"Go/NoGo" on Thunderbird live links -SOLVED

On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:08:56 -0500, Tony wrote:

First of all, thank you to all who replied. By piecing together info
from several posts made back to the group on this topic, I was able to
find a trail to the problem.

In Tools/Options/Advanced/Advanced Configuration, I had to click on
"Config Editor", then find this line:

network.protocol-handler.external-default

It was set to "False",and changing it to "True" brought my hyperlinks
right back to life.

Again, thanks to those who helped!

Tony

If you had replied in the thread to which this refers, it would help
people know what you're talking about...

-- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)


I did, I thought - the title of my post is the identical title that the
original thread was - that's why I did that, so those who had
read/replied would know what thread it was.

Tony

Tony wrote:


I did, I thought - the title of my post is the identical title that the
original thread was - that's why I did that, so those who had
read/replied would know what thread it was.

Tony

There are two ways to send messages with Thunderbird.

1) Compose a new messages from scratch.
2) Click a "Reply" button.

Note that on some of these idiotic software products, the
button bar is incomplete. They want you to admire their
customizable button bar tooling, that allows adding or
removing buttons.

Once you put a "Reply" button up on that bar, an amazing thing
will happen.

When you click a message then use the "Reply" button,
then Thunderbird copies the MID (message ID) of the original
message, into the "References" line of the new message. The
References line is a growing list of messages already in the
thread. This is known as "Threading", suited for viewing
by Threaded Newsreaders.

In addition, when you use the Reply button, it handles quoting
characters for you. Characters are added to the left hand side
of the screen. A receiving newsreader can render these as
colored bars. This helps highlight where one poster wrote
something, and where your reply picked up.

The "Reply" button is a good thing, and should be used
for a Thread which is already running. For your thread,
you would do

New Message
Reply
Reply
...

and so on.

This picture isn't exactly for your version. It's to illustrate
their "Customize Toolbar" thing. If a button like "REply" is missing
from your copy, you're expected to somehow find this thing and
add it.

http://i.stack.imgur.com/IvzbE.png

HTH,
Paul

On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:24:46 -0500, Tony wrote:

On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:08:56 -0500, Tony wrote:

First of all, thank you to all who replied. By piecing together info
from several posts made back to the group on this topic, I was able to
find a trail to the problem.

In Tools/Options/Advanced/Advanced Configuration, I had to click on
"Config Editor", then find this line:

network.protocol-handler.external-default

It was set to "False",and changing it to "True" brought my hyperlinks
right back to life.

Again, thanks to those who helped!

Tony

If you had replied in the thread to which this refers, it would help
people know what you're talking about...

-- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

I did, I thought - the title of my post is the identical title that the
original thread was - that's why I did that, so those who had
read/replied would know what thread it was.

Tony

That is *not* the way to respond in a thread. That starts a new thread
with no references back to the old one.

Go to your original post in your original thread and hit Reply in your
newsreader. This will create a new post with the same subject prefixed
with "", and *it will put the proper reference links* into your new
post...

You could also respond in the same manner to any other post in the
original thread, depending on the context or content of your new reply.

Consider this a learning experience :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:24:46 -0500, Tony wrote:

On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:08:56 -0500, Tony wrote:

First of all, thank you to all who replied. By piecing together info
from several posts made back to the group on this topic, I was able to
find a trail to the problem.

In Tools/Options/Advanced/Advanced Configuration, I had to click on
"Config Editor", then find this line:

network.protocol-handler.external-default

It was set to "False",and changing it to "True" brought my hyperlinks
right back to life.

Again, thanks to those who helped!

Tony

If you had replied in the thread to which this refers, it would help
people know what you're talking about...

-- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

I did, I thought - the title of my post is the identical title that the
original thread was - that's why I did that, so those who had
read/replied would know what thread it was.

Tony

That is *not* the way to respond in a thread. That starts a new thread
with no references back to the old one.

Go to your original post in your original thread and hit Reply in your
newsreader. This will create a new post with the same subject prefixed
with "", and *it will put the proper reference links* into your new
post...

You could also respond in the same manner to any other post in the
original thread, depending on the context or content of your new reply.

Consider this a learning experience :-)


It's as much a tool design issue. They remove the
"Reply" button, and force you to use the customization
to put it back. The old stream of Thunderbird, they
don't do that. Thunderbird 2, the Reply button is
there out of the box.

A person has to know intuitively that they need
a Reply button, because it formulates the header
a different way. And then they're supposed to
go looking for it.

Paul

On 12/12/2014 5:15 PM, Paul wrote:
Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:24:46 -0500, Tony wrote:

On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:08:56 -0500, Tony wrote:

snip
If you had replied in the thread to which this refers, it would help
people know what you're talking about...

-- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

I did, I thought - the title of my post is the identical title that
the original thread was - that's why I did that, so those who had
read/replied would know what thread it was.

Tony

That is *not* the way to respond in a thread. That starts a new thread
with no references back to the old one.

Go to your original post in your original thread and hit Reply in your
newsreader. This will create a new post with the same subject prefixed
with "", and *it will put the proper reference links* into your new
post...

You could also respond in the same manner to any other post in the
original thread, depending on the context or content of your new reply.

Consider this a learning experience :-)


It's as much a tool design issue. They remove the
"Reply" button, and force you to use the customization
to put it back. The old stream of Thunderbird, they
don't do that. Thunderbird 2, the Reply button is
there out of the box.

A person has to know intuitively that they need
a Reply button, because it formulates the header
a different way. And then they're supposed to
go looking for it.

Paul

Actually in Thunderbird you just click on the "Followup" button that is
provided by default.

Bob I wrote:


On 12/12/2014 5:15 PM, Paul wrote:
Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:24:46 -0500, Tony wrote:

On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:08:56 -0500, Tony wrote:

snip
If you had replied in the thread to which this refers, it would help
people know what you're talking about...

-- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

I did, I thought - the title of my post is the identical title that
the original thread was - that's why I did that, so those who had
read/replied would know what thread it was.

Tony

That is *not* the way to respond in a thread. That starts a new thread
with no references back to the old one.

Go to your original post in your original thread and hit Reply in your
newsreader. This will create a new post with the same subject prefixed
with "", and *it will put the proper reference links* into your new
post...

You could also respond in the same manner to any other post in the
original thread, depending on the context or content of your new reply.

Consider this a learning experience :-)


It's as much a tool design issue. They remove the
"Reply" button, and force you to use the customization
to put it back. The old stream of Thunderbird, they
don't do that. Thunderbird 2, the Reply button is
there out of the box.

A person has to know intuitively that they need
a Reply button, because it formulates the header
a different way. And then they're supposed to
go looking for it.

Paul

Actually in Thunderbird you just click on the "Followup" button that is
provided by default.

I don't test every version of TB, but my warning is just general information
about the way they think. That it's possible a useful button,
requires reaching for their custom setup dialog. They make enough
versions, I could never keep up.

Paul