Re: [PLUG] Thunderbird questions

[Fred Stluka <fred@bristle.com>]

Alan,

> Have you other suggestions as to how I can convince you that
> 'Options' isn't there?
No need to convince me.  I believe it's not there.  That's why I
suggest you look into why it is not there and how to find it.
There are tons of options in TBird, many of which will be
useful to you.  I'm just saying that you're asking the wrong
question.  Don't ask "what causes the double-spacing?".  Most
people won't know, unless like me they once had the same
problem.  Instead, ask "how do I get to the Options page in
Thunderbird on Linux", which any Linux TBird user should be
able to tell you.

In fact, that answer is probably already posted in a FAQ or
TBird support page somewhere.  Hmmm...  Let's take a quick
look:
- 
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+do+I+get+to+the+Options+page+in+Thunderbird+on+Linux

Yeah, the first hit looks promising:
- WHERE IS OPTIONS IN THUNDERBIRD 45.6.0 - Mozilla Support
    https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1153347


> I accept your suggestion.  I had hoped that _someone_ on Plug was
> running TB on Linux, but that seems not to be the case.
Yeah, I 'd have thought so too, but I guess not.  There have been
past discussions here of various email clients.  Check the PLUG
archives.


> I don't understand why you are on Plug, when you don't use Linux!
I've used Unix and now Linux for over 30 years.  But stopped
using it on my client machines when an employer forced me to
Windows for a while.  Later, when Mac adopted standard Intel
hardware and standard Unix OS (OS X is really BSD Unix), I started
using Mac as a hardware platform on which to run Unix and
FOSS.  I don't run much Apple software.

I've continued to run all of my servers as Unix and now Linux.
But I connect to them only via SSH, SMTP, MySQL, etc.  I don't
run an X-Windows GUI any more.  Not since 1991 or so.  And
don't run much end-user client software on Linux.  Maybe
someday, but for now Mac is good enough for my client needs,
and Linux for my servers.

--Fred
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On 10/18/18 3:56 PM, Alan McConnell wrote:
> This is being sent from my Zimbra account.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Stluka" <fred@bristle.com>
> To: "plug" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 2:47:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Thunderbird questions
>
> Alan,
>
> I still think you should look into the solution I suggested.  It worked
> for me, to solve exactly the problem you describe.
>           But you are not running TB from Linux, are you?
>
> Are you really unable to find ANY user-settable options in TBird?
> They're all on the same options page.
>           You've told me this twice before.  And I've told you twice before
>           that I can find nothing like what you've described.  I have tried,
>           using the ImageMagick import function, to record a picture of what
>           I see when I click on the upper RH corner menu icon, but when I
>           go to a terminal window to activate the import app, the stuff on the
>           menu icon disappears.  Have you other suggestions as to how I can
>           convince you that 'Options' isn't there?
>
>
>
>   I suggest you give up on
> asking TBird support, TBird planning, or anyone else for the solution
> to the double-spacing problem.
>           I accept your suggestion.  I had hoped that _someone_ on Plug was
>           running TB on Linux, but that seems not to be the case.
>
>
>
> Focus on the problem that's keeping you from finding the options
> page.  Once you get past that obstacle, you can proceed to follow
> the steps I gave you:
>           "Once you've climbed the 15-foot wall, in bare feet, with your
>           hands tied behind your back, the rest of the road is easy."<G>
>
> I would give up on TB, except that it does succeed in copying my mail to
> a directory deep under ~/.thunderbird, which makes it worth struggling with.
> But there are alternatives; does anyone hear know anything about 'evolution'?
>
>
>
>
> Hope this helps!
>        You're a good soul, Fred.  I don't understand why you are on Plug, when you don't
>        use Linux!
>
> Best wishes to all,
>
> Alan
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