From: Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:58:19 +0200
On 07/04/11 05:18, Jay O'Brien wrote: > > I would like to install Thunderbird and Firefox in addition to SeaMonkey so > > that I can verify ISP and server problems with "supported" applications and > > avoid the support personnel finger pointing to the "unsupported" and > > unknown to them "SeaMonkey". > > > > My ISP has an intermittent SMTP problem I've tried to get them to fix, they > > say it is my unsupported mail client. My bank had an access problem they > > blamed on SeaMonkey, but the Bank ultimately fixed their problem. I would > > like to be able to avoid these issues, but I want to continue to use > > SeaMonkey. > > > > Is it possible to install Thunderbird in addition to SeaMonkey so that it > > will use the SeaMonkey profile and mail files? Is it possible to install > > Firefox in addition to SeaMonkey and have it use the SeaMonkey profile, > > password, and bookmark files? > > > > It is my desire to be able to use Thunderbird or Firefox when > > troubleshooting a problem, thus avoiding the support folks blaming > > SeaMonkey for the problem being reviewed. > > > > Help Please? > > > > Jay O'Brien > > Folsom, California First, the bad news: - You can NEVER use one profile in more than one program instance at a time. - Normally you shouldn't use a single profile in different applications, there may be incompatibilities between them. For instance in the past, Firefox moved its bookmarks from bookmark.htm (or something) to places.sqlite much earlier than SeaMonkey did. Some preferences may have different meanings or different defaults. And so on. (Whenever a Mozilla app sees that a preference has been set to what has now become the current default, it omits the preference when saving at closedown. The next time the default changes, you'll get the new default. Now if a Boolean pref defaults to true in Firefox and to false in SeaMonkey... YSWIM.) - It *is* possible to run Firefox and/or SeaMonkey and/or Thunderbird all at the same time, but each with its own profile. You might even set up the same mail accounts in SeaMonkey and Thunderbird, but in that case, if it's a POP3 server, you'll probably want one of them to "Leave mail on server". (For IMAP4 leaving mail on server is the normal behaviour.) Similarly you may define the same bookmarks and passwords in the *different* profiles used by SeaMonkey and Firefox. And now the good news: - With Firefox 4 (or later), SeaMonkey 2.1 beta (or later), you may use Sync to synchronise passwords, bookmarks, etc. between different profiles, even between Firefox (for desktop/laptop), Firefox-mobile (for smartphone) and SeaMonkey. On recent builds, you don't even need an extension for that. Best regards, Tony. Tony, Thanks. That helps a lot. I will make completely separate installations of Thunderbird and Firefox. That will give me an opportunity to try them and also to be using a "supported" client when trying to resolve what I believe are server issues. I won't try to share profiles, but I may give "Sync" a try. Further comments and suggestions welcome. Jay _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
