John,
I think that the best thing to do is to create a new profile. I've had
some very strange bugs mess with Tbird and SeaMonkey [I usually use the
latest beta with SM so I expect that, but my Tbird is the latest
release.] There are probably damaged files in the prefs, but it's hard
to determine which one.
Migrating your old settings to a new profile isn't as simple as dragging
you mail and settings from one profile to another. Explanation here,
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Migrating_settings_to_a_new_profile. The main
info about the profile data location is in the Application Registry in
the Mozilla folder in your User Library. I've played around with this,
since I've set up SeaMonkey and Firefox to share bookmarks, and I had
Thunderbird and SeaMonkey sharing email prefs until the latest SeaMonkey
release. Since I download new versions every few weeks, it's
time-consuming to re-link files each time.
Easiest way to access these files is to put the Tbird default folder in
the sidebar, so you can find it quickly. I put an alias for both Tbird
and Firefox prefs in my Mozilla prefs folder which is in my sidebar. The
cache folder is on my desktop with an alias in my user library moz
folder. Works for me.
If you can't find the fix try the mozillazine, and
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/. Might be a bug that's been reported in
Bugzilla. Also upgrade to Tiger, but wait until Spring for Leopard. Keep
your desktop and hard drive 'clean', i.e. no apps on your desktop, files
in more or less appropriate folders, archive things you don't need right
now. Panther is more forgiving than Jaguar. Tiger is more forgiving than
Panther. Just don't throw everything on your desktop like my husband
does, then wonders why his Mac failed to boot into anything other than
"?" this week. I break all those rules, including having my TBird and
Mozilla prefs on a separate drive on a user desktop--works for me!
Have fun.
Betty
I am using Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 on my Mac G5 at 10.39
Somewhere during one of the point upgrades I lost the ability
to see any header info. Normal or all.
Details here,
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_FAQs_:_About:config_Entries, so
you don't break anything. When you fix it, back up the prefs.
About:config allows you to edit/change prefs in all Mozilla
applications.
Betty
Thanks for the response Betty. I had changed all the references
to headers to DEFAULT in the Config editor. There are more than
you would think. I also ran disk utility to repair permissions
which usually fixes most problems.
There is no arrow at the top of where the header window should be,
and Yes, I can see header info when viewing SOURCE.
At Mozilla HELP it told me I should be able to bring up the Profile
Manager and create a new Profile. I double click the Tbird icon
while holding down the Option key, but all that accomplishes is that
it toggles the Mail & News groups window hidden and visible. ???
I also have some other minor but aggravating issues with this Mac and
I realize that I will soon need to upgrade the OS or move up to a
newer machine.
I have a dual 1.8 G5 but the processors are not Intel and my guess is
that a lot of the newer features will probably not work farther down
the line.
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