Progress ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... snippage ... Installing Thunderbird ... > Then a couple of problems surfaced: > > 1. The menu items highlight to white on white.
> This is a common bug already posted here before. > You can check for fixes in the list archives. I'll try that; the simple answer that I had found was, "change theme." >> 2. The second time I opened Thunderbird, it was empty, and the >> Install Wizard wanted all my data all over again. 150 messages >> vanished ... but it had let me do the setup all by myself without >> a peep of complaint. Miguel wrote: > I think that happened. First you installed thunderbird and as root, you > configured the account in thunderbird. Then you log off root and as > joe-user you tried to access your mail. As you configured your account > as root, you can't use it as joe-user. This is the reason you saw the > wizard asking you to setup a new account. Your original account is in > root's home /root/.mozilla-thunderbird Not quite - I was logged into gnome as george, not root; and I just opened "Thunderbird Mail Client" from the Applications menu, not noticing the Thunderbird Install Wizard (which I removed from the menu after I noticed it - now, of course, I have to find it and put it back on that menu ...). However, I now enabled "Show hidden files" in the file viewer, and the emails appear to be in my "george" .mozilla-thunderbird folder. Whew ! What a relief ... Can I safely go through the Thunderbird Install Wizard and not overwrite these files ? I'll save 'em under a new name, just in case ... ... snippage about backing up Mail, which I'll implement as soon as I can get past the blank Inbox screen. Thanks for the sage and helpfully explicit advice. My blood pressure is greatly soothed by the careful reply. George Langford -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
