Hello,

since a few days SeaMonkey 2.53.16 reports an error as soon as it tries
to check internally or mauell if updates are available. The error
message is "Connection denied". Are there problems with the update server?

Peter

Peter45 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> since a few days SeaMonkey 2.53.16 reports an error as soon as it tries
> to check internally or mauell if updates are available. The error
> message is "Connection denied". Are there problems with the update server?
>
> Peter
>

Peter, Seamonkey's Auto update has been broken for eons. If you
suspect there's a newer version, just go to
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

Simply download the proper version and install it over your
existing seamonkey. I've done this for years. I doubt the auto
update will ever be fixed, because there are much more pressing
things, and there are very few people left working on it. They do a
damn fine job too.

You can always know when a new version is available, if you check
here. There is also a seamonkey.org rss feed. New releases are
announced there. You can even subscribe to the feed with your
smartphone. I do.

Hank Rogers <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> Peter45 wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > since a few days SeaMonkey 2.53.16 reports an error as soon as it tries
> > to check internally or mauell if updates are available. The error
> > message is "Connection denied". Are there problems with the update server?

Mine says "Connection refused".

> Peter, Seamonkey's Auto update has been broken for eons. If you
> suspect there's a newer version, just go to
> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

> Simply download the proper version and install it over your
> existing seamonkey. I've done this for years. I doubt the auto
> update will ever be fixed, because there are much more pressing
> things, and there are very few people left working on it. They do a
> damn fine job too.

> You can always know when a new version is available, if you check
> here. There is also a seamonkey.org rss feed. New releases are
> announced there. You can even subscribe to the feed with your
> smartphone. I do.

But it used to work like for v2.53.15 to get v2.53.16! :(
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Ant wrote on 12/5/23 4:32 pm:
> Hank Rogers <hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> Peter45 wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> since a few days SeaMonkey 2.53.16 reports an error as soon as it
>>> tries to check internally or mauell if updates are available. The
>>> error message is "Connection denied". Are there problems with the
>>> update server?
>
> Mine says "Connection refused".
>
>
>> Peter, Seamonkey's Auto update has been broken for eons. If you
>> suspect there's a newer version, just go to
>> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
>
>> Simply download the proper version and install it over your
>> existing seamonkey. I've done this for years. I doubt the auto
>> update will ever be fixed, because there are much more pressing
>> things, and there are very few people left working on it. They do
>> a damn fine job too.
>
>> You can always know when a new version is available, if you check
>> here. There is also a seamonkey.org rss feed. New releases are
>> announced there. You can even subscribe to the feed with your
>> smartphone. I do.
>
> But it used to work like for v2.53.15 to get v2.53.16! :(
>
I'm sure I was auto-updated a day or two ago! Not sure if it was this
Linux install or my Win7 SeaMonkey install.
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Daniel

Hank Rogers wrote:
> Peter45 wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> since a few days SeaMonkey 2.53.16 reports an error as soon as it tries
>> to check internally or mauell if updates are available. The error
>> message is "Connection denied". Are there problems with the update
>> server?
>>
>> Peter
>>
>
> Peter, Seamonkey's Auto update has been broken for eons. If you suspect
> there's a newer version, just go to http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
>
> Simply download the proper version and install it over your existing
> seamonkey.  I've done this for years. I doubt the auto update will ever
> be fixed, because there are much more pressing things, and there are
> very few people left working on it. They do a damn fine job too.
>
> You can always know when a new version is available, if you check here.
> There is also a seamonkey.org rss feed. New releases are announced
> there. You can even subscribe to the feed with your smartphone. I do.
>
>
>
>
>

What was once broken has been repaired, I can't remember when it was
repaired but it was a good while ago.
If I'm running under Windows (this is rare) that is how I have updated
my Seamonkey for some time now.

Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote:
> Hank Rogers wrote:
>> Peter45 wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> since a few days SeaMonkey 2.53.16 reports an error as soon as
>>> it tries
>>> to check internally or mauell if updates are available. The error
>>> message is "Connection denied". Are there problems with the
>>> update server?
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>
>> Peter, Seamonkey's Auto update has been broken for eons. If you
>> suspect there's a newer version, just go to
>> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
>>
>> Simply download the proper version and install it over your
>> existing seamonkey.  I've done this for years. I doubt the auto
>> update will ever be fixed, because there are much more pressing
>> things, and there are very few people left working on it. They do
>> a damn fine job too.
>>
>> You can always know when a new version is available, if you check
>> here. There is also a seamonkey.org rss feed. New releases are
>> announced there. You can even subscribe to the feed with your
>> smartphone. I do.
>>
>
> What was once broken has been repaired, I can't remember when it
> was repaired but it was a good while ago.
> If I'm running under Windows (this is rare) that is how I have
> updated my Seamonkey for some time now.

I guess there is something weird about my particular installation.
I vaguely remember it working once or twice several years ago,
right after they fixed it. But usually it doesn't work. At most it
gives an error message.

About the only thing I think is different than a standard
installation is that it is not on the C: drive. Also, I use
noscript, maybe that was blocking something?

Am 12.05.2023 um 20:05 schrieb Hank Rogers:
....
The internal update function of SeaMonkey was broken for a long time,
but has been working again for a while. The last versions I have all
updated via the internal update, even if the new version was usually
offered there only a day or two. There was no error message during the
check since the bug fix, otherwise it would have been displayed directly
when SeaMonkey internally checks whether an update is available, just
like now. I use SeaMonkey in a German version, so I translated the error
message. I didn't know the exact English language error message, so I
didn't know that it was "Connection refused" in English.
Now the question remains, why it does not work since a few days, or is
it just me?

Peter

Peter45 <pseudo.address@example.invalid> wrote:
> Am 12.05.2023 um 20:05 schrieb Hank Rogers:
> ...
> The internal update function of SeaMonkey was broken for a long time,
> but has been working again for a while. The last versions I have all
> updated via the internal update, even if the new version was usually
> offered there only a day or two. There was no error message during the
> check since the bug fix, otherwise it would have been displayed directly
> when SeaMonkey internally checks whether an update is available, just
> like now. I use SeaMonkey in a German version, so I translated the error
> message. I didn't know the exact English language error message, so I
> didn't know that it was "Connection refused" in English.
> Now the question remains, why it does not work since a few days, or is
> it just me?

Peter, it's not just you. It's still broken on my end in USA. The last
time it worked was when v2.53.16 was released.

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Am 13.05.2023 um 03:13 schrieb Ant:

>
> Peter, it's not just you. It's still broken on my end in USA. The last
> time it worked was when v2.53.16 was released.
>

All right, thanks Ant

Peter

Ant wrote:
> Peter45 <pseudo.address@example.invalid> wrote:
>> Am 12.05.2023 um 20:05 schrieb Hank Rogers:
>> ...
>> The internal update function of SeaMonkey was broken for a long time,
>> but has been working again for a while. The last versions I have all
>> updated via the internal update, even if the new version was usually
>> offered there only a day or two. There was no error message during the
>> check since the bug fix, otherwise it would have been displayed directly
>> when SeaMonkey internally checks whether an update is available, just
>> like now. I use SeaMonkey in a German version, so I translated the error
>> message. I didn't know the exact English language error message, so I
>> didn't know that it was "Connection refused" in English.
>> Now the question remains, why it does not work since a few days, or is
>> it just me?
>
> Peter, it's not just you. It's still broken on my end in USA. The last
> time it worked was when v2.53.16 was released.
>

Having fired my Windows 10 machine up for the first time in a while,
"Connection refused". It is currently updating all the other software
it considers out-of-date, starting with Firefox ESR and continuing with
all the Microsoft updates. This is liable to take a couple of hours and
is one reason I hardly ever run that machine under Windown.

Ant wrote:
> Peter45 <pseudo.address@example.invalid> wrote:
>> Am 12.05.2023 um 20:05 schrieb Hank Rogers:
>> ...
>> The internal update function of SeaMonkey was broken for a long time,
>> but has been working again for a while. The last versions I have all
>> updated via the internal update, even if the new version was usually
>> offered there only a day or two. There was no error message during the
>> check since the bug fix, otherwise it would have been displayed directly
>> when SeaMonkey internally checks whether an update is available, just
>> like now. I use SeaMonkey in a German version, so I translated the error
>> message. I didn't know the exact English language error message, so I
>> didn't know that it was "Connection refused" in English.
>> Now the question remains, why it does not work since a few days, or is
>> it just me?
>
> Peter, it's not just you. It's still broken on my end in USA. The last
> time it worked was when v2.53.16 was released.
>

There hasn't been a release since .16

https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/

So maybe it isn't broken. Maybe someone has just switched something off
temporarily.

Richmond wrote:
> Ant wrote:
>> Peter45 <pseudo.address@example.invalid> wrote:
>>> Am 12.05.2023 um 20:05 schrieb Hank Rogers:
>>> ...
>>> The internal update function of SeaMonkey was broken for a long time,
>>> but has been working again for a while. The last versions I have all
>>> updated via the internal update, even if the new version was usually
>>> offered there only a day or two. There was no error message during the
>>> check since the bug fix, otherwise it would have been displayed directly
>>> when SeaMonkey internally checks whether an update is available, just
>>> like now. I use SeaMonkey in a German version, so I translated the error
>>> message. I didn't know the exact English language error message, so I
>>> didn't know that it was "Connection refused" in English.
>>> Now the question remains, why it does not work since a few days, or is
>>> it just me?
>>
>> Peter, it's not just you. It's still broken on my end in USA. The last
>> time it worked was when v2.53.16 was released.
>>
>
> There hasn't been a release since .16
>
>
> https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/
>
> So maybe it isn't broken. Maybe someone has just switched something off
> temporarily.
>

So if someone has not upgraded yet (maybe someone like me who hardly
ever uses a Windows machine) tries it, it would not work for them either?
"Connection refused" is not what should be happening, it looks as though
someone has misconfigured something.

Don Spam's Reckless Son <hyperspace.flyover@vogon.gov.invalid> wrote:
> Richmond wrote:
> > Ant wrote:
> >> Peter45 <pseudo.address@example.invalid> wrote:
> >>> Am 12.05.2023 um 20:05 schrieb Hank Rogers:
> >>> ...
> >>> The internal update function of SeaMonkey was broken for a long time,
> >>> but has been working again for a while. The last versions I have all
> >>> updated via the internal update, even if the new version was usually
> >>> offered there only a day or two. There was no error message during the
> >>> check since the bug fix, otherwise it would have been displayed directly
> >>> when SeaMonkey internally checks whether an update is available, just
> >>> like now. I use SeaMonkey in a German version, so I translated the error
> >>> message. I didn't know the exact English language error message, so I
> >>> didn't know that it was "Connection refused" in English.
> >>> Now the question remains, why it does not work since a few days, or is
> >>> it just me?
> >>
> >> Peter, it's not just you. It's still broken on my end in USA. The last
> >> time it worked was when v2.53.16 was released.
> >>
> >
> > There hasn't been a release since .16
> >
> >
> > https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/
> >
> > So maybe it isn't broken. Maybe someone has just switched something off
> > temporarily.
> >

> So if someone has not upgraded yet (maybe someone like me who hardly
> ever uses a Windows machine) tries it, it would not work for them either?
> "Connection refused" is not what should be happening, it looks as though
> someone has misconfigured something.

When I had the (lat/new)est versions installed, it would say there is no newer version or
something instead of "Connection refused".

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