On Sun 14 Jan 2024 at 01:57:59 (-0800), David Christensen wrote: > On 1/12/24 18:17, gene heskett wrote: > > On 1/12/24 15:58, David Christensen wrote:
> > > Searching for the Thunderbird message filter configuration > > > files on my computer: > > > > > > 2024-01-12 12:31:57 dpchrist@taz ~ > > > $ find .thunderbird/dpchrist -iname '*filter*' > > > .thunderbird/dpchrist/Mail/Local Folders/msgFilterRules.dat > > > .thunderbird/dpchrist/ImapMail/november.he-1.net/msgFilterRules.dat > > > .thunderbird/dpchrist/ImapMail/november.he.net/msgFilterRules.dat Did you choose those (appropriate-looking) names? > > I have no such directory structure where subbing my id for > > dpchrist might hide: > > gene@coyote:~/.thunderbird$ ls > > 'Crash Reports' f37v8icg.default-default installs.ini > > 'Pending Pings' profiles.ini twpgj5qd.default > > Use find(1) instead of ls(1): > > $ find . -xdev -iname '*filter*' Random website: Create Filter Rules in Mozilla Thunderbird Let’s go over the steps you need to follow to create Thunderbird rules that move messages from a specific sender to a folder: Launch Mozilla Thunderbird. Open the Tools menu and choose Message Filters. Click New to create a new filter. Give the filter a suitable name. … or an unsuitable one? > > However, I do have in my home dir, an mbox file dated the 7th: > > Which may result in a clue about my raid10, its msgs from SMARTCTL > > running as root to me I've never rx'd containing warnings about > > /dev/sde which is part of that raid10 that is the systems /home > > directory. > > So I'll take a break here and go investigate that. > > > > It does lead to another question, how do I incorporate that into > > tbird so I get important status msgs from root?. Add the filename to your list of incoming mailboxes. That should notify you whenever something comes in to any of them. > > How ever t-bird has so many hot keys that pop up some config page > > as I'm typing what looks like a legit sentence that I may have > > commanded something by continuing to type after the popup shows up > > as it steals the focus when it does. I wish there was some way to > > disable that crap until I actually want to do some config stuff. > > Edit -> Settings does not seem to offer a way to turn off hot keys > (?). All I can suggest is that you slow down and concentrate on your > fingers. It's difficult to prevent accidentally executing commands, but you can prevent their altering your configuration by making the latter readonly. Myself, I use that trick with mc, so that it always starts in the same state, and any configuration changes I do make (sorting, backup/hidden file visibility, etc) are temporary and local, only lasting till I quit that instance. Cheers, David.