Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/13/2013 11:19 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 13.02.2013 01:17, schrieb Claude Jones: On 02/12/2013 03:33 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: Claude Jones wrote: Perhaps it's a one-way street. I've done this many times. It's possible that I originally created my first TBird install in Linux, and copie

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Am 13.02.2013 01:17, schrieb Claude Jones: > On 02/12/2013 03:33 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: >>> Claude Jones wrote: >>> Perhaps it's a one-way street. I've done this many times. It's >>> possible that I originally created my first TBird install in Linux, >>> and copied that profile over to my Wind

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/12/2013 03:33 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: >> Claude Jones wrote: Perhaps it's a one-way street. I've done this many times. It's possible that I originally created my first TBird install in Linux, and copied that profile over to my Windows box, thus preserving the Linux case usage. That would

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/06/2013 03:23 AM, Claude Jones wrote: On 02/04/2013 03:10 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: Copying over profiles and mail folders etc from windows to linux won't work as is. When folders are created in Tbird it records them in the case specified at creation time, and looks for them accordingly, b

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 03:10 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: Copying over profiles and mail folders etc from windows to linux won't work as is. When folders are created in Tbird it records them in the case specified at creation time, and looks for them accordingly, but behind the scenes windows creates them in

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/05/2013 08:31 AM, Doug wrote: <> > I think Mozilla deliberately makes things difficult! where would the fun be without a challenge? > Thanx to all who helped out on this journey. that is what this is all about. -- peace out. tc.hago, g . in a free world without fences, who needs ga

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Am 05.02.2013 09:19, schrieb Ed Greshko: > On 02/05/2013 04:11 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >> Am 05.02.2013 04:35, schrieb g: >>> On 02/04/2013 11:34 PM, Doug wrote: >>> <> I finally copied the whole .thunderbird directory from my pclos computer >>> doug, >>> if you copied the ".thunderbird"

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/05/2013 03:19 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 02/05/2013 04:11 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 05.02.2013 04:35, schrieb g: On 02/04/2013 11:34 PM, Doug wrote: <> I finally copied the whole .thunderbird directory from my pclos computer doug, if you copied the ".thunderbird" _path_tree_, then you c

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/05/2013 04:11 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 05.02.2013 04:35, schrieb g: >> On 02/04/2013 11:34 PM, Doug wrote: >> <> >>> I finally copied the whole .thunderbird directory from my pclos computer >> doug, >> if you copied the ".thunderbird" _path_tree_, then you copied your filters >> also.

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Am 05.02.2013 04:35, schrieb g: > > On 02/04/2013 11:34 PM, Doug wrote: > <> >> I finally copied the whole .thunderbird directory from my pclos computer > > doug, > if you copied the ".thunderbird" _path_tree_, then you copied your filters > also. > > filters are in the file "msgFilterRules.da

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 11:34 PM, Doug wrote: <> > I finally copied the whole .thunderbird directory from my pclos computer doug, if you copied the ".thunderbird" _path_tree_, then you copied your filters also. filters are in the file "msgFilterRules.dat" which will be in directory for each account and in

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 05:48 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 02/04/2013 01:52 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: i posted even the complete content of my profiles.ini including path hours ago - why the question remains is what i do not understand Yes. I'm not sure, but I think that telling him where to look was the mos

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 01:52 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: i posted even the complete content of my profiles.ini including path hours ago - why the question remains is what i do not understand Yes. I'm not sure, but I think that telling him where to look was the most important part, but the rest didn't hur

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Am 04.02.2013 22:50, schrieb Joe Zeff: > On 02/04/2013 01:15 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> [harry@srv-rhsoft:~]$ cat ~/.thunderbird/profiles.ini > > ICBW, but I think that this is exactly what the OP was asking: "Where do I > find the files I need to move." > > Not everybody knows about the hidd

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On 02/04/2013 01:15 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: [harry@srv-rhsoft:~]$ cat ~/.thunderbird/profiles.ini ICBW, but I think that this is exactly what the OP was asking: "Where do I find the files I need to move." Not everybody knows about the hidden directories in your home folder or what they're

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Am 04.02.2013 22:01, schrieb Doug: > On 02/04/2013 03:46 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 02/04/2013 11:58 PM, Claude Jones wrote: >>> I have 'tried' what I described, and have done so many times; I did a fresh >>> install of F18 on my home pc less >>> than three weeks ago, and migrated my Thunderbir

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 03:46 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 02/04/2013 11:58 PM, Claude Jones wrote: I have 'tried' what I described, and have done so many times; I did a fresh install of F18 on my home pc less than three weeks ago, and migrated my Thunderbird profile folder from my Windows 7 box. I just tri

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 11:58 PM, Claude Jones wrote: > I have 'tried' what I described, and have done so many times; I did a fresh > install of F18 on my home pc less than three weeks ago, and migrated my > Thunderbird profile folder from my Windows 7 box. I just tried your command > and it just found a

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/05/2013 02:58 AM, Claude Jones wrote: On 2/4/2013 1:53 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: I've not tried that But I too would find it odd that it would work. If I go to/home/egreshko/.thunderbird/p7atwh0r.default and do a grep greshko * | grep home I find plenty of references to my home direct

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 04:00 AM, Vikram Goyal wrote: On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Timothy Murphy > wrote: KMail has ceased working on my Fedora-18/KDE laptop, after an update yesterday. I've been thinking for some time that I should have an alternative

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 2/4/2013 1:53 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: I've not tried that But I too would find it odd that it would work. If I go to/home/egreshko/.thunderbird/p7atwh0r.default and do a grep greshko * | grep home I find plenty of references to my home directory under linux which would seem to be at odd

Re: Thunderbird newbie

El dom, 03-02-2013 a las 18:38 +0100, Reindl Harald escribió: > > Am 03.02.2013 18:29, schrieb Timothy Murphy: > >> In Linux, Click on Edit. > > I don't have an Edit option in my thunderbird toolbar > > because it is in the MENUBAR > > > I don't see any menu on my thunderbird screen. > > I am r

Re: Thunderbird newbie

El dom, 03-02-2013 a las 17:29 +, Timothy Murphy escribió: > Joe Zeff wrote: > > > On 02/03/2013 08:59 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> Secondly, looking for advice on setting up thunderbird, > >> all the online advice I saw suggested clicking on the Tools icon, > >> presumably in the toolbar.

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El dom, 03-02-2013 a las 09:07 -0800, Joe Zeff escribió: > On 02/03/2013 08:59 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > > Secondly, looking for advice on setting up thunderbird, > > all the online advice I saw suggested clicking on the Tools icon, > > presumably in the toolbar. > > That's because all of the a

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On Mon, 2013-02-04 at 14:53 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Don't be bullied by the judgmental grammar and spelling police. nice signature ;-) Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@lis

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > KMail has ceased working on my Fedora-18/KDE laptop, > after an update yesterday. > > I've been thinking for some time that > I should have an alternative mail-reader, > as KMail has had several hiccups over recent years. > So I have yum-in

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 02:30 PM, Claude Jones wrote: > On 02/04/2013 01:16 AM, Tim wrote: >> Wouldn't you need to change some file paths in the configuration, at >> least? > > no - I just went through a round of commissioning new machines - copy the > profile folder from one machine to the other, and you'r

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 01:16 AM, Tim wrote: Wouldn't you need to change some file paths in the configuration, at least? no - I just went through a round of commissioning new machines - copy the profile folder from one machine to the other, and you're done... it just works - and I've been doing this fo

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On Sun, 2013-02-03 at 17:28 -0500, Claude Jones wrote: > one big advantage is you can copy your profile folder between Linux > and Windows and have the exact same setup with all your accounts and > custom folders and the like Wouldn't you need to change some file paths in the configuration, at lea

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 06:00 PM, doug wrote: What is the "profile" folder? I searched for it (in Linux) and could not find it. in Linux, it's in /home/[your user name]/.thunderbird/ it's the folder with the extension .default in Windows, you'll find it buried in the appdata folder -- Claude Jones Brun

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 06:18 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 03.02.2013 23:08, schrieb Ed Greshko: > >> As a long time Tbird user I rarely use the menu. > and i use it each day very often > extras -> aplly filters to folder > > why? > because it was more important to hide the menu, include a chat > or man

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 09:52 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: please read other posts before you reply! I read my email in chronological order, not threaded. And, there's no problem that I can see with two people making the same suggestion; it simply re-enforces it. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorap

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Am 04.02.2013 00:00, schrieb doug: > On 02/03/2013 05:28 PM, Claude Jones wrote: >> On 02/03/2013 05:01 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >>> It would be an advantage to have the same program running under Linux >>> and Windows. >> >> one big advantage is you can copy your profile folder between Linux an

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 05:28 PM, Claude Jones wrote: On 02/03/2013 05:01 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: It would be an advantage to have the same program running under Linux and Windows. one big advantage is you can copy your profile folder between Linux and Windows and have the exact same setup with all y

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 05:01 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: It would be an advantage to have the same program running under Linux and Windows. one big advantage is you can copy your profile folder between Linux and Windows and have the exact same setup with all your accounts and custom folders and the like

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Am 03.02.2013 23:08, schrieb Ed Greshko: > As a long time Tbird user I rarely use the menu. and i use it each day very often extras -> aplly filters to folder why? because it was more important to hide the menu, include a chat or mangle the account setup to death than multiselect folders and

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/04/2013 06:01 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Thanks to you (and others) for pointing this out. > It certainly seems odd to me that the menu bar should be hidden by default. FWIW, and this is obviously a personal opinion, I like the menu bar hidden by default. If memory serves me, it used to b

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Edward M wrote: > In Thunderbird 17.0.2 that would be a three horizontal lines > button located on the top right side next to Search. Thanks to you (and others) for pointing this out. It certainly seems odd to me that the menu bar should be hidden by default. In any case thunderbird

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 12:29 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: I don't have an Edit option in my thunderbird toolbar. As I said, the only options are Get Mail, Write, Chat, Address Book and Quick Filter. Menu bar: Pressing Alt will show it long enough to enter some key strokes. Pressing F10 will

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:59:50 + Timothy Murphy wrote: > KMail has ceased working on my Fedora-18/KDE laptop, > after an update yesterday. when 3 years ago kmail stopped working, i change to claws; it's light and powerful and (not less important) it has never stopped working in 3 years. Lastly,

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 12:38 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 03.02.2013 18:29, schrieb Timothy Murphy: In Linux, Click on Edit. I don't have an Edit option in my thunderbird toolbar because it is in the MENUBAR I don't see any menu on my thunderbird screen. I am running thunderbird-17.0.2-1.fc18.i686, i

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On 2/3/2013 9:54 AM, Edward M wrote: there is somewhere a icon which shows the menu in recent builds In Thunderbird 17.0.2 that would be a three horizontal lines button located on the top right side next to Search. I meant above Search -- users mailing list users@lists

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 2/3/2013 9:38 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: there is somewhere a icon which shows the menu in recent builds In Thunderbird 17.0.2 that would be a three horizontal lines button located on the top right side next to Search. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsub

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Am 03.02.2013 18:47, schrieb Joe Zeff: > On 02/03/2013 09:29 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> I don't have an Edit option in my thunderbird toolbar. >> As I said, the only options are >> Get Mail, Write, Chat, Address Book and Quick Filter. > > Look above that, right below the title bar: > > File E

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 09:29 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: I don't have an Edit option in my thunderbird toolbar. As I said, the only options are Get Mail, Write, Chat, Address Book and Quick Filter. Look above that, right below the title bar: File Edit View Go Message Tools Help If you don't have that li

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Am 03.02.2013 18:29, schrieb Timothy Murphy: >> In Linux, Click on Edit. > I don't have an Edit option in my thunderbird toolbar because it is in the MENUBAR > I don't see any menu on my thunderbird screen. > I am running thunderbird-17.0.2-1.fc18.i686, incidentally there is somewhere a icon w

Re: Thunderbird newbie

Joe Zeff wrote: > On 02/03/2013 08:59 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >> Secondly, looking for advice on setting up thunderbird, >> all the online advice I saw suggested clicking on the Tools icon, >> presumably in the toolbar. > > That's because all of the advice is written with the assumption that >

Re: Thunderbird newbie

On 02/03/2013 08:59 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: Secondly, looking for advice on setting up thunderbird, all the online advice I saw suggested clicking on the Tools icon, presumably in the toolbar. That's because all of the advice is written with the assumption that you're using Windows. In Linu

Thunderbird newbie

KMail has ceased working on my Fedora-18/KDE laptop, after an update yesterday. I've been thinking for some time that I should have an alternative mail-reader, as KMail has had several hiccups over recent years. So I have yum-installed Thunderbird and can read my email, but with some difficulty.