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Policy Templates for Thunderbird
These policies are in active development and so might contain changes that do not work with current versions of Thunderbird.
You should use the officially released versions (https://github.com/drlellinger/thunderbird-policies/releases) if you are deploying changes.
Policies can be specified using the Group Policy templates on Windows (https://github.com/drlellinger/thunderbird-policies/tree/master/windows)
Policy Name | Description |
---|---|
AppUpdateURL |
Change the URL for application update. |
BlockAboutAddons |
Block access to the Add-ons Manager (about:addons). |
BlockAboutConfig |
Block access to about:config. (Bug fixed with TB 68.1.1) |
BlockAboutProfiles |
Block access to about:profiles. |
Certificates |
|
Certificates -> ImportEnterpriseRoots |
Trust certificates that have been added to the operating system certificate store by a user or administrator. |
Certificates -> Install |
Install certificates into the Thunderbird certificate store. |
DisableAppUpdate |
Turn off application updates. |
DisableDeveloperTools |
Remove access to all developer tools. |
DisableMasterPasswordCreation |
Remove the master password functionality. |
Extensions |
Control the installation, uninstallation and locking of extensions. |
ExtensionSettings |
Manage all aspects of extensions. |
ExtensionUpdate |
Control extension updates. |
AppUpdateURL
Change the URL for application update.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: N/A
Preferences Affected: app.update.url
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\AppUpdateURL = "https://yoursite.com"
BlockAboutAddons
Block access to the Add-ons Manager (about:addons).
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: disableAddonsManager
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\BlockAboutAddons = 0x1 | 0x0
BlockAboutConfig
Block access to about:config.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: disableAboutConfig
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\BlockAboutConfig = 0x1 | 0x0
BlockAboutProfiles
Block access to About Profiles (about:profiles).
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: disableAboutProfiles
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\BlockAboutProfiles = 0x1 | 0x0
Certificates | Install
Install certificates into the Thunderbird certificate store. If only a filename is specified, Thunderbird searches for the file in the following locations:
- Windows
- %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Thunderbird\Certificates
- %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Certificates
Certificates are installed using the trust string CT,CT,
.
Binary (DER) and ASCII (PEM) certificates are both supported.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: certs.ca
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Certificates\Install\1 = "cert1.der"
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Certificates\Install\2 = "C:\Users\username\cert2.pem"
DisableAppUpdate
Turn off application updates.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: disableThunderbirdUpdates
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\DisableAppUpdate = 0x1 | 0x0
DisableDeveloperTools
Remove access to all developer tools.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: removeDeveloperTools
Preferences Affected: devtools.policy.disabled
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\DisableDeveloperTools = 0x1 | 0x0`
DisableMasterPasswordCreation
Remove the master password functionality.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: noMasterPassword
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Thunderbird\Thunderbird\DisableMasterPasswordCreation = 0x1 | 0x0
Extensions
Control the installation, uninstallation and locking of extensions.
Install
is a list of URLs or native paths for extensions to be installed.
Uninstall
is a list of extension IDs that should be uninstalled if found.
Locked
is a list of extension IDs that the user cannot disable or uninstall.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: addons
Preferences Affected: N/A
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Extensions\Install\1 = "//path/to/xpi"
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Extensions\Uninstall\1 = "[email protected]"
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\Extensions\Locked\1 = "[email protected]"
ExtensionUpdate
Control extension updates.
Compatibility: Thunderbird 68
CCK2 Equivalent: N/A
Preferences Affected: extensions.update.enabled
Windows
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird\ExtensionUpdate = 0x1 | 0x0