Re: Thunderbird and text messages -

2019-11-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 11/18/19 1:01 AM, Tim via users wrote: That sounds more like a change in how they were sent. Though you could look for options like display as plain text. Or the opposite, if they're being sent as HTML. If the texts are being sent as attachments, rather than being the message content, I

Re: Thunderbird and text messages -

2019-11-17 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/18/19 2:01 PM, Tim via users wrote: > On Sun, 2019-11-17 at 21:51 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> I communicate with others during the day via text messaging via >> Thunderbird. I simply address them with 'phonenum...@vzwpix.com and >> they respond using my fast

Re: Thunderbird and text messages -

2019-11-17 Thread Tim via users
On Sun, 2019-11-17 at 21:51 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I communicate with others during the day via text messaging via > Thunderbird. I simply address them with 'phonenum...@vzwpix.com and > they respond using my fastmail.us email address, this is an essential > feature and we hav

Thunderbird and text messages -

2019-11-17 Thread Bob Goodwin
I communicate with others during the day via text messaging via Thunderbird. I simply address them with 'phonenum...@vzwpix.com and they respond using my fastmail.us email address, this is an essential feature and we have been doing it routinely for several years, it worked perfectly until

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-17 Thread Stephen Morris
to still use AM/PM 12 hours? French does 24 hour time however I don't know if it will let me use an Englsh spell checker, it seems it should ? If they can have all those language options why notan English 34 hourrs? /get frustrated with Thunderbird but it's the only one I've tried that does mos

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-17 Thread Stephen Morris
oes 24 hour time however I don't know if it will let me use an Englsh spell checker, it seems it should ? If they can have all those language options why notan English 34 hourrs? /get frustrated with Thunderbird but it's the only one I've tried that does most of what I want, however that advantage

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-17 Thread Stephen Morris
will let me use an Englsh spell checker, it seems it should ? If they can have all those language options why notan English 34 hourrs? /get frustrated with Thunderbird but it's the only one I've tried that does most of what I want, however that advantage seems to shrink wuth each "improvemed&

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-16 Thread Tim via users
On Sat, 2019-11-16 at 06:31 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > 24 hour time seems like sucb a basic need, always wondered why it > wasn''t included as an option from the beginning with the earliest > computers? There must be some insurmountable difficulty in adding > that as an option. Going from what

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-16 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 2019-11-16 13:01, Joe Zeff wrote: You know, Mozilla maintains a help forum for Thunderbird.  You might find it best to ask there. ___ > You are probably right. I generaly don't bother with forums since they often seem like the bl

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-16 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 2019-11-16 11:25, Stephen Perkins wrote: A simple solution that worked for me with Thunderbird 68.1.1 on Fedora 30 (X86_64): to ~/.bashrc add the line export LC_TIME="C" log out and back in and Thunderbird shows 24-hour format. HTH Stephen . Yes that works! I had to

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-16 Thread Wells, Roger K. via users
spell checker running, am a lousy typist. I'll just deal with the stupid AM/PM time display for today. - < Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA A simple solution that worked for me with Thunderbird 68.1.1 on Fedora 30 (X86_64): to ~/.bashrc add the line export LC_TIME="C"

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-16 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/16/2019 04:31 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: It appears Thunderbird 68.2.2 does not have "Tools > Options." I don't see Options anywhere? So I will work my way through the remaining suggestions ... You know, Mozilla maintains a help forum for Thunderbird. You might find i

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-16 Thread Stephen Perkins
t deal with the stupid AM/PM time display for today. - < Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA A simple solution that worked for me with Thunderbird 68.1.1 on Fedora 30 (X86_64): to ~/.bashrc add the line export LC_TIME="C" log out and back in and Thunderbird shows 24-hour format. H

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-16 Thread Bob Goodwin
will let me use an Englsh spell checker, it seems it should ? If they can have all those language options why notan English 34 hourrs? /get frustrated with Thunderbird but it's the only one I've tried that does most of what I want, however that advantage seems to shrink wuth each &quo

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-16 Thread Bob Goodwin
seems it should ? If they can have all those language options why notan English 34 hourrs? /get frustrated with Thunderbird but it's the only one I've tried that does most of what I want, however that advantage seems to shrink wuth each "improvemed&

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-16 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/16/19 7:31 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > On 11/16/19 5:47 AM, Tim via users wrote: >> On Fri, 2019-11-15 at 10:27 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: >>> How to configure 24 hour time, instead of AM/PM, in Thunderbird >>> 62.2.0 nd/or 62.2.2. >> I found this advice

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-16 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 11/16/19 5:47 AM, Tim via users wrote: On Fri, 2019-11-15 at 10:27 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: How to configure 24 hour time, instead of AM/PM, in Thunderbird 62.2.0 nd/or 62.2.2. I found this advice on https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1228724 An option under "Tools >

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-16 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2019-11-15 at 10:27 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > How to configure 24 hour time, instead of AM/PM, in Thunderbird > 62.2.0 nd/or 62.2.2. I found this advice on https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1228724 An option under "Tools > Options, Advanced, General" n

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-15 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 11/15/19 3:07 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I remember a thread about this a while back and I don't think there was any solution found.  I even tried building my own locale file and that didn't seem to work. __ . Yes that was probably me, I feel like I've been through this several times

Re: 24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-15 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 11/15/19 7:27 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: How to configure 24 hour time, instead of AM/PM, in Thunderbird 62.2.0 nd/or 62.2.2. Presently I have created /usr/bin/thunderbird24h: /usr/bin/thunderbird24h: #!/bin/sh LC_TIME=C export LC_TIME /usr/bin/thunderbird and rebooted but the AM/PM time

24 hour time in Thunderbird -

2019-11-15 Thread Bob Goodwin
How to configure 24 hour time, instead of AM/PM, in Thunderbird 62.2.0 nd/or 62.2.2. Presently I have created /usr/bin/thunderbird24h: /usr/bin/thunderbird24h: #!/bin/sh LC_TIME=C export LC_TIME /usr/bin/thunderbird and rebooted but the AM/PM time is still being used. Have I nissed

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data? [SOLVED]

2019-10-12 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/13/19 10:50 AM, Tim via users wrote: Even that mayn't help. If, when you log in, your session automatically starts something to do with Thunderbird, it's messing things up for you. In my case, there's Evolution's alarm notify (the calendar) that's auto started for me, and I don't even

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data? [SOLVED]

2019-10-12 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> Just triple-checking: Exiting the program in the usual may not be >> enough Bill: Just to be really really safe, I'll reboot (before my step 1)! Even that mayn't help. If, when you log in, your session automatically starts something to do with Thunderbird, it's messi

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data? [SOLVED]

2019-10-12 Thread home user
(responding to Tim) > Just triple-checking: Exiting the program in the usual may not be enough Just to be really really safe, I'll reboot (before my step 1)! > I'm not sure about Thunderbird, but many mail programs are often like that. > You end up using some command like "ev

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-12 Thread sixpack13
> > Calendar data exported. > Paths to filters recorded. > Address book saved. > > * 6 of my e-mail accounts are free yahoo > accounts; in Thunderbird they > are imap. > * 1 of my accounts is a comcast account; in Thunderbird it's imap. > That's all: 7 altogether.

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-11 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> You really need to be sure that Thunderbird has fully quit running >> before backing up its database. Bill: > Understood. That's how I did it. Just triple-checking: Exiting the program in the usual may not be enough. That may just close down your user-interface. It

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-11 Thread home user
(responding to sixpack13) > the thunderbird directory should named .thunderbird > > NO "_old" or other endings ! > it should named as it was before thunderbird upgrade ! Either I worded something incorrectly or you misunderstood something. I have 3 directories: thunderbi

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-11 Thread home user
(replying to Ed) > When you launch TBird and go to "Help-->About", > what version does it show? > > F30 is currently at 68.1.0 When I started this thread, I was at 68.1. Earlier this evening, following the instructions from sixpack13, I went back to 60.8. I hope to get back to 68.1 tomorrow

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-11 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/12/19 4:37 AM, home user wrote: You have launched an older version of Thunderbird When you launch TBird and go to "Help-->About", what version does it show? F30 is currently at 68.1.0 -- If simple questions can be answered with a simple google query then why are there so

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-11 Thread sixpack13
arrrggghhh, I overlooked this ! ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-11 Thread sixpack13
.. > 5. I removed the restored .thunderbird (rm -rf .thunderbird). > 6. I restored the new .thunderbird (mv thunderbird_new .thunderbird) > I've since again restored the back-up .thunderbird to my home directory > as "thunderbird_old". > Currently, in thunderbird_old

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-11 Thread home user
(responding to Samuel) > That seems to be a rather important statement. What happened? > Make sure you have the latest Thunderbird installed. When I click the "Help" and select "About Thunderbird", it says it's version 68.1.0. The text in the messagebox seems ba

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-11 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/11/19 1:37 PM, home user wrote: 4. I launched thunderbird from the Gnome Activities.  This resulted in a message box saying: - You have launched an older version of Thunderbird That seems to be a rather important statement. What happened? Make sure you have the latest

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-11 Thread home user
(responding to Tim) > You really need to be sure that Thunderbird has fully quit running before backing up its database. Understood.  That's how I did it.  More below (in my response to sixpack13) (responding to sixpack13) > And what does this mean ? 1. I exited Thunderbird. 2. I r

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-11 Thread sixpack13
les ~/.thunderbird/profiles.ini and ~/.thunderbird/installs.ini, too ? if so my profiles.ini looks like this (cat ~/.thunderbird/profiles.ini): [Profile0] Name=default IsRelative=1 Path=hzy3mb56.default Default=1 [General] StartWithLastProfile=1 Version=2 [Install3DDF446CE6CB1A45] Default=hzy3mb56.defa

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-10 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2019-10-10 at 17:52 -0600, home user wrote: > Fortunately (I hope!), I did back up my ".thunderbird" directory > before doing the upgrade. I seriously need my e-mail filters and my > calendar (lightning?) data. How do I restore those? You really need to be sure t

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-10 Thread home user
> if your hope came full true: remove the new ~/.thunderbird > and restore your backup-ed .thunderbird save it before removing ! I tried it.  It did not work. But thank-you for the suggestion. Bill. ___ users mailing list --

Re: upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-10 Thread sixpack13
ue: remove the new ~/.thunderbird and restore your backup-ed .thunderbird save it before removing ! maybe there's something in which could be useful. cause my upgrade weeks ago with the elder thunderbird didn't change anything regarding ~/.thunderbird. maybe your hope became "half true" an

upgrade to f30: how to recover lost Thunderbird data?

2019-10-10 Thread home user
The upgrade to Fedora-30 is done.  This included upgrading Thunderbird to version 68.1.  Unfortunately, this also lost all preferences, calendar data, set-up, filters, etc. Fortunately (I hope!), I did back up my ".thunderbird" directory before doing the upgrade.  I seriously need

Re: repositories very out-of-date for Thunderbird version? [CLOSED]

2019-09-17 Thread home user
(responding to a few posts) (Samuel) > Thunderbird 68 was built September 6, so it might not be out > of testing yet. You can add "--enablerepo-updates-testing" > to dnf if it's not available in updates yet. (Gordon) > No, Thunderbird 60 is not 8 versions out-of-date.

Re: repositories very out-of-date for Thunderbird version?

2019-09-17 Thread Felix Schwarz
Hi, Am 17.09.19 um 04:08 schrieb home user: I very recently asked a question in the Thunderbird support forum. One person replied "Find yourself an updated Thunderbird...". I have version 60.7.0; the person implied that the current version is 68. That's 8 versions out-of-date.  I

Re: repositories very out-of-date for Thunderbird version?

2019-09-16 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 9/16/19 7:08 PM, home user wrote: I have version 60.7.0; the person implied that the current version is 68.  That's 8 versions out-of-date.  I do a "dnf upgrade" every Thursday. No, Thunderbird 60 is not 8 versions out-of-date.  There was no major release in between 60 and 6

Re: repositories very out-of-date for Thunderbird version?

2019-09-16 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 9/16/19 7:28 PM, home user wrote: Thank-you, Ed. > I am on F30 and I'm at F29, and hoping to upgrade to 30 in mid-October.  Am I stuck at Thunderbird 60.7 until then? Thunderbird 68 was built September 6, so it might not be out of testing yet. You can add "--enablerepo

Re: repositories very out-of-date for Thunderbird version?

2019-09-16 Thread Ed Greshko
 upgrade to f30, I'm stuck with Thunderbird 60.7. (I do not want to risk doing anything outside of dnf.) You should also check your repo files. cd /etc/yum.repos.d grep excl * Ah, what version of Fedora are you currently running?  If not running F29 or F30 there are no updates. thunderbird-60.7.0

Re: repositories very out-of-date for Thunderbird version?

2019-09-16 Thread home user
l I upgrade to f30, I'm stuck with Thunderbird 60.7. (I do not want to risk doing anything outside of dnf.) > And, then they forget what they've done. :-) :-) Twooo smileys? Hmmm... I think I know who one of the members of "they" is! ___ us

Re: repositories very out-of-date for Thunderbird version?

2019-09-16 Thread Tim via users
Hi, Ed Greshko: >> Have you put an "exclude" in the dnf config? the anonymous home user: > "dnf config"? > Where is that? When unsure, you can use the locate command to find likely suspects (e.g. "dnf" named things) in the usual places for configuration files (i.e. inside /etc). locate

Re: repositories very out-of-date for Thunderbird version?

2019-09-16 Thread Ed Greshko
On 9/17/19 10:28 AM, home user wrote: Thank-you, Ed. > I am on F30 and I'm at F29, and hoping to upgrade to 30 in mid-October.  Am I stuck at Thunderbird 60.7 until then? > Have you put an "exclude" in the dnf config? "dnf config"? Where is that? And are you sa

Re: repositories very out-of-date for Thunderbird version?

2019-09-16 Thread home user
Thank-you, Ed. > I am on F30 and I'm at F29, and hoping to upgrade to 30 in mid-October. Am I stuck at Thunderbird 60.7 until then? > Have you put an "exclude" in the dnf config? "dnf config"? Where is that? And are you saying I do want an "exclude"

Re: repositories very out-of-date for Thunderbird version?

2019-09-16 Thread Ed Greshko
On 9/17/19 10:12 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 9/17/19 10:08 AM, home user wrote: I very recently asked a question in the Thunderbird support forum. One person  replied "Find yourself an updated Thunderbird...". I have version 60.7.0; the person implied that the current version is 68.

Re: repositories very out-of-date for Thunderbird version?

2019-09-16 Thread Ed Greshko
On 9/17/19 10:08 AM, home user wrote: I very recently asked a question in the Thunderbird support forum. One person  replied "Find yourself an updated Thunderbird...". I have version 60.7.0; the person implied that the current version is 68.  That's 8  versions out-of-date.  I do a &q

repositories very out-of-date for Thunderbird version?

2019-09-16 Thread home user
I very recently asked a question in the Thunderbird support forum. One person replied "Find yourself an updated Thunderbird...". I have version 60.7.0; the person implied that the current version is 68.  That's 8 versions out-of-date.  I do a "dnf upgrade" every Thursday.

Re: F30 Thunderbird format question

2019-07-30 Thread Stephen Morris
On 18/7/19 12:44 am, Ed Greshko wrote: On 7/17/19 10:03 PM, Tim via users wrote: Ed Greshko wrote: Instead of checking that box you may want to consider going to the tab "Plain Text Domains" and putting in "fedoraproject.org". Stephen Morris: Thanks Ed, I have set Thu

Re: F30 Thunderbird format question

2019-07-17 Thread Ed Greshko
On 7/17/19 10:03 PM, Tim via users wrote: > Ed Greshko wrote: >>> Instead of checking that box you may want to consider going to the >>> tab "Plain Text Domains" and putting in "fedoraproject.org". > Stephen Morris: >> Thanks Ed, I h

Re: F30 Thunderbird format question

2019-07-17 Thread Tim via users
Ed Greshko wrote: >> Instead of checking that box you may want to consider going to the >> tab "Plain Text Domains" and putting in "fedoraproject.org". Stephen Morris: > Thanks Ed, I have set Thunderbird up this way. Just one question on > that, is w

Re: F30 Thunderbird format question

2019-07-17 Thread Stephen Morris
On 12/7/19 8:59 am, Ed Greshko wrote: On 7/12/19 6:19 AM, Stephen Morris wrote:     Just one question on this, having unchecked that check box. In the 'Send Options' settings the version of Thunderbird I am using has 'Send Messages in Plain Text if Possible' selected by default, is plain

Re: F30 Thunderbird format question

2019-07-12 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2019-07-11 at 17:20 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > As far as I'm concerned, html never belongs in emails, only on web > pages. Plain text is the only format I consider acceptable for > email. I tend to agree, but would swing the other way if it was done right. But it never will be, because

Re: F30 Thunderbird format question

2019-07-11 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/11/2019 04:19 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:     Just one question on this, having unchecked that check box. In the 'Send Options' settings the version of Thunderbird I am using has 'Send Messages in Plain Text if Possible' selected by default, is plain text the preferred format for messages

Re: F30 Thunderbird format question

2019-07-11 Thread JD
s to the messages being double spaced. > > How can I change it so it will default to Body Text every time? > > Thanx! > > Preferences-->Composition (find the check-box) > > Hi, > Just one question on this, having unchecked that check box. In the > 'Send Options

Re: F30 Thunderbird format question

2019-07-11 Thread Ed Greshko
On 7/12/19 6:19 AM, Stephen Morris wrote: >     Just one question on this, having unchecked that check box. In the 'Send > Options' > settings the version of Thunderbird I am using has 'Send Messages in Plain > Text if > Possible' selected by default, is plain text the p

Re: F30 Thunderbird format question

2019-07-11 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 7/11/19 3:19 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:     Just one question on this, having unchecked that check box. In the 'Send Options' settings the version of Thunderbird I am using has 'Send Messages in Plain Text if Possible' selected by default, is plain text the preferred format for messages

Re: F30 Thunderbird format question

2019-07-11 Thread Stephen Morris
t every time? Thanx! Preferences-->Composition (find the check-box) Hi,     Just one question on this, having unchecked that check box. In the 'Send Options' settings the version of Thunderbird I am using has 'Send Messages in Plain Text if Possible' selected by default, is plain text the prefer

Re: F30 Thunderbird format question

2019-07-11 Thread JD
Thanx Ed! That did it. On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 10:33 PM Ed Greshko wrote: > On 7/11/19 11:39 AM, JD wrote: > > Writing a new message always starts the format in "Pararaph" mode > > > > instead of "Body Text" > > > > And this leads to the messages being double spaced. > > > > How can I change

Re: F30 Thunderbird format question

2019-07-10 Thread Ed Greshko
On 7/11/19 11:39 AM, JD wrote: > Writing a new message always starts the format in "Pararaph" mode > > instead of  "Body Text" > > And this leads to the messages being double spaced. > > How can I change it so it will default to Body Text every time? > > Thanx! Preferences-->Composition (find

F30 Thunderbird format question

2019-07-10 Thread JD
Writing a new message always starts the format in "Pararaph" mode instead of  "Body Text" And this leads to the messages being double spaced. How can I change it so it will default to Body Text every time? Thanx! ___ users mailing list --

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-25 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/25/19 8:14 AM, Stephen Morris wrote: Just for reference, I'm using Version 69 of Thunderbird but I seem to remember this applied to earlier versions of Thunderbird as well, if you got to Edit->Account Settings->Server Settings (under your user account)->Local Directory tells

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-25 Thread Stephen Morris
On 22/6/19 7:46 am, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 6/21/19 5:19 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: For future reference, the file .thunderbird/profiles.ini will tell you which is being used by default. . Good to know, thanks. Just for reference, I'm using Version 69 of Thunderbird but I seem to remember

Re: 24 hour Thunderbird -

2019-06-23 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/22/19 1:46 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: Fedora-30 insists that I use Thunderbird 60.6.1 (64-bit), refuses to dnf downgrade it, so once again I am trying to get it to do some of the things I find most convenient, in this case use 24 hour time instead of AM/PM. Adding "export LC_T

24 hour Thunderbird -

2019-06-22 Thread Bob Goodwin
Fedora-30 insists that I use Thunderbird 60.6.1 (64-bit), refuses to dnf downgrade it, so once again I am trying to get it to do some of the things I find most convenient, in this case use 24 hour time instead of AM/PM. Adding "export LC_TIME=C" to .bashrc m\does not change i

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-21 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/21/19 5:20 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Couldn't you just rename them back?  Renaming the directory won't lose the data. __ . Apparently not, when I did I got empty files, sub directories and filters were gone. I used the Thunar file manager since it takes less typing that

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-21 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/21/19 5:20 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Couldn't you just rename them back?  Renaming the directory won't lose the data. __ . Apparently not, when I did I got empty files, sub directories and filters were gone. I used the Thunar file manager since it takes less typing that

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-21 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/21/19 5:19 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: For future reference, the file .thunderbird/profiles.ini will tell you which is being used by default. . Good to know, thanks. -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box83 FEDORA-29/64bit LINUX XFCE Fastmail POP3

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-21 Thread Ed Greshko
On 6/22/19 5:08 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I tried this, found that I had two .thunderbird/xxxdefault files and tried > renaming them > to determine which was the active one. Should not > have done that, I am reconfiguring Thunderbird after losing those files. For future referen

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-21 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/20/19 8:01 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: Here's what is probably the easiest method.  Go into your Thunderbird profile extensions folder, something like: .thunderbird/randomchars.default/extensions Open the tonequi...@mesquilla.com.xpi file with archive manager.  Open the install.rdf file

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-20 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/20/19 1:52 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 6/20/19 4:12 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I unpacked the xpi file, changed the install.rdf to allow Thunderbird 60.*, repacked it, and installed it.  No errors and the play sound option is in the filters.  I didn't actually test it though.  Worth a try

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-20 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/20/19 4:12 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I unpacked the xpi file, changed the install.rdf to allow Thunderbird 60.*, repacked it, and installed it.  No errors and the play sound option is in the filters.  I didn't actually test it though.  Worth a try. . Yes, but how do I do

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-20 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 6/18/19 10:09 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have used Thunderbird with an add-on that enabled the use of recorded voice announcements identifying incoming messages so that I did not have to come back upstairs to the computer to determine what it was. The upgrade to Fedora-30 requires the use

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-19 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/18/19 8:06 PM, Ted Roche wrote: Tonequilla looks like a very useful add-on, but it appears it's been unsupported for some time, and new versions of Thunderbird have a different API it won't work with. The only suggestion I could find online was to consider "Mailbox Alert&quo

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-18 Thread Ted Roche
Hi, Bob: Tonequilla looks like a very useful add-on, but it appears it's been unsupported for some time, and new versions of Thunderbird have a different API it won't work with. The only suggestion I could find online was to consider "Mailbox Alert" ( https://addons.thunderbird

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-18 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
to the Thunderbird message filters. That has worked well through a number of Fedora releases but stops wit Fedora30. Thanks for responding,  Bob Hi Bob, Idea. Go get FC29's rpm and load it. https://mirror.sfo12.us.leaseweb.net/fedora/linux/releases/29/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/t

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 6/18/19 3:00 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Cancel.  Not what he asked.  He wants something that will announce the subject or sender . Yes, I have voice announcements, I recorded to announce the identity of certain messages, that were added to the Thunderbird message filters

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-18 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/18/19 11:59 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 6/18/19 10:09 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have used Thunderbird with an add-on that enabled the use of recorded voice announcements identifying incoming messages so that I did not have to come back upstairs to the computer to determine what

Re: Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-18 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/18/19 10:09 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have used Thunderbird with an add-on that enabled the use of recorded voice announcements identifying incoming messages so that I did not have to come back upstairs to the computer to determine what it was. The upgrade to Fedora-30 requires the use

Fedora and Thunderbird -

2019-06-18 Thread Bob Goodwin
I have used Thunderbird with an add-on that enabled the use of recorded voice announcements identifying incoming messages so that I did not have to come back upstairs to the computer to determine what it was. The upgrade to Fedora-30 requires the use of a Thunderbird version that no longer

Re: Thunderbird-yahoo e-mail authentication and security. [SOLVED]

2018-12-28 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2018-12-28 at 13:43 -0700, home user via users wrote: > The problem that motivated this thread seems to have (magically!) > disappeared. Perhaps the problem was on the verizon-yahoo end. That does happen. Also, if you've had a few unsuccessful connections, a server may lock you out for

Re: Thunderbird-yahoo e-mail authentication and security. [SOLVED]

2018-12-28 Thread Rick Stevens
On 12/28/18 12:43 PM, home user via users wrote: > The problem that motivated this thread seems to have (magically!) > disappeared.  Perhaps the problem was on the verizon-yahoo end. > > I use Thunderbird almost exclusively (>99%) for my e-mail.  All accounts > are set to &qu

Re: Thunderbird-yahoo e-mail authentication and security. [SOLVED]

2018-12-28 Thread home user via users
The problem that motivated this thread seems to have (magically!) disappeared. Perhaps the problem was on the verizon-yahoo end. I use Thunderbird almost exclusively (>99%) for my e-mail. All accounts are set to "SSL/TLS" and "Normal password". If I understand

Re: Thunderbird-yahoo e-mail authentication and security.

2018-12-26 Thread Tim via users
Allegedly, on or about 26 December 2018, home user via users sent: > I used to think Wikipedia is great. Lately, my opinion of it is > declining. It's not always authoritative, it's not very stable > (article contents change too much, too often), and other faults. I'm > almost certain I'm not

Re: Thunderbird-yahoo e-mail authentication and security.

2018-12-26 Thread Rick Stevens
On 12/26/18 11:05 AM, home user via users wrote: > Thank-you, Tim. > >> ... Look them all up on Wikipedia, if you want mostly understandable >> explanations of each of them. > I used to think Wikipedia is great.  Lately, my opinion of it is > declining.  It's not always authoritative, it's not

Re: Thunderbird-yahoo e-mail authentication and security.

2018-12-26 Thread home user via users
Thank-you, Tim. > ... Look them all up on Wikipedia, if you want mostly understandable > explanations of each of them. I used to think Wikipedia is great. Lately, my opinion of it is declining. It's not always authoritative, it's not very stable (article contents change too much, too often),

Re: Thunderbird-yahoo e-mail authentication and security.

2018-12-24 Thread Tim via users
Allegedly, on or about 24 December 2018, home user via users sent: > 2. What are the advantages, disadvantages, and security risks of each > of the 6 authentication methods offered by Thunderbird for yahoo e- > mail? You can only use the options that the ISP supports as well. Which

Thunderbird-yahoo e-mail authentication and security.

2018-12-24 Thread home user via users
background == For the past few days, most every step of using yahoo e-mail in Thunderbird is taking minutes rather than seconds. Examples: log in, selecting a folder, selecting a message. I've changed nothing. I looked at Thunderbird help. I saw in a different, very recent problem

Re: F29: Thunderbird is in English and not in my language

2018-10-31 Thread Antonio M
The mistery is why thunderbird didn't get the package from /usr/lib64/thunderbird/langpacks.. :-) Antonio Montagnani Linux Fedora 29 Workstation da/from Gmail Il giorno mer 31 ott 2018 alle ore 14:58 Ed Greshko ha scritto: > > On 10/31/18 8:51 PM, Antonio M wrote: > > {e2fda1a4-76

Re: F29: Thunderbird is in English and not in my language

2018-10-31 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/31/18 9:04 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 10/31/18 8:51 PM, Antonio M wrote: >> {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103} is the only folder present in >> that directory >> >> # uname -r >> 4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64 >> # rpm -q thunderbird >> thunder

Re: F29: Thunderbird is in English and not in my language

2018-10-31 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/31/18 8:51 PM, Antonio M wrote: > {e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103} is the only folder present in > that directory > > # uname -r > 4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64 > # rpm -q thunderbird > thunderbird-52.8.0-1.fc29.x86_64 OK, it looks like they did things differently

Re: F29: Thunderbird is in English and not in my language

2018-10-31 Thread Antonio M
{e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103} is the only folder present in that directory # uname -r 4.18.16-300.fc29.x86_64 # rpm -q thunderbird thunderbird-52.8.0-1.fc29.x86_64 tnx for help Antonio Montagnani Linux Fedora 29 Workstation da/from Gmail Il giorno mer 31 ott 2018 alle ore 11:48 Ed

Re: F29: Thunderbird is in English and not in my language

2018-10-31 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/31/18 5:38 PM, Antonio M wrote: > {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.xpi is the only add-on in my > usr/lib64/thunderbird/extensions They should be in /usr/lib64/thunderbird/distribution/extensions    not the directory you're pointing to. [egreshko@acer extensions]$ uname -r 4

Re: F29: Thunderbird is in English and not in my language

2018-10-31 Thread Antonio M
{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.xpi is the only add-on in my usr/lib64/thunderbird/extensions Antonio Montagnani Linux Fedora 29 Workstation da/from Gmail Il giorno mer 31 ott 2018 alle ore 09:37 Antonio M ha scritto: > > not here :-) > > I tried to modify bashrc f

Re: F29: Thunderbird is in English and not in my language

2018-10-31 Thread Ed Greshko
> auto-paging feature: > # export SYSTEMD_PAGER= > > # User specific aliases and functions > export LANG=it_IT.utf8 ; thunderbird > > and I issued the export command also in a terminal but still the > interface is in English. > I will enable tke language pack in Thunderbir

Re: F29: Thunderbird is in English and not in my language

2018-10-31 Thread Antonio M
LANG=it_IT.utf8 ; thunderbird and I issued the export command also in a terminal but still the interface is in English. I will enable tke language pack in Thunderbird Tnx anyway Antonio Montagnani Linux Fedora 29 Workstation da/from Gmail Il giorno mer 31 ott 2018 alle ore 08:45 Ed Greshko ha

Re: F29: Thunderbird is in English and not in my language

2018-10-31 Thread Ed Greshko
arting TB? I just installed TB on a system here.  My user is set to use LANG=en_US.UTF-8 and if I start it I get English. If I do "export LANG=it_IT.utf8 ; thunderbird "   I get the Italian interface.  Everything installed is from fedora.  Nothing downloaded or installed from Mozilla

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