Just wanted to report that the solution suggested above (steps 1-6) worked for me.
I also had installed the tarball before, but then went back to the 1.5 deb (mostly because some extensions didn't work). But I'm quite sure I backed up my ~/.mozilla-thunderbird before installing the tarball, and restored it afterwards *shrugs* thanks, -- +------------------------------------------------------------------* .-. | Martin Schuster Microsoft is not the answer /v\ | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> blog.isja.org Microsoft is the question // \\ | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ# 20511117 "Linux!" is the answer /( )\ +--------------------------------------------------------------* ^^-^^ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

