MCBastos wrote:
Interviewed by CNN on 19/12/2011 00:27, Barry Smith told the world:
Okay, I didn't know this was a problem.
I set up one email account,
then I had a question about moving my local folders,so I added the
newsgroup.
Now, every time I try to add an account, seamonkey tries to add a news
server... when I want to add an email account.
This is a known issue, described in the release notes:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.5/
More details here:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521861
The *simple* workaround for this is to delete the news account.
A more complex workaround, not involving deleting the news account, is
composed of the following steps:
a) Open about:config
b) type "nntp" in the search box
c) You will see perhaps a half a dozen lines (exact number depends on
your setup), one or two of which begin by "mail.server.server" followed
by a number (for instance, "mail.server.server5") Note this number, you
will need it below. If there's more than one line, try the higher number
first.
d) Right-click somewhere in the empty area and select "New," "Boolean".
In the "Enter the preference name" dialog, type
"mail.server.serverX.valid" (where X is the number you found in the
previous step). For instance, in my example, the preference name would
be "mail.server.server5.valid".
e) Set this pref to "True."
f) Test
This is an Old Old old Bug that goes all the way back SM 1.x series
Mozilla has never ever attempted to fix. If I remember correctly I
started a discussion about in in SeaMonkey group back in the days Of Sm
1.5 series of SM. If the bugzilla folks will look there probably a bug
about it that goes back that far or even further. a Bunch of dicussion
happened but no suggestion for a Fix. And it doesn't just apply to
newsgroups. there is a Similar bug related to Mail boxes as well.
--
Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it"
http://www.phillipmjones.net mailto:pjon...@kimbanet.com
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