[email protected] wrote:
> On Saturday, May 27, 2017 at 1:23:43 PM UTC-4, WaltS48 wrote:
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> I just installed SeaMonkey 2.46 on my 27" iMac under MacOS 10.9.5, and have
>>> gotten SM to mostly work, but there are some problems:
>>>
>>> 1. My ISP requires a password to post email to the SMTP server, but I have
>>> not figured out how to enter such a password. An email client that cannot
>>> post email isn't much use, so one assumes that there is a solution. In
>>> this case, I knew that I had not been able to enter a password, but I won't
>>> be that lucky in the future.
>>
>>
>> What is your ISP? Comcast?
>>
>> What are your Outgoing Server (SMTP) settings?
>
> smtp.comcast.net -- Seamonkey does appear to be communing with this server,
> but never complains or completes.
>
> The port is 587. This is known to work from other newsreaders running on the
> present computer.
>
>
>> See: <http://www.serversmtp.com/en/smtp-comcast> or contact your ISP for
>> the proper settings.
>
> I do use COMCAST, and I went to their website on how to do this. I have done
> this many times, with success.
>
>
>
>> You don't get a password prompt asking for the password and allowing you
>> to save it in SeaMonkey's password manager?
>
> No prompt. Nor does there seem to be any way just add the data to the
> Passwords file.
>
>
>>> Use as a newsgroup reader is also greatly hindered, because one cannot sent
>>> email replies, or save copies of postings as emails to self.
>>>
>>
>> Are you using Google Groups to post messages, or subscribed to this
>> group on news.mozilla.org?
>>
>> Not able to send replies to the mailing list, or another person? It is
>> better to reply to the list or newsgroup.
>
> I'm not actually sure how I got here, as I did it via Seamonkey's live link..
> Is there a problem? I can come in some other way.
>
>
>>> 2. Is there a log file that records the chit-chat between SM and the email
>>> and/or news servers. This is essential for troubleshooting problems like
>>> why my attempts to sent email never complete.
>>>
>>
>>
>> The key combination Ctrl+Shift+J should bring up the Error Console,
>> which may have error messages related to why your attempts never complete..
>
> I did look at the error console, but saw no NNTP or SMTP protocol chit-chat..
> Here is an example:
>
> Timestamp: 5/27/17, 6:25:26 PM
> Warning: Unknown pseudo-class or pseudo-element ‘-webkit-scrollbar-thumb’.
> Ruleset ignored due to bad selector.
> Source File:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/resources/4176867222-native-picker-css.css
> Line: 2, Column: 15682
> Source Code:
> ..picker-framepane-root{position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%}*
> .picker-framepane-root{overflow:hidden}.picker-framepane-content{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;overflow:hidden}*
> html
> .picker-framepane-content{position:relative;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%}.picker-framepane-top,.picker-framepane-bottom{position:absolute;left:0;right:0}*
> html .picker-framepane-top,* html <drop at least 100 lines>
> .picker-frame{width:100%;height:100%;border:0;overflow:hidden}.picker-upload-button-visible
> .picker-drag-drop-supported
> .picker-photos-upload-dropzone-cell{vertical-align:middle}.picker-photos-upload-dropzone
> td{text-align:center}.picker .progress-bar-thumb{background-color:#5d80ef}
>
>
>>> 3. While I have no problem changing the font size in the body of messages
>>> and postings, I have not found a way to change the size of text in such
>>> things as the list of messages; this makes SM very difficult to use an a
>>> large high-resolution display.
>>>
>>
>> Chris provided the instructions for creating a userChrome.css file. This
>> may also help
>> <http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=UserChrome.css&printable=yes>
>
> I did look into this, and I'll try it, but really should an ordinary user be
> futzing with css modules and the like? I was a programmer some decades ago,
> and this sounds like one mistake will destroy the World.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
While this for Thuderbird it also works for Seamonkey:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-comcast
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