Re: [Dorset] How to delete an e-mail account in Thuderbird
On 28/06/12 17:46, Simon P Smith wrote: On 28/06/2012 17:41, p.lane wrote: On 23/06/2012 20:51, Tim wrote: I have an old e-mail account that I wish to delete which is setup in Thunderbird (13.0.1). The account has been pretty dormant for over a years so I am not interested in keeping the e-mail. Trouble is I can't find anyway of deleting the account. If anybody has done this could you please let me know how. Have you tried mozbackup - Tim you may want to look at the thunder plunger plugin. This can be set to look for and delete obsolete accounts ( it also reports the size of large mailboxes). rgds, Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-07-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue Thanks Guys, but JohnCC answer was what was needed. I had already checked the contents and of the account and there was nothing worth keeping (mainly used as a forum and mailing list e-mail address) Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-07-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Network error on boot
On 24/06/2012 18:56, Tim wrote: On 24/06/12 18:23, Tim wrote: On 24/06/12 17:14, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:38:19 +0100, t...@xendistar.co.uk said: r8169 :03:00.0 eth0: unable to loadfirmware patch rtl-nic/rt18168e-3.fw (-2) Does that file exist? It should be in /lib/firmware. No I have also tried disabling the network interface on the PC which did not help. If I could at least get the PC to boot up to the desktop it would help. This won't get you a GUI, but it'll get you a root login (but with nothing _at all_ running). At the grub prompt, edit the command line and append 'init=/bin/bash' to the line specifying the kernel, then boot. You'll be dropped straight into a root shell. Alternatively, boot a rescue CD (I favour http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage, but any will do). That will allow you to examine /lib/firmware, and will also allow you to set up networking if you need to copy a file onto your system. I favour the gui route I am not a very good at cli From the boot disk I can access the PC hard disk and make changes but I don't know what files to modify so that I can switch of the network and then let the PC boot to a desktop. I am also going off in search of this rtl-nic/rt18168e-3.fw file and then maybe put it in the lib/firmware folder and see what happens. Tim Ok updating my own post, I realised that the boot disk I was using was happy accessing the internet so I checked the lib/firmware folder and there was an rtl-nic folder complete with the rt18168e-3.fw file in the folder, so I copied the whole folder over and tried booting the PC, still won't boot past network configuring Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue Have you tried commenting out the boot config in - /etc/network/interfaces to bypass the network connect hang? Phil. -- P.Lane CEO Lectrics Ltd Poole Dorset -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-07-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Network error on boot
On 24/06/2012 17:14, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:38:19 +0100, t...@xendistar.co.uk said: r8169 :03:00.0 eth0: unable to loadfirmware patch rtl-nic/rt18168e-3.fw (-2) Does that file exist? It should be in /lib/firmware. I have also tried disabling the network interface on the PC which did not help. If I could at least get the PC to boot up to the desktop it would help. This won't get you a GUI, but it'll get you a root login (but with nothing _at all_ running). At the grub prompt, edit the command line and append 'init=/bin/bash' to the line specifying the kernel, then boot. You'll be dropped straight into a root shell. Alternatively, boot a rescue CD (I favour http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage, but any will do). That will allow you to examine /lib/firmware, and will also allow you to set up networking if you need to copy a file onto your system. Do any of you guys use this Linux utility to boot from if you get problems - systemrescuecd-x86-2.8.0.iso If you can't find it on the web, It's a 400MB file so can't attach it here. Will ftp to anyone who would like to try it.. I won't do it here as it will go to everone. Phil -- P.Lane CEO Lectrics Ltd Poole Dorset -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-07-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] How to delete an e-mail account in Thuderbird
On 28/06/2012 17:41, p.lane wrote: > On 23/06/2012 20:51, Tim wrote: >> I have an old e-mail account that I wish to delete which is setup in >> Thunderbird (13.0.1). The account has been pretty dormant for over a >> years so I am not interested in keeping the e-mail. Trouble is I can't >> find anyway of deleting the account. >> >> If anybody has done this could you please let me know how. >> >> > Have you tried mozbackup - Tim you may want to look at the thunder plunger plugin. This can be set to look for and delete obsolete accounts ( it also reports the size of large mailboxes). rgds, Simon -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-07-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] How to delete an e-mail account in Thuderbird
On 23/06/2012 20:51, Tim wrote: Evening all I have an old e-mail account that I wish to delete which is setup in Thunderbird (13.0.1). The account has been pretty dormant for over a years so I am not interested in keeping the e-mail. Trouble is I can't find anyway of deleting the account. Checking on the web and most result are for windows based Thunderbird's or say I should not delete the account as I will loose all the e-mails. If anybody has done this could you please let me know how. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue Have you tried mozbackup - http://www.freefilesworld.com/linux/internet/55EJ8W9W-mozbackup/ That will protect your emails , then delete the account. Thunderbird > Edit > Account Settings > [select account name] > Remove account (button bottom of screen). Phil. -- P.Lane CEO Lectrics Ltd Poole Dorset -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-07-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
