The bad news is, I'm also encountering the same annoying behavior. The good news is, apparently this was JUST fixed (finally)....
See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=375292 Judging from the report it should show up in 2.0.0.12. -- Thunderbird creates a lot of "tmprules-NNN.dat" files in /tmp https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/177345 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs