February 19th 19, 07:50 PM
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Thunderbird email problem
KenK wrote:
KenK wrote in news:XnsA9FB6C7E67E40invalidcom@
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MikeS wrote in :
On 18/02/2019 16:59, KenK wrote:
Paul wrote in
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KenK wrote:
Gmail keeps returning T-bird messages. Tried two Gmail locations
(one mine, the other my sister) so not Gmail setting. Once put it
in Gmail Spam folder instead of returning it. Can't find an email
support address for Mozilla. One clue from Mozilla says T-bird
version should be 38 or newer to work with Gmail. My T-bird says it
is 2 and when I check for updates says none available. I just DLed
and started using this one less than a year ago. Up till a week or
two ago it worked fine with Gmail.
I guess I'll have to replace T-bird with another enmail ap. Not
Gmail or Eudora.
Any suggestions to make it work or what to replace it with?
TIA
You can have any Tbird you want.
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/thun...es/52.0/win32/
en- US/
Thunderbird Setup 52.0.exe 38M 03-Apr-2017 15:51
Now, that being said *be really careful*.
Thunderbird can bring a profile forward. You can go from 2.0.0.19
to 52.0. But you can't go backwards afterwards. Reinstalling
2.0.0.19 after running 52.0 once, the old version isn't going to
know what to do with the newer version files and setup. It
*might* end up being a mess.
This requires that you locate the two places Thunderbird stores
files and make copies of stuff. I regularly back up my "data"
folder (it's close to 1GB now), but not the other one. If
transferring Thunderbird somewhere, you might consider backing up
both folders if you can find them.
One way to do it, would be to back up the entire C:, do some
messing about, decide you don't like the results, and restore
from backup. That requires less knowledge of the details.
In Account Settings : Local Folders, there is a /path
for where your data profile is stored. So that's a start.
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application
Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\1234abcd.default\
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Thunderbird
profiles.ini
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1
[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=Profiles/1234abcd.default
So that's how it knows the profile name, using profiles.ini.
Then you can search on 1234abcd-type number, to spot the materials.
I could find profile names like 1234abcd.default in these places
on WinXP.
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application
Data\Thunderbird\Profiles
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application
Data\Thunderbird\Profiles
The third path would be the Program Files folder, which you can
use Add/Remove in Control Panels for installing or removing
versions etc.
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https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/th...52.7.0/system- requireme
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Windows
Operating Systems
Windows XP SP3
Windows Server 2003 SP1
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 10
Please note that while the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of
Windows Vista and Windows 7 can be used to run Thunderbird,
only 32-bit builds of Thunderbird are supported at this time.
Note that Thunderbird 52 is the last release to support Windows
XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows 2008
and Windows Vista.
I wouldn't cut the release too close to the limit, as
plugin support got modified at some point during 52ESR.
Perhaps selecting an early (52.0) is good enough
for your purposes.
Just be careful not to zorch something :-) Thunderbird
is an asynchronous pig, that loves to pester you about
compacting your folders. Enjoy! Or something... I would
have a more positive attitude if they didn't keep
messing with it. "Messing with it" is when software
gets in your face, that's my definition.
Paul
I'm not that fond of Thunderbird!
What about another email ap other tham Gmail?
And I'd prefer to continue using XP.
TIA
If you are using XP it should have Outlook Express installed. I use
that on several XP VMs and it works fine with Gmail.
I'll check into that.
How do I find my incoming and outgoing email server names and types? Need
this to set up Outlook Express. Where can I look?
Google your server web sites and you should find the config information.
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