GMX webmail interface Topic is solved

[Davesnothere]

....Is there any way to auto remove 'poseidon.' from the url after logging in?

I asked the same question upthread, but so far no answers.

[eskaton]

FWIW, mail.com loads fine in PM27a1.

[Sowmoots]

....Is there any way to auto remove 'poseidon.' from the url after logging in?

Try this userscript:

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// ==UserScript==
// @name        poseidon.navigator-bs.gmx.com
// @namespace   poseidon.navigator-bs.gmx.com
// @include     https://poseidon.navigator-bs.gmx.com/?sid=*
// @version     1
// @grant       none
// @run-at      document-start
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
var a = window.location.toString().replace("poseidon.","");
window.location.replace(a);
})();

Thanks for the info by coffeebreak about removing "poseidon.", was having the problems described in this thread but thought it was a site incompatibility issue that can't be avoided. Now I can use the webmail again.

[coffeebreak]

@Sowmoots,
Your userscript works perfectly. Thank you very much! XD

[Davesnothere]

FWIW, mail.com loads fine in PM27a1.

Interesting - Thanks.

I wonder whether PM 27 final will be OK too ?

[Davesnothere]

....Is there any way to auto remove 'poseidon.' from the url after logging in?

Try this userscript:

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// ==UserScript==
// @name        poseidon.navigator-bs.gmx.com
// @namespace   poseidon.navigator-bs.gmx.com
// @include     https://poseidon.navigator-bs.gmx.com/?sid=*
// @version     1
// @grant       none
// @run-at      document-start
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
var a = window.location.toString().replace("poseidon.","");
window.location.replace(a);
})();

Thanks for the info by coffeebreak about removing "poseidon.", was having the problems described in this thread but thought it was a site incompatibility issue that can't be avoided. Now I can use the webmail again.

VERRRRY interesting !!!

And thanks for doing the work.

But I'm green on some things.

How/where do I use this script ?

[coffeebreak]

How/where do I use this script ?

Paste the contents into a text document. After saving, change the extension to .user.js
Then drag it onto your Add-ons Manager.

If you don't already have a userscript manager installed, Greasemonkey v1.15.1-signed is compatible with Pale Moon 26.*.

Edit.
Adding, in light of some later posts: This is not the only userscript manager option, it's just the one with which I have most familiarity.

[Davesnothere]

Paste the contents into a text document.

After saving, change the extension to .user.js

Then drag it onto your Add-ons Manager.

If you don't already have a userscript manager installed, Greasemonkey v1.15.1-signed is compatible with Pale Moon 26.*.

Thanks !

I will try that.

Have heard of GM before, but had never learned its purpose. (I do use some custom .CSS in my chrome folder though)

Hmmmm.... I wonder what OTHER customizations I could make by using it ?

EDIT :

Is there a reason why you did not suggest the current version (3.8) of this extension ?

It has the Pale Moon GUID string inside of its install.rdf and says PM 25+ in that section.

I have downloaded both to dissect/inspect/detect [thanks, Arlo], but not tested either version yet.

[GMforker]

Is there a reason why you did not suggest the current version (3.8) of this extension ?

It has the Pale Moon GUID string inside of its install.rdf and says PM 25+ in that section.

I have downloaded both to dissect/inspect/detect [thanks, Arlo], but not tested either version yet.

See Greasemonkey fork users of Greasemonkey should test it
See also Ad: The Firefox addon Greasemonkey 3.8 (the original version)

[coffeebreak]

Is there a reason why you did not suggest the current version (3.8) of this extension ?

It has the Pale Moon GUID string inside of its install.rdf and says PM 25+ in that section.

Concerning v3.8 on AMO...
Didn't know it had PM's GUID. I had thought it was incompatible -- and avoided it -- based on a statement from its developer which I read some time ago: https://github.com/greasemonkey/greasemonkey/issues/2038#issuecomment-59362581. Looks like he's accepted a few patches.

Greasemonkey v1.15 is what I have installed and have experience using (and had the url quick to hand), but it's definitely not the only option.

I use v1.15 because an older script that I use breaks with more recent versions of GM (AMO and fork versions alike) and because up through PM 26.* it has worked perfectly. (Also because continued support for the newer versions is uncertain, even for the 'fork' version, due to the developers' time constraints.)

However, v1.15 does not work properly with the current Pale Moon alpha so when PM 27 stable is released, will probably use the forked version by @developerofthisfork who posted just above. The .xpi's are here: https://github.com/janekptacijarabaci/greasemonkey/releases.

Edit:
Just noting here the thread linked above by developerofthisfork: Ad: The Firefox addon Greasemonkey 3.8 (the original version). I don't understand what is being reported, but it does seem to be an effort to keep the original v3.8 working with PM 27.

[Trippynet]

Hmm, this trick worked for me for some time, but as of today, the "Poseidon" bit has disappeared from the URL, and signing into GMX is broken, even with the normal URL. Outstanding

[plodr]

Yes, they took out the word Poseidon and now the site doesn't load in palemoon.
FF url: https://navigator-bs.gmx.com/home?sid=
PM url: https://navigator-bs.gmx.com/?sid=

Again adding the word home to the PM url does not allow the page to show anything.

I wish they'd stop screwing around with email that used to work!
They aren't the only place to do this. Yahoo is forever tweaking. Hey Yahoo, learn how to stop spam from even appearing in the spam folder. I get the same junk, for the same stuff I'm not interested in daily.

One thing I noted, FF receives 2 cookies that PM doesn't 3c-bs.gmx.com
I'm not sure if that has any bearing or only comes into play when the mail page loads. Since it shows blank in PM, perhaps that's why those coolies are non-existent.

Anyway, I pressed the new feedback button at the bottom of the page - always tweaking with not much useful purpose and criticized that the site isn't usable in my preferred browser.

[coffeebreak]

Same result here. PM 27.0.0a1 did work though.

[Davesnothere]

Yes, they took out the word 'poseidon.' and now the site doesn't load in Pale Moon.

PM url: https://navigator-bs.gmx.com/?sid= ....

....I wish they'd stop screwing around with email that used to work! ....

Agreed !

BTW, I was still logged in from earlier today, and was able to complete my planned activities - reading a few messages, deleting, moving, etc.

Then I tempted fate and logged out.

When I tried to login again my symptoms matched yours.

Technically, we ARE able to login, but cannot see anything nor do anything.

ALSO, in my FF 42 (which still works), the URL is different than yours :

https://navigator-bs.gmx.com/mail?sid= etc

Mine says 'mail' instead of 'home'.

[Davesnothere]

Same result here. PM 27.0.0a1 did work though.

Please, so where can I get that version to try ?

And is there a Portable Edition available ?

[coffeebreak]

Please, so where can I get that version to try ?

And is there a Portable Edition available ?

You can get it from the works-in-progress page: http://www.palemoon.org/WIP/.

There's not a formal portable build, but you can fix one up by substituting the binaries in portable PM 26 with those from a zip-packed copy of PM 27:
Grab the zipped version of v27, plus a copy of Portable PM 26.* (same architecture) and replace all the contents of Bin\Palemoon in the portable version with all the contents of the unpacked zipped version of PM 27.

Please be sure to read all the cautionary material on the WIP page first.

Edit:
Anyone who wishes to try this, and who is not already experienced with using portable PM...

Please also read the sticky at the top of the Pale Moon Portable support board: 'Some advanced options', and in particular scroll down to the section called: "If you want to use Pale Moon portable to test".

[Davesnothere]

Please, so where can I get that version to try ? ....

You can get it from the works-in-progress page: http://www.palemoon.org/WIP/ ....

....Please be sure to read all the cautionary material on the WIP page first.

Thanks.

So I read the page, and undeterred by the threat of my hair catching fire (not much hair left for that TO happen), I also followed the link there to the forum.

Then, Moonchild's thread about issues with this version scared me off.

It says that some specific functionalities are broken, and I use and depend upon the first two of those (which I quoted below) a lot.

Postby Moonchild » Sat Jul 16, 2016 3:21 am

v27 Alpha 1 (27.0.0a1) has a number of known issues that don't need to be reported - it's already on our radar.

Dragging tabs to the bookmarks bar to create a bookmark and dragging bookmarks in the toolbar around doesn't work.

The "all tabs" graphical preview pane doesn't work.

Your extensions may or may not work depending on their nature.

So alas, I must wait for v27 to be closer to final before trying it.

Mayhaps GMX will do a fix at THEIR end.

I also seem to recall reading elsewhere that PM v27 drops support for XP - Is that true ?

[fnsaver]

Wish they stopped fixing what was not broken. Bloody hell, now I can't log on to my mail. I don't want to go back to FF and sure as hell not going to use Chrome.

[Davesnothere]

Wish they stopped fixing what was not broken. Bloody hell, now I can't log on to my mail. I don't want to go back to FF and sure as hell not going to use Chrome.

My sentiments exactly !

BTW, FYI, FWIW, I just tested using SeaMonkey 2.39 (current is 2.40) on XP, and the GMX login is fine.

At least in SM, we do not have to deal with the ridiculous Australis UI of recent FF, in order to get GMX to work.

So to summarize, based upon the latest changes at the site, the workaround options for using WebMail of GMX/Mail_com currently are :

Newer FireFox - v42 works for ME

Newer SeaMonkey - v2.39 works for ME

Alpha Pale Moon - reported to work by several folks upthread

Some versions of IE ? - My IE8 works, but a screen forces me to choose to use a 'limited functionality UI', which looks like what I might expect to see in a mobile/smartphone browser.

Chrome and its relatives ?

[plodr]

IE 11 works (Win 7 on my 32 bit and 64 bit computers). It is regular size, not mobile version.

Thanks for the hint about SeaMonkey. I too would rather fire that up than FF or IE. I refuse to install chrome on any computer running Windows. It is on my android tablet but I use PM and the AdBlockPlus browser on my tablet.