Security Update 2012-004 and Mail Plugins
Why does Security Update 2012-004 for 10.6 kick out Mail 4.6 Plugins like GrowlMail 1.2.5?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6)
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Why does Security Update 2012-004 for 10.6 kick out Mail 4.6 Plugins like GrowlMail 1.2.5?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6)
from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
"Impact: Viewing an e-mail message may lead to execution of web plugins
Description: An input validation error existed in Mail's handling of embedded web plugins. This issue was addressed by disabling third-party plug-ins in Mail."
I don't pretend to understand the technical nature of the vulnerability, but simply read those Mail plug-ins could be risky.
Isn't it great that Snow Leopard got a security update!!! A big THANK YOU Apple. Keep it going.
Try this I found :
http://code2k.net/products/mailpluginfix/
Dont know if it will solve your's
AND do not omit to make a complint here, otherwise they think thsy sold the best software on the planet :
http://objective-decision.com/en/support/ctz/form/formreport/index.php?kind=bug
Chris
Thanks Chris, I'll try it out and post here if the problem is solved. Not to worry, I WILL complain! By the way... what would you suggest as a replacement for Contactizer? I have the PRO running since 2008.
I actually tried this (added strings left and right!) and I guess it worked because email works from Contactizer to Mail and it synchs, too. But I am tempted to switch to Bento and MailChimp....Thanks for the help!
Nothing really similar. SOHOnotes could be nice but it doesn't sync with address book and Calendar, so, no sync at all with phone devices. From Marketcircle, I own Bilings, nicely done to clock your time, They have a contactizer similar solution but at a different price :
http://www.marketcircle.com/daylite/
for $280, you have an entire solution for laptop, iphone and ipad, mail assistant and server. [it's a little bit pricey but it works] for ONE user.Every time you add a new user that access and can change the calendar, etc, you add some. There is a free testdrive. try it I think it's the better alternative to Contactizer [ha, the arrogant frenchies - I'm french, and the dev team of contactizer are too!]
Cheers
Bento is from FileMaker pro core, dev by Claris a former Apple sister company. Tell me about Daylite.
Chr
Have a look to this thread here :
http://www.ehmac.ca/anything-mac/87038-alternatives-daylite-contactizer.html
Cheers from Paris
Terminal didn't work for me, and I don't read German, but this worked like a champ and easy! Thanks!
Thanks Chris! Very helpful. I manage a variety of projects which do require time-tracking and I will take a good look at Daylite. Greetings from Lugano! 🙂
@KevinKendall's solution worked to restore GrowlMail for me. I'm running 10.6.8 and Mail 4.6. So glad. I can barely work without GrowlMail. I'm always missing important emails.
It was easy - fixed in less than a minute with 3 (or 4?) clicks. I got a message indicating that two of the bundles couldn't be moved, but that may be because only one was applicable.
His solution was to download this plugin-fix.
From the Code2K:Labs site: http://code2k.net/products/mailpluginfix/
From MacUpdate: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/37804/mailpluginfix
Because I was impatient, I tested its success by sending an email to the Technical University Berlin, which has an echo processor to echo messages back where they originated. I emailed
CarmenSisson wrote:
Thanks so much, @KevinKendall.
Thanks, Carmen. And I'm thanking the Code2K Labs guys..... Otherwise, I'd be doing all that code stuff that's also in this thread. No thanks...... been there, done someathat.
I'm glad that Code2K's Mail plugin fix worked for you. I was sure happy with my plugins working again, after I'd gotten my system-mangling (well.... just Apple Mail mangling, really.) Security Update 2012-004 installed after which double-clicking on my Mail.app gave me an ominous error message.
Just for the halibut, these are the plugins I like & use in my own Mail, Carmen. Check em out!:
- Mail Tabs for Mail (FANTASTIC Mail plugin. Would not have a Mac without it!)
- Wide Mail (formats the Message Viewer window)
- Mail Appetizer (shows translucent popups of emails as they come in... click to view them in Mail, delete them, etc from that window. Fades away in seconds. Great for dumping the trash stuff right away as it comes in.)
And one other superhandy Mail-related (and Address Book-related) utiltiy that I will not do without just so long as I have a Mac: TapDex. Extremely fast on-the-fly popup access to people/bizzes/etc in your Address Book.
Happy Mac'in Carmen! 😎
Kevin Kendall
This worked beautifully for Mail 5.3. Thanks!
thanks for the mailpluginfix app -- I edited the plist with the above strings but that didn't seem to work but the pluginfix app did! I absolutely rely on the attachment scanner plugin and it broke after the last update (some time ago). This conversation was very helpful! Thanks everyone.
Security Update 2012-004 and Mail Plugins