Hi all, Moving on to Thunderbird, I was expecting the worst, and of course, it was just as I expected. I have had issues with TBird for quite a few versions now. I'll summarize what I know (which ain't much):
1. If you build the installer method, then you get the a) Movemail b) RSS News & Blogs account setup options. I don't know what these are used for, but I know folks have asked about the RSS account stuff. These two options do *not* appear if you build using the book method and 'make install'. 2. Enigmail sucks. Using the book method and 'make install' when you run Thunderbird for the first time you get a shitty message about "All existing extensions will be disabled" and then Enigmail is not available. You have to manually edit the ~/.thunderbird/*.default/chrome/chrome.rdf file and remove the lines which disable Enigmail. It did *not* used to be like this. It used to just work. 3. Enigmail using the installer method means that you have to build and install the .xpi file. Doing it as root may enable it for the other users, but I didn't test it. It isn't available by default. Suggestions, pointers, tips, cluebats, whatever, are welcome. I hate the program, but it *is* what I currently use. It is simply not builder friendly. I will hold off with any book updates in case others have knowledge I don't have and can set me straight. I'm not worried right now about the simple sed that can make it come up if you click on a mailto: link, this is a given. This will come into the book in due time. Right now, I'm more worried about this Enigmail and RSS account stuff. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 02:01:01 up 145 days, 1:34, 4 users, load average: 0.63, 0.18, 0.09 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
