Paul G. Allen wrote: > Not necessarily Linux, but I'm sure I'll run into this again on a Linux > box. > > I was trying to add a mail account to Thunderbird (TB) on my Vista box > (Yea, I know Vista. It blows, but I get to play games and, more > importantly, test web sites with IE7+Vista.) I had completed adding it, > and TB glitched or something and the account never showed up in the GUI. > I tried to add it again, and TB says an account with that name and mail > server already exists. > > How do I get rid of the account, without losing other accounts, if I > can't see it or edit it in the GUI?
Can you not see it in the Account Settings dialog??? There should be a treelike window at the left that shows accounts and subpages for each account. I was suspecting that the user you added had the "Global Inbox" setting This setting can be chosen easily in the new-account wizard, but is hard to find in the dialog -- go to "Server Settings" and there is an "Advanced" button where this setting lives. Accounts with that setting checked do not have a separate entry in the main interface window -- their inbox/sent/drafts are the global ones under "Local Folders". The buttons at the bottom left may be escaping your notice, Remove Account works as you might expect (although you _may_ have to exit and relaunch T'bird). The Add Account gives the same wizard interface as shows up in first-time use. Regards, ..jim PS. I have found "exit and relaunch Tbird" necessary in dealing with more than one setting-change operations. ..j -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
