On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:25:00 +1100, Daniel <d...@albury.nospam.net.au>
wrote:

>Michael Gordon wrote:
>> JohnW-Mpls wrote:
>>> On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:55:00 -0800, Michael Gordon
>>> <mgord...@earthlink.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> JohnW-Mpls wrote:
>>>>> Is there an easy way to change the sequence of email addresses
>>>>> listed in the
>>>>> mail program?  I remember that this was a problem a couple years ago
>>>>> and I
>>>>> wonder if something was changed to make it easy.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> John,
>>>>
>>>> What part of the e-mail program are you asking about?  The Addressbook?
>>>>
>>>> Michael G
>>>
>>> Not the addressbooks (those with whom I exchange mail) but the names
>>> of my
>>> own email addresses.   I just looked it up - they show in the "folder
>>> pane"
>>> on the left side (via F9).  All my addresses show there including all the
>>> subfolders I set up for separating mail via Message Filters. (FWIW; XP
>>> & SM
>>> 2.14.1)
>>>
>>> I recently added a new address and it appears at the bottom of the
>>> list. I'd
>>> like to move it up to near the top and I'm looking for an easy way to do
>>> that.
>>>
>>
>> John,
>>
>> I now understand your question, you are asking about your mail account
>> names in the left panel.
>>
>> Yes there is a way to change the order in which these appear in the
>> Accounts Panel.
>> You could edit your profile, but that is not an easy task, you can
>> install an extension for SeaMonkey where you can custom set your
>> accounts with a few clicks.
>>
>> Take a look a Folder Pane and be sure you download and install the
>> correct version for your mail Verizon.  Read the instructions for
>> setting the various attributes.
>>
>> I have it and it works very well.
>>
>> http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#folderpanetools
>>
>> Michael G
>>
>
>John, if you are comfortable modifying your configuration file directly, 
>in the address bar of the browser enter "about:config" (without the 
>quotes) and accept the warning. Then, in the Search bar, enter the term 
>"mail.accountmanager.accounts". Then change the order of the accounts.
>
>Note:- The e-mail accounts are displayed first, then the Local Folders 
>account, and then the News Server accounts.
>
>If you are uncomfortable altering the configuration file directly, you 
>could make use of a user.js file, which is a plain text file (not a Word 
>file) in the same directory as your prefs.js file and, in that file, put 
>mail.accountmanager.accounts,then_the_account-order without any breaks. 
>When you next re-start SeaMonkey, this User.js file should be written 
>into the prefs.js file.
>
>HTH

Thanks, guys, I got the reorg I wanted.

I remember fiddling with about:config a number of years ago - a clue to
sequence numbers - they are somehow tied to the sequence when a name was
added or a major revision and the Local is always the last one?

-- 
 JohnW-Mpls
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