Re: upgrade from thunderbird 0.7.x to 0.8 in unstable

From: Alexander Sack (asac_at_jwsdot.com)
Date: 09/18/04

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    Clemens Schwaighofer wrote:

    > Hi,
    >
    > I just want to warn every unstable user, that the upgrade from 0.7.x to
    > 0.8 is not without pain. Even if you have no plugins or extensions
    > installed (by yourself), after the upgrade Thunderbird can't see any
    > mails, etc.
    >
    > You have to move your old prefs directory away and start over from zero
    > to get all things running.
    >
    You need to remove the compreg.dat file in your profile to fix this
    without pain.
    I will upload a new package soon that makes the 0.7-> 0.8 transition
    completely painless.

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