1688371 - Add option to override user agent somewhere since "Tools -> Option -> Advanced -> General -> Config Editor" not available anymore

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, enhancement)

Description

[robbinespu]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/87.0.4280.141 Safari/537.36

Steps to reproduce:

Sending out email using latest TB

Actual results:

TB set user agent on outgoing email, for example
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101
Thunderbird/78.6.1

Expected results:

Allow user to configure the user agent since it also leaking some metadata such as OS and TB version. Someone prefer privacy.

Previously we can just do like https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1114475#c1 but not more anymore.

I can't found how to open pref config anymore. Last time I can add new null string pref "general.useragent.override" to remove and nullify the user agent on outgoing email.

My suggestion, put some menu button on option-> Privacy security to turn on user agent or turn it off

Comment 1

[Alfred Peters [:infofrommozilla]]

(In reply to robbinespu from comment #0)

Allow user to configure the user agent since it also leaking some metadata such as OS and TB version. Someone prefer privacy.

Previously we can just do like https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1114475#c1 but not more anymore.

Why do you think that's no longer possible? The path to the dialogue has changed only slightly:

Tools -> Options -> /General\ -> [Config Editor]

I can't found how to open pref config anymore.

Then it might have been better to clarify this in a support forum before you create a bug?

Last time I can add new null string pref "general.useragent.override" to remove and nullify the user agent on outgoing email.

Works for me as usual.

Comment 2

[robbinespu]

Attachment: Tool menu

Comment 3

[robbinespu]

Why do you think that's no longer possible? The path to the dialogue has changed only slightly:
Tools -> Options -> /General\ -> [Config Editor]

there is no such path too, image attached

Comment 4

[Alfred Peters [:infofrommozilla]]

There is something wrong with your menu. Did you notice the empty space below "Activity Manager"?

Possibly a problem with an addon. Try to start the TB in savemode.

Comment 5

[robbinespu]

Attachment: Chat status with empty space below

Comment 6

[robbinespu]

Attachment: developer tool with empty space below

Comment 7

[robbinespu]

There is something wrong with your menu. Did you notice the empty space below "Activity Manager"?
I thought this is normal. The menu always have same size even there is just few clickable menus, I attached chat and developer tools for example.

Possibly a problem with an addon. Try to start the TB in savemode.
Only have 1 addons ( https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/provider-for-google-calendar/ ) but I disabled it long time ago already.
I tried restart TB in safemode, empty space below "Activity Manager" still there and no "option" under "tools"

P/s : I talking from "hamburger" menu. But if I enabled "menu bar" (the Menu Bar is hidden by default) , I can see "Tools->option".

Comment 8

[Alfred Peters [:infofrommozilla]]

Attachment: Hamburger.png

I see - at the "Hamburger Menu". Yes, there I also have the empty space.
There the item Options should already be on the first menu level.