Robert, thank you very much for your help! I am now up-to-date on Thunderbird (9), Postfix (2.8.7), and Dovecot (2.0.16) via Christian Roessners ppa.
I still have the problem with my attachments, but it narrows down to SSL, as by now, Thunderbird gives me an ssl_error_protocol_version_alert. Paul Am 12.01.2012 13:59, schrieb Robert Schetterer: > why not use > > i.e. > > https://launchpad.net/~christian-roessner-net/+archive/ppa > > http://ppa.launchpad.net/christian-roessner-net/postfix/ubuntu/ > > http://ppa.launchpad.net/christian-roessner-net/postfix/ubuntu/pool/main/p/postfix/ > > i use it without any problems, as far i remember the only thing change > is that you need use service postfix start/stop cause the old init is > not implemented > > anyway christian will answer about problems