Thunderbird - Revision history

Franks at 08:34, 5 January 2015

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	Path=Profiles/xxxxxx.default to Path=/home/you/.thunderbird/xxxxxx.default		Path=Profiles/xxxxxx.default to Path=/home/you/.thunderbird/xxxxxx.default

			== Transition between [[Linux]] and [[OSX]] ==

			scp -rp ~/.thunderbird on linux machine to ~/Library/Thunderbird on OSX.

	== Encryption ==		== Encryption ==

Franks at 19:20, 31 January 2009

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	[http://enigmail.mozdev.org/home/index.php Enigmail]		[http://enigmail.mozdev.org/home/index.php Enigmail]



			----
			[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_.pst_files Convert Outlook .pst files into Thunderbird]

Franks at 01:14, 31 January 2009

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	Thunderbird is a an [[MUA]]~~, more commonly known as a mail client, like Microsoft's outlook~~. If you've made the change from Internet explorer to the [[Firefox]] [[browser]], you should [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/ give thunderbird a try].		Thunderbird is a an [[MUA]]. If you've made the change from Internet explorer to the [[Firefox]] [[browser]], you should [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/ give thunderbird a try]. It also comes from Mozilla.

	== Remember your password==		== Remember your password==

Franks at 01:12, 31 January 2009

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	and		and
	Path=Profiles/xxxxxx.default to Path=/home/you/.thunderbird/xxxxxx.default		Path=Profiles/xxxxxx.default to Path=/home/you/.thunderbird/xxxxxx.default


			== Encryption ==

			[http://enigmail.mozdev.org/home/index.php Enigmail]

Franks at 01:09, 31 January 2009

2009-01-31T01:09:02Z

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	If you have to enter the password for your email account(s) every time you start Mozilla Thunderbird, you can open your prefs.js file		Thunderbird is a an [[MUA]], more commonly known as a mail client, like Microsoft's outlook. If you've made the change from Internet explorer to the [[Firefox]] [[browser]], you should [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/ give thunderbird a try].

			== Remember your password==

			If you have to enter the password for your email account(s) every time you start Mozilla Thunderbird, you can open your prefs.js file on most [[UBO]]s

	$ find ~ -name prefs.js \| grep thunderbird		$ find ~ -name prefs.js \| grep thunderbird

Franks at 19:37, 15 April 2008

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	Mark Folder Read		Mark Folder Read
	Compact This Folder		Compact This Folder


			== Transition between [[Linux]] and [[Windows]] ==


			You will want to copy the data from:
			(on Windows)
			Application Data/Thunderbird/Profiles/*
			(If you do not see these folders in Windows explorer, you might need to change: Tools -> Folder options -> View -> Show hidden files and folders)
			to
			(on Linux)
			$HOME/.thunderbird/*
			(.thunderbird might also be .mozilla-thunderbird)

			You can also follow these steps in reverse

			I've used * above in place of xxxxxxx.default/, this is the directory you want to copy over. Before starting thunderbird on the other system,
			change profiles.ini from

			IsRelative=1 to IsRelative=0
			and
			Path=Profiles/xxxxxx.default to Path=/home/you/.thunderbird/xxxxxx.default

Franks at 02:54, 17 May 2006

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	user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);		user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
	and change false to true. Now start thunderbird again and you should be set.		and change false to true. Now start thunderbird again and you should be set.

			I had an issue where thunderbird kept showing me 3 new messages in one folder, but when I clicked on that folder, there was nothing new. The next time I looked at thunderbird, it said 3 new messages in that folder again. What I did was right click on the folder, and chose both

			Mark Folder Read
			Compact This Folder

Franks at 21:45, 21 April 2006

2006-04-21T21:45:18Z

New page

If you have to enter the password for your email account(s) every time you start Mozilla Thunderbird, you can open your prefs.js file

$ find ~ -name prefs.js | grep thunderbird

to find the file. open it, and modify the line that says:
user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
and change false to true. Now start thunderbird again and you should be set.