it's a per server pref. it's defaulted for all servers to true in
mailnews.js:
pref("mail.server.default.abbreviate",true);
To turn it off for a specific news server, add this to your prefs.js:
user_pref("mail.server.server<n>.abbreviate", false);
where server<n> is the appropriate server. it will make sense when you
look at your prefs.js.
To turn it off for all news servers, add this to your prefs.js file:
user_pref("mail.server.default.abbreviate",false);
there is no UI for this pref, but there is a bug that covering that issue.
-Seth
Stephen Donner wrote:
> There is a preference somewhere that you can add/modify in prefs.js
> (might be something like user_pref("show_pretty_names", "false");
>
> If you hover over the truncated newsgroup name in the folder pane, you
> will get a tooltip with the full name showing.
>
> And, message counts are on the bottom of the 3 pane mail window,
> in-between the progress meter and the offline icon.
>
> Karthik Sheka wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>> Is there a preference on showing the number of unread and total
>> messages in a newsgroup? Currently mine shows only the number unread
>> in parentheses after the group name. (Using build 2001053104)
>> Also, is there a preference to not abbreviate the newsgroup name
>> at all?
>> These things bug the hell out of me. Any chance the preferences
>> will be in the Edit -> Preferences panel???
>>
>>
>
>
