Are you using the Orbit theme? If so, there's a known problem with
this. Just change the theme and it should work.
Scott
Patrick Narkinsky wrote:
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> Scott Putterman wrote:
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>> Either. Basically I'm looking for the things you would fix that
>> would make the compose window easier for you to use. My previous
>> comment may have been hasty. There are some people who might need
>> advanced table editing when composing mail. So if that's you, then
>> feel free to mention it. My guess is that most people aren't
>> affected by that when writing email whereas many people are affected
>> by word wrap.
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> Here's one that I'm almost embarrassed to bring up, because it is so
> trivial. But I can't find any way around it, and it annoys me
> horribly, because It's Not The Way Pine Does It, and Pine Is The
> Ultimate Email Program (tm). On Mozilla .6, as near as I can
> determine there is simply no way to just enter an address in the "To:"
> line of the compose window, because there is no "To:" line in the
> compose window. Instead, you have to go and create a card in the
> address book every single time. I find this so confusing that it took
> me five minutes to figure out how to compose a message from scratch
> rather than replying.
>
> I hate this so much that I could never use mozilla mailnews unless
> it's fixed, and that's a shame because it seems like quite a nice
> program.
>
> Having made myself sound like a non-programming choom -- I don't mind
> fixing it myself and I do indeed know how. But it seems so obvious
> that I can't believe there's not a way to do it. Am I missing
> something obvious?
> Patrick
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