Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird-60,9.0

2019-09-26 Thread Stefan Schmiedl
"Nikos Chantziaras" , 26.09.2019, 11:22: > On 25/09/2019 21:44, james wrote: >> [...] >> not sure why/where I set something to get the latest versions , that do >> not show up with 'eix Thunderbird' > Did you forget to run eix-update? You need to do that after every emerge > --sync. or just use

[gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird-60,9.0

2019-09-26 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 25/09/2019 21:44, james wrote: [...] not sure why/where I set something to get the latest versions , that do not show up with 'eix Thunderbird' Did you forget to run eix-update? You need to do that after every emerge --sync.

[gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird build failure

2017-09-26 Thread Kai Krakow
Am Sat, 23 Sep 2017 17:53:25 +0200 (CEST) schrieb Christoph Böhmwalder : > Hey all, > > I've been trying to get Thunderbird to build for a few days now. > Since I'm pretty much out of ideas at this point, I figured I'd ask > on here if someone has an idea on what my problem is. > > I've attached

[gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird 45.0 unreadable fonts

2016-04-23 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 23/04/16 03:33, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 02:38:00 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: I upgraded thunderbird-bin from 38.7.0 to 45.0 and all window fonts became extremely washed-out, thin and generally unreadable. I then wiped the configuration files (mv ~/.thunderbird ~/tb_b

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird 45.0 unreadable fonts

2016-04-23 Thread Daniel Frey
On 04/23/2016 09:53 AM, Corbin wrote: > > If it is font problems ... Mozilla is using a lot of MS TTF fonts. > > Three font packages to try ... > > # 1 "media-fonts/corefonts" > ( MS TTF fonts ) > > # 2 "media-fonts/liberation-fonts" > ( known to fix CUPS printing from Firefox problems ) > > #

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird 45.0 unreadable fonts

2016-04-23 Thread Corbin
On 04/22/2016 08:11 PM, wabe wrote: Corbin wrote: On 04/22/2016 07:33 PM, Holger Hoffst�tte wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 02:38:00 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: I upgraded thunderbird-bin from 38.7.0 to 45.0 and all window fonts became extremely washed-out, thin and generally unreadable. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird 45.0 unreadable fonts

2016-04-22 Thread wabe
Corbin wrote: > On 04/22/2016 07:33 PM, Holger Hoffst�tte wrote: > > On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 02:38:00 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > >> I upgraded thunderbird-bin from 38.7.0 to 45.0 and all window fonts > >> became extremely washed-out, thin and generally unreadable. I then > >> wiped the c

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird 45.0 unreadable fonts

2016-04-22 Thread Corbin
On 04/22/2016 07:33 PM, Holger Hoffst�tte wrote: On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 02:38:00 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: I upgraded thunderbird-bin from 38.7.0 to 45.0 and all window fonts became extremely washed-out, thin and generally unreadable. I then wiped the configuration files (mv ~/.thunderbird

[gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird 45.0 unreadable fonts

2016-04-22 Thread Holger Hoffstätte
On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 02:38:00 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > I upgraded thunderbird-bin from 38.7.0 to 45.0 and all window fonts > became extremely washed-out, thin and generally unreadable. I then wiped > the configuration files (mv ~/.thunderbird ~/tb_backup), but got the > same issue. It

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird (~17.0) good idea?

2012-12-03 Thread James
Paul Hartman gmail.com> writes: > v10 ESR has been replaced by v17 ESR so I see no reason not to upgrade > to v17. There should be no danger in upgrading in-place over your > existing data, but I always make a backup before a major version > upgrade just in case. OK, Thanks for all the input,

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird (~17.0) good idea?

2012-12-03 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 04/12/12 00:19, James wrote: Hello, I have thunderbird-10.0.11, and it works OK. It has simple things missing, like the ability to set what app to handle .ppt files Anyone tryied thunderbird (~17.0) ? commnet? I used testing packages but, not much tolerance for hacking at the mail re

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird and chinese fonts

2012-06-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:26:15 -0700 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Alan McKinnon > wrote: > > Helvetica (yuck). > > > http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Helvetica/70076125?trkid=2361637 > > ;-) > /me no have netflix account -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird and chinese fonts

2012-06-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Helvetica (yuck). http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Helvetica/70076125?trkid=2361637 ;-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird and chinese fonts

2012-06-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:54:14 +0200 Michael Hampicke wrote: > > > Am 18.06.2012 16:15, schrieb walt: > > On 06/18/2012 04:01 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: > >> Thing is, when I view messages in Thunderbird - I use TB13 - that > >> are encoded in GB2312 and have chinese characters in them, the > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird and chinese fonts

2012-06-18 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 18.06.2012 16:15, schrieb walt: > On 06/18/2012 04:01 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: >> Thing is, when I view messages in Thunderbird - I use TB13 - that are >> encoded in GB2312 and have chinese characters in them, the font looks >> rather ugly. Unicode messages with or without chinese character

[gentoo-user] Re: Thunderbird and chinese fonts

2012-06-18 Thread walt
On 06/18/2012 04:01 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: > Thing is, when I view messages in Thunderbird - I use TB13 - that are > encoded in GB2312 and have chinese characters in them, the font looks > rather ugly. Unicode messages with or without chinese characters look > much better. I attached a screens

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird

2011-06-11 Thread Todd Goodman
* pk [110611 06:09]: > On 2011-06-10 19:39, Todd Goodman wrote: > > > Please keep bullshit libtard rude remarks out of Linux mailing list, > > thank you. > > With the risk of starting a flame war: > > I would like to remind you that this is quite an international list; > thus the american views

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird

2011-06-11 Thread Michael Carr
On 11/06/11 11:36, pk wrote: > On 2011-06-10 19:39, Todd Goodman wrote: > >> Please keep bullshit libtard rude remarks out of Linux mailing list, >> thank you. > With the risk of starting a flame war: > > I would like to remind you that this is quite an international list; > thus the american views

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird

2011-06-11 Thread pk
On 2011-06-10 19:39, Todd Goodman wrote: > Please keep bullshit libtard rude remarks out of Linux mailing list, > thank you. With the risk of starting a flame war: I would like to remind you that this is quite an international list; thus the american views of what's right or not may seem a bit "

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird

2011-06-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:39:09 -0400, Pot wrote: > > Please keep bullshit out of a technical Linux mailing list, thank you. > > > Please keep bullshit libtard rude remarks out of Linux mailing list, > thank you. -- Neil Bothwick RISC: Reduced Into Silly Code signature.asc Description: PGP

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird

2011-06-10 Thread Dale
James wrote: Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: WTF is that thing the ladies are firing at 1:25 and 4:25? I'll hazard a guess at the calibre - 18mm? Sorry for the delayed response. Barret 50 cal would be my guess. And I thought the RPG7s we played with back in the day were im

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird

2011-06-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 06/10/2011 07:43 PM, James wrote: [snip war mongering crap] Please keep bullshit out of a technical Linux mailing list, thank you.

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird

2011-06-10 Thread James
Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > WTF is that thing the ladies are firing at 1:25 and 4:25? I'll > hazard a guess at the calibre - 18mm? Sorry for the delayed response. Barret 50 cal would be my guess. > And I thought the RPG7s we played with back in the day were impressive Dam shame 9

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-07 Thread Todd Goodman
* kashani [110606 19:37]: > On 6/6/2011 4:31 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Apparently, though unproven, at 01:01 on Tuesday 07 June 2011, James did > > opine > > thusly: > > > >> Ju want closet commando action? Check out some of my old > >> college buddies from Alaska: > >> > >> http://www.youtube

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-07 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Monday 06 June 2011 11:55:07 Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2011-06-06 11:16 AM, Joost Roeleveld wrote: > >> Not idea, I'll grant you, but it isn't *that* hard to do... > > > > If you know the different locations to change it AND realize you need to > > restart the application for changes like these to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 01:01 on Tuesday 07 June 2011, James did opine thusly: Indi gmail.com> writes: Do people down there spend an inordinate amount of time setting off explosives and shooting guns, like they do here in GA? Originally I'm from NE PA,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread kashani
On 6/6/2011 4:31 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: Apparently, though unproven, at 01:01 on Tuesday 07 June 2011, James did opine thusly: Ju want closet commando action? Check out some of my old college buddies from Alaska: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tza2L6kfl8E&feature=youtu.be PEACE (through sup

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 01:01 on Tuesday 07 June 2011, James did opine thusly: > Indi gmail.com> writes: > > Do people down there spend an inordinate amount of time setting off > > explosives and shooting guns, like they do here in GA? Originally > > I'm from NE PA, which is a pretty red

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread James
Indi gmail.com> writes: > Do people down there spend an inordinate amount of time setting off > explosives and shooting guns, like they do here in GA? Originally > I'm from NE PA, which is a pretty redneck place. But GA is a whole > nother thang, as they say. :) Most people are very nice thou

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread walt
On 06/06/2011 05:26 AM, Indi wrote: > The fact they carried so many of their mistakes to v3 as if they > were treasure not to be left behind has perhaps said the most > about why I can't recommend or support thunderbird. I can't disagree, but I've become accustomed to its bugs :) This thread

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 20:59:46 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > You all ain't seen nothing yet, try Johannesburg. > > We don't have lions and tigers in the streets but we got at least one > of anything else that's crazy Especially BOFH sysadmins... -- Neil Bothwick ISDN: It Still Does Nothing si

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 20:24 on Monday 06 June 2011, Indi did opine thusly: > > We have folks every week that park their car inside of their > > neighbor's living room. Mix that traffic pattern with Tourists > > of vacation and you can see just how fun our roads are here. > > Florida

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 18:01:35 + (UTC) James wrote: > Indi gmail.com> writes: > > > > Sadly, a lot of people (including developers) seem to think that > > people either see or are blind and that's it. I see plenty well > > enough for most things that need doing (the state of GA even says I >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Bill Longman
On 06/06/2011 11:07 AM, James wrote: > > Using seamonkey as the browser, you can just set your middle mouse > button or wheel to roll up and down the size of the font for anything > you see. Very convenient for folks that constantly need to adjust fonts sizes. > I never tried to set this up for T

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread James
Indi gmail.com> writes: > The font thing is one of the main reasons I prefer so many CLI programs. > I can configure my terminals and emulators *once* and most everything I > need is usable. A lot of the gtk, qt, fltk, etc interfaces are > absolutely horrible for people who need large text, an

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread James
Indi gmail.com> writes: > Sadly, a lot of people (including developers) seem to think that people > either see or are blind and that's it. I see plenty well enough for most > things that need doing (the state of GA even says I can drive, but then > if you've ever been here you know they say th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 07:19:40PM +0200, Sebastian Beßler wrote: > > Not every tool is for every user or every need. > If there a better tool to use then why bother with something less. > I'm not a thunderbird fanboy so i can accept that t-bird has its > limitations and its problems and that it i

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 06.06.2011 19:04, schrieb Indi: > Thanks for the info. > What matters though is that it is very hard to configure properly > for people who need larger fonts so I'm not going to bother > with it further. Not every tool is for every user or every need. If there a better tool to use then why

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 06:50:34PM +0200, Sebastian Beßler wrote: > > > Thunderbird doesn't use system xulrunner. > I use mail-client/thunderbird-3.1.10 and xulrunner-5.0_beta2 for firefox. > Thanks for the info. What matters though is that it is very hard to configure properly for people who

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 06.06.2011 18:38, schrieb Indi: > BTW, the testing I did was with version 3.1.10, and with portage > building it, rather than using thunderbird-bin. The version of > xulrunner is 2.0.1-r1i, which seems to be working just fine with > both firefox and conkeror (no, I don't mean "konqueror"). T

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 12:38:08PM -0400, Indi wrote: > > xulrunner is 2.0.1-r1i > Should say "2.0.1-r1", sorry. -- klaatu virada nicto

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 06:34:34PM +0200, Sebastian Beßler wrote: > Am 06.06.2011 17:55, schrieb Indi: > > > Uh, no. I will decide what's "too big to be usable", not the software, > > thank you. > > It is not really the software that decides that. Thunderbird is a gui > application and all guis h

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 05:28:14PM +0200, Sebastian Beßler wrote: > Am 06.06.2011 17:18, schrieb Indi: > > > Maybe we should also both remember that I *am* running ~x86? > > :) > > That should make now difference, my girlfriend uses ~x86 on her laptop > and there thunderbird reads and applies the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 06.06.2011 17:55, schrieb Indi: > Uh, no. I will decide what's "too big to be usable", not the software, > thank you. It is not really the software that decides that. Thunderbird is a gui application and all guis have limitations that they have to cope with. Thunderbird with its mostly fixed p

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:28:14 +0200 Sebastian Beßler wrote: > Am 06.06.2011 17:18, schrieb Indi: > > > Maybe we should also both remember that I *am* running ~x86? > > :) > > That should make now difference, my girlfriend uses ~x86 on her laptop > and there thunderbird reads and applies the user

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:07:28 -0400 Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2011-06-06 10:48 AM, Indi wrote: > > At one point it was far more specific with a number of individual > > fonts listed, not one of them worked. > > Did you make the change while Thunderbird was running? > No. > Also - 32px would be H

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-06 11:16 AM, Joost Roeleveld wrote: > All you have to do is first tell Thunderbird which folders you want to use: >> Tools > Accounts Settings > Copies & Folders >> >> For Trash: >> >> Tools > Accounts Settings > Server Settings > When I delete a message: > 2 different locations to co

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:13:39 +0200 Sebastian Beßler wrote: > As an extension of my previous mail there is although the addon > stylish that can be used to set all that without the need to restart > thunderbird for every change. > > https://addons.mozilla.org/de/thunderbird/addon/stylish/ > Wow

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 06.06.2011 17:18, schrieb Indi: > Maybe we should also both remember that I *am* running ~x86? > :) That should make now difference, my girlfriend uses ~x86 on her laptop and there thunderbird reads and applies the userChrome.css just like here with my ~amd64 thunderbird. The programmcode for

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:58:55 +0200 Sebastian Beßler wrote: > Am 06.06.2011 16:48, schrieb Indi: > > > Very first thing I tried after realizing they stupidly didn't allow > > it in the config options was > > > > /* Global UI font */ > > * { font-size: 32px !important; > > font-family: DejaVu

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Joost Roeleveld
On Monday 06 June 2011 08:36:47 Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2011-06-06 8:26 AM, Indi wrote: > > It forces one to log into the IMAP server manually and restore order, > > as the configuration dialog gives no way of doing that. Then, making > > sure tbird is not running, one must go into ~/.thunderbird/, f

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Sebastian Beßler
As an extension of my previous mail there is although the addon stylish that can be used to set all that without the need to restart thunderbird for every change. https://addons.mozilla.org/de/thunderbird/addon/stylish/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-06 10:48 AM, Indi wrote: > At one point it was far more specific with a number of individual > fonts listed, not one of them worked. Did you make the change while Thunderbird was running? As I said, changes to userChromes.css MUST be done while it is NOT running, otherwise they WILL N

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 06.06.2011 16:48, schrieb Indi: > Very first thing I tried after realizing they stupidly didn't allow > it in the config options was > > /* Global UI font */ > * { font-size: 32px !important; > font-family: DejaVu Sans Mono !important; > } > > Zero results. That looks right. Where in you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 04:33:20PM +0200, Sebastian Beßler wrote: > Am 06.06.2011 16:24, schrieb Indi: > > > If you (or if anyone using it *on* *linux*) manage(s) to double the > > size of the default fonts in the folder list and message list I'll > > listen, > > You mean something like this? >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 09:37:26AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2011-06-06 8:44 AM, Indi wrote: > > You need to realize you're giving advice about the windows version of > > thunderbird. IOW you can stop now! > > As I said, there is nothing indicating that userChrome.css hacks are not > cross-plat

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 06.06.2011 16:24, schrieb Indi: > If you (or if anyone using it *on* *linux*) manage(s) to double the > size of the default fonts in the folder list and message list I'll > listen, You mean something like this? http://twitpic.com/57u6s9 It works just like Tanstaafl said with userChrome.css

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 03:47:33PM +0200, Sebastian Beßler wrote: > Am 06.06.2011 14:44, schrieb Indi: > > > > You need to realize you're giving advice about the windows version of > > thunderbird. IOW you can stop now! > > I use Thunderbird here runnung on my beloved gentoo and all that > Tansta

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 06.06.2011 14:44, schrieb Indi: > > You need to realize you're giving advice about the windows version of > thunderbird. IOW you can stop now! I use Thunderbird here runnung on my beloved gentoo and all that Tanstaafl wrote just works here too. So if it does not work for you it most likely is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-06 8:44 AM, Indi wrote: > You need to realize you're giving advice about the windows version of > thunderbird. IOW you can stop now! As I said, there is nothing indicating that userChrome.css hacks are not cross-platform. I really did think they were. Also, I *did* state in my initial p

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 02:23:06PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 13:32 on Monday 06 June 2011, Indi did opine > thusly: > > > > tbird is a Moz product. Rendering stuff on screen is almost everything > > > that they do ... everything else supporting just that one t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 02:38:17PM +0200, enno+gen...@groeper-berlin.de wrote: > > As I'm not affected I don't know about any issues for the visually impaired. > Sadly, a lot of people (including developers) seem to think that people either see or are blind and that's it. I see plenty well enou

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
You need to realize you're giving advice about the windows version of thunderbird. IOW you can stop now! Thank you. :) -- klaatu virada nicto

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread enno+gentoo
Hi, Am 06.06.2011 12:34, schrieb Indi: > Another giant, glaring flaw: Doesn't appear to be any addressbook > integration whatsoever that I can find, so it's necessary to pretend > it's the 80s and remember the ancient practice of clunkily, manually > C & P from the *separate* addressbook. Jz

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-06 8:26 AM, Indi wrote: > It forces one to log into the IMAP server manually and restore order, > as the configuration dialog gives no way of doing that. Then, making > sure tbird is not running, one must go into ~/.thunderbird/, find the > files that specify IMAp and local folders, fi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 01:22:34PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 12:56 on Monday 06 June 2011, Tanstaafl did > opine thusly: > > > On 2011-06-06 6:34 AM, Indi wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 10:27:48AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > >> Believe it or not you a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 13:32 on Monday 06 June 2011, Indi did opine thusly: > > tbird is a Moz product. Rendering stuff on screen is almost everything > > that they do ... everything else supporting just that one thing > > Yes, well isn't their cluelessness regarding defaults kind of l

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 13:24 on Monday 06 June 2011, Indi did opine thusly: > BTW, those of us with vision issues need the options for fonts to be > obvious, otherwise testing and configuration is very painful. But I > believe enough hours were spent testing that if I didn't find it eit

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-06 7:22 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > It's a minor gripe, to be sure, but a well-rounded release could have > shown a dialog to the user and asking them to select the various > folders to use. Or even if it finds "Trash" and expected to find > "Junk" or "Deleted Items" it could use what is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 06:56:25AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > > Easily fixable... Tools > Options > Display > Formatting > Oh wait a minute, *NOW* I see! You're not using what I tested at all -- either you're in windows or you're using something other than thunderbird 3. Sorry, we don't do wind

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 01:16:27PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 12:34 on Monday 06 June 2011, Indi did opine > thusly: > > > On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 10:27:48AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > Believe it or not you are supposed to "make invisible" all the junk th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 06:56:25AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2011-06-06 6:34 AM, Indi wrote: > > > > After much googling the conclusion is many many people are desperately > > unhappy about the fonts in tbrd and incredibly, it ain't fixable! > > Hard-coded font sizes -- isn't that, like, retar

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 12:56 on Monday 06 June 2011, Tanstaafl did opine thusly: > On 2011-06-06 6:34 AM, Indi wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 10:27:48AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> Believe it or not you are supposed to "make invisible" all the junk the > >> app created. > > Du

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 12:34 on Monday 06 June 2011, Indi did opine thusly: > On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 10:27:48AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Believe it or not you are supposed to "make invisible" all the junk the > > app created. > > Well, once you get some of the amazingly bone-hea

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2011-06-06 6:34 AM, Indi wrote: > On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 10:27:48AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> Believe it or not you are supposed to "make invisible" all the junk the app >> created. Dunno what that means... you have to tell it where to store Drafts, Trash, Sent messages, etc - what is so

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Indi
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 10:27:48AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Believe it or not you are supposed to "make invisible" all the junk the app > created. > > Well, once you get some of the amazingly bone-headed defaults corrected tbird is pretty nice -- for people with eagle eyes who don't ne

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
Apparently, though unproven, at 02:27 on Monday 06 June 2011, Indi did opine thusly: > On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 08:07:24PM -0400, Indi wrote: > > So, following several suggestions I emerge thunderbird for > > testing, and the first thing I noticed is it does what people > > insist it doesn't do: c

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-05 Thread Mick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Indi wrote: > On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 08:07:24PM -0400, Indi wrote: >> So, following several suggestions I emerge thunderbird for >> testing, and the first thing I noticed is it does what people >> insist it doesn't do: creates redundant Trash and Dra

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED]

2011-06-05 Thread Indi
On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 08:07:24PM -0400, Indi wrote: > So, following several suggestions I emerge thunderbird for > testing, and the first thing I noticed is it does what people > insist it doesn't do: creates redundant Trash and Drafts folders, > both locally and (cardinal sin) on the remote s

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird bug?

2011-05-27 Thread James
walt gmail.com> writes: > Both thunderbird and firefox can be started from a command prompt > with the -ProfileManager option. Can be very useful for debugging > things like this. I give this a whirl, just not right now. thanks, I'll post back if I cannot figure it out. My guess since it ju

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird bug?

2011-05-26 Thread walt
On 05/26/2011 09:58 AM, James wrote: > Adam Carter gmail.com> writes: >> As a troubleshooting step - have you tried a new profile? IIRC the >> windows version has a profile manager, if the linux version doesnt >> have the same then just move the .thunderbird directory so it >> will re-create

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird bug?

2011-05-26 Thread James
Adam Carter gmail.com> writes: > The same email address works, if > I cut and past it into the "To" field of thunderbird. > All other email address work just fine from thunderbird. > Yes the auth message is bogus because you dont use different SMTP servers per > email message, and the auth mess

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird bug?

2011-05-25 Thread Adam Carter
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:18 PM, James wrote: > Jeremy McSpadden uberpenguin.net> writes: > > > > Make sure your client is set to auth before sending. Simple fix. > > Been down that road can had conversations with ISP admins. > That's not the issue. The same email address works, if > I cut and

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird bug?

2011-05-25 Thread James
Jeremy McSpadden uberpenguin.net> writes: > Make sure your client is set to auth before sending. Simple fix. Been down that road can had conversations with ISP admins. That's not the issue. The same email address works, if I cut and past it into the "To" field of thunderbird. All other email ad

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird and gpg

2010-08-30 Thread James
Stéphane Guedon 22decembre.eu> writes: > I have a problem concerning thunderbird and gpg. Did you see this bug: Bug 301114 hth, James

[gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird + ebay rss hangs

2006-09-03 Thread Remy Blank
Enrico Weigelt wrote: > I've just installed thunderbird to take a look at ebay's rss feeds. > When adding an feed it always hangs while validating the feed. > I found some forum postings saying that this issue had been fixed > w/ 1.5.0.1, but I've installed 1.5.0.5. > > Can anyone help ? I'm afr