Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/25/19 8:14 AM, Stephen Morris wrote: Just for reference, I'm using Version 69 of Thunderbird but I seem to remember this applied to earlier versions of Thunderbird as well, if you got to Edit->Account Settings->Server Settings (under your user account)->Local Directory tells you your p

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-25 Thread Stephen Morris
On 22/6/19 7:46 am, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 6/21/19 5:19 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: For future reference, the file .thunderbird/profiles.ini will tell you which is being used by default. . Good to know, thanks. Just for reference, I'm using Version 69 of Thunderbird but I seem to remember this a

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-21 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/21/19 5:20 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Couldn't you just rename them back?  Renaming the directory won't lose the data. __ . Apparently not, when I did I got empty files, sub directories and filters were gone. I used the Thunar file manager since it takes less typing that rena

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-21 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/21/19 5:20 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Couldn't you just rename them back?  Renaming the directory won't lose the data. __ . Apparently not, when I did I got empty files, sub directories and filters were gone. I used the Thunar file manager since it takes less typing that rena

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-21 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/21/19 5:19 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: For future reference, the file .thunderbird/profiles.ini will tell you which is being used by default. . Good to know, thanks. -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box83 FEDORA-29/64bit LINUX XFCE Fastmail POP3 _

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-21 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/21/19 2:08 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: I tried this, found that I had two .thunderbird/xxxdefault files and tried renaming them to determine which was the active one. Should not have done that, I am reconfiguring Thunderbird after losing those files. Couldn't you just rename them back? Renami

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-21 Thread Ed Greshko
On 6/22/19 5:08 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I tried this, found that I had two .thunderbird/xxxdefault files and tried > renaming them > to determine which was the active one. Should not > have done that, I am reconfiguring Thunderbird after losing those files. For future reference, the file .thund

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-21 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/20/19 8:01 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Here's what is probably the easiest method.  Go into your Thunderbird profile extensions folder, something like: .thunderbird/randomchars.default/extensions Open the tonequi...@mesquilla.com.xpi file with archive manager.  Open the install.rdf file ins

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-20 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/20/19 1:52 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 6/20/19 4:12 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I unpacked the xpi file, changed the install.rdf to allow Thunderbird 60.*, repacked it, and installed it.  No errors and the play sound option is in the filters.  I didn't actually test it though.  Worth a try. _

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-20 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/20/19 4:12 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I unpacked the xpi file, changed the install.rdf to allow Thunderbird 60.*, repacked it, and installed it.  No errors and the play sound option is in the filters.  I didn't actually test it though.  Worth a try. . Yes, but how do I do that? Wher

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-20 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/18/19 10:09 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have used Thunderbird with an add-on that enabled the use of recorded voice announcements identifying incoming messages so that I did not have to come back upstairs to the computer to determine what it was. The upgrade to Fedora-30 requires the use of a

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-19 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/18/19 8:06 PM, Ted Roche wrote: Tonequilla looks like a very useful add-on, but it appears it's been unsupported for some time, and new versions of Thunderbird have a different API it won't work with. The only suggestion I could find online was to consider "Mailbox Alert" (https://a

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-18 Thread Ted Roche
Hi, Bob: Tonequilla looks like a very useful add-on, but it appears it's been unsupported for some time, and new versions of Thunderbird have a different API it won't work with. The only suggestion I could find online was to consider "Mailbox Alert" ( https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderb

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-18 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/18/19 2:03 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 6/18/19 3:00 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Cancel.  Not what he asked.  He wants something that will announce the subject or sender . Yes, I have voice announcements, I recorded to announce the identity of certain messages, that were added to th

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/18/19 3:00 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Cancel.  Not what he asked.  He wants something that will announce the subject or sender . Yes, I have voice announcements, I recorded to announce the identity of certain messages, that were added to the Thunderbird message filters. That has

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-18 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/18/19 11:59 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 6/18/19 10:09 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have used Thunderbird with an add-on that enabled the use of recorded voice announcements identifying incoming messages so that I did not have to come back upstairs to the computer to determine what it was. The

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-18 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/18/19 10:09 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have used Thunderbird with an add-on that enabled the use of recorded voice announcements identifying incoming messages so that I did not have to come back upstairs to the computer to determine what it was. The upgrade to Fedora-30 requires the use of a

Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
I have used Thunderbird with an add-on that enabled the use of recorded voice announcements identifying incoming messages so that I did not have to come back upstairs to the computer to determine what it was. The upgrade to Fedora-30 requires the use of a Thunderbird version that no longer supp