Re: [SLE] Mozilla 1.8a2 Nice but Buggy
From: doc (kd4e_at_verizon.net)
Date: 07/31/04
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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 10:09:47 -0700 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
BandiPat wrote:
> On Saturday 31 July 2004 11:57 am, doc wrote:
>
>>I loaded 1.8a2 on a clean install of Suse 9.1 -- I figured that since
>>1.6 and 1.7 had bugs I might as well get involved in bug reporting
>>so that future stable releases were cleaner.
>>
>>Here is what I've observed so far:
>>
>>1. Changes to Preferences are not saved.
>>
>>2. There is no provision to import E-mail folders from 1.6 that I
>>could find.
>>
>>3. Replacing the E-mail address book from 1.8a2 with the one from
>>1.6 fails.
>>
>>4. Sent mail is not saved to the Sent folder.
>>
>>Anyone seen patches or workarounds to any of these, please?
>>
>>--
>>Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e
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> Doc,
> I am not seeing any of this behavior with 1.8a2/3 Mozilla Mail. I just
> started it up to check against all your "bugs", but could not confirm
> any. When I first went to the Sent folder to check, there were no
> mails there showing, so I went to another folder, came back to the Sent
> folder and everything appeared normally.
>
> I had no trouble moving my address book from my previous use of
> Thunderbird/Mozilla, everybody was there. Usually Mozilla will just
> use your previous books if they were already there in your
> $HOME/.mozilla directory, but again, it pulled mine from
> the .thunderbird directory.
>
> Lastly, any changes to my preferences have worked fine. On this, I
> would check to be sure you have write permissions on your .mozilla
> directory. Even if it appears it's ok, reset the permissions and try
> again.
>
> If all else fails, rename the old .mozilla directory and let it create a
> new one. Make your tests again, then slowly try to import things over.
>
> Lee
I am using Build ID: 2004071405, perhaps I need to try a later one even
though this one is only a couple of days old?
I moved from Mozilla 1.6 generic Web/E-mail without the Thunderbird
add-in, perhaps that is also part of the difference.
I will try your suggestions and see what happens.
-- Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e West Central Florida 100% Linux. Suse 9.1 Drake, Hallicrafters, Heathkit, TenTec, Yaesu Radio Life: http://www.gospelcom.net/twr/ Linux-Incompatible hardware is defective! USA Pres. Election 2004: http://www.rnc.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
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