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Comment on Deleting individual newsgroup messages in Thunderbird by Andrew Mai

Andrew Mai — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:20:50 +0000

For the Linux version of thunderbird: Edit –> Preferences –> Advanced –> Config Editor …

Comment on Firefox tip: Disable unused plugins by SandyJ

SandyJ — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:19:08 +0000

Thanks for that info .. it increased my speed tenfold. Now to get rid of my other issues.

Comment on Firefox 4 Youtube HTML5 by darknessangel

darknessangel — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:27:15 +0000

Well… I just wasn’t in the “html5 test” when I visited the test page but I was getting served html5 … and it sucked balls! It obviously didn’t go full screen and was choppy (some problem with renderin in fullscreen) and slow. Html5 works ok in iOS (ipad), why does it suck so much in firefox?

I had to “join” the test and “leave” the test so that I could get flash.

Comment on What is compacting folders in Thunderbird, and why you should do it. by Damien D

Damien D — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:54:01 +0000

When I clock compact then the whole inbox disappears. The rest remains the same but all my inbox messages are gone… Help !

Comment on What is compacting folders in Thunderbird, and why you should do it. by Robert Miles

Robert Miles — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:46:05 +0000

The last I know, for newsgroups posts, deleting messages was still confused with cancelling them, and you could not delete a newsgroup message without cancelling it first (and as part of the same command). Has this been corrected?

Comment on How to add thread lines in Thunderbird for Mac by Tony Mechelynck

Tony Mechelynck — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:08:51 +0000

Not only Thunderbird, and not only on the Mac: I’m using SeaMonkey on Linux64, and thread lines aren’t displayed either by default. So I added the exact same CSS rules in (for SeaMonkey) $HOME/.mozilla/seamonkey/????????.default/chrome/userChrome.css, restarted, and voilà!

You may be interested in the following rule (which I have just below yours) to outline the current line in the thread pane, even when there is no “selected” line:

/*
* Force a highlight on the current line of the Mail/News window’s
* List pane (also the folder tree pane)
*/
treechildren::-moz-tree-row(current)
{ border: 1px dotted green !important
}

Comment on Firefox tip: Disable unused plugins by Nicholas Linander

Nicholas Linander — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:38:00 +0000

Going to place this airtlce to great use now.

Comment on What is compacting folders in Thunderbird, and why you should do it. by Chris Ilias

Chris Ilias — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:54:57 +0000

Compacting folders does not delete all messages. If John G is having a problem viewing messages after compacting, he can email me or better yet, post in the Thunderbird Support forum at https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/ask

Comment on What is compacting folders in Thunderbird, and why you should do it. by LadJ

LadJ — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:54:14 +0000

Now I am afraid to do it in case I lose all my messages! John G – were you able to get them back using the Repair Folder option?

Comment on What is compacting folders in Thunderbird, and why you should do it. by Glen

Glen — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:35:32 +0000

If files messages disappeared, you might be able to get them back by doing this:
Right-click on the folder, and click Properties.
Click Repair Folder.