[ale] Thunderbird 3

Geoffrey lists at serioustechnology.com
Thu Dec 10 09:35:06 EST 2009


On 12/10/09 09:19, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Thu December 10 2009, Geoffrey wrote:
>> Well, it appears that the filters aren't running in order, although I'm
>> not sure about that yet.  Just about any email that I forward to my
>> phone, is also pushed to a folder in my email.  The forward filter is my
>> first filter, yet, the emails are finding their way to the proper
>> folders, but not being sent to my phone.
>
> I was amazed! it was easy to install ( just unpack). I had an installation of
> thunderbird 2, so I renamed that folder, unpacked the new Tbird 3 into the
> thunderbird folder, and it found and pulled in my existing configuration,
> NICE!
> the only problem I have now is, my current setup is to use fetchmail to pull
> in ALL my emails via IMAP SSL to my local /var/mail/USER_NAME.  Actually, now
> that I think about it, that makes it easy. All I have to do is shut down
> kmail, fire up Tbird, and my local user will pull in all the mails.
>
>>
>> Still, whether I mark a forwarded message to be forwarded inline or not,
>> it still goes out as an attachment if it is forwarded via a filter.
>
> my filters started working for the few lists that it found email for, but I
> didn't testing it yet with a filter that forwards mail to another user..
>
>>
>>> on my Debian desktop, my wife uses KDE, but I use gnome, even though I
>>> still use Kontact..
>>
>> I use Enlightenment 17.
>
> I tried E16 and liked it, but I don't think I ever got E17 to work... might
> have to revisit that.

17 can be a bear to build at times.  I used to stay on the hemorrhaging 
edge, but now I don't go beyond the bleeding edge...


-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
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