inside Thunderbird is actually overwritten to another place. But if your goal is to simply back up this folder, you can still do that. Now, that being all said, from the Thunderbird [138.0b2 beta tarball](https://download.mozilla.org/?product=thunderbird-138.0b2-SSL&os=linux64&lang=en- US) you download from our website and I was able to set the Local Directory to `/home/heather/Documents` without being told no. After Thunderbird restarted, the Local Directory still says `/home/heather/Documents` (as expected). I also tried the beta flatpak ([how to use flathub- beta](https://discourse.flathub.org/t/how-to-use-flathub-beta/2111)) which is at 138.0b2 as well. With the flatpak, I was able to change the Local Directory to `/home/heather/Documents` without being told no. After it restarted, I see that the Local Directory is `/run/flatpak/doc/132429fd/Documents`. So I suspect the directory path change is related to the confinement that snap and flatpak provides and I'm not sure how to fix this, or even if it is fixable. You _are_ however able to still backup this folder to wherever you want. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to thunderbird in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2090610 Title: Account Server Settings, Local Folder is not selectable/changeable with snap version. It was previously Status in Mozilla Thunderbird: New Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Account Server Settings, Local Folder is not selectable/changeable with snap version. It was previously Was before in thunderbird (Revision 579) (last I know) Steps to reproduce: Upgrade snap version to 133.0b5 (64-Bit) --> Settings --> Account Settings --> Server Settings --> Mail Storage --> Local Folder --> change the path with select folder button --> select a folder --> path does not change from the snap directory /run/user/xxxxx95/mailwhatsoeverfolder Actual results: local path does not change from the snap directory /run/user/xxxxx95/mailwhatsoeverfolder Expected results: local path should have been changed to the path I want it to point to, as I want to backup this folder. Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:133.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/133.0 apt-cache policy thunderbird thunderbird: Installiert: 2:1snap1-0ubuntu3 Installationskandidat: 2:1snap1-0ubuntu3 Versionstabelle: *** 2:1snap1-0ubuntu3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:128.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.24.10.1~mt1 500 500 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu oracular/main amd64 Packages :~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 24.10 Release: 24.10 Also reported that under https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1933065 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/2090610/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
