Elecphant Garlics for Thunderbird 3.0

Roedy Green

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Dec 8, 2009, 5:10:42 PM12/8/09

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Some of you may use Thunderbird to read this newsgroup or to handle
the mail.

I strongly suggest hanging back on installing 3.0 released today. WHAT
A MESS!!

1. The display is totally scrambled so you can't read the subjects or
from fields.

2. It merges all your mailboxes into one. (I could not find the option
to un merge them).

3. It reformats your database of messages so you can't go back to a
previous version. You will loose all your message since the last
backup.

This is the most amateurish release ever of any team software.
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Roedy Green

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Dec 8, 2009, 6:40:54 PM12/8/09

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On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:10:42 -0800, Roedy Green
<see_w...@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>I strongly suggest hanging back on installing 3.0 released today. WHAT
>A MESS!!

I have found work-arounds for the various problems.

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/thunderbird.html

Jim

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Dec 8, 2009, 9:34:08 PM12/8/09

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On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:10:42 -0800, Roedy Green

<see_w...@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote:

>Some of you may use Thunderbird to read this newsgroup or to handle
>the mail.
>
>
>I strongly suggest hanging back on installing 3.0 released today. WHAT
>A MESS!!

<snip>

>This is the most amateurish release ever of any team software.

Thanks for the "heads up"

Jim

Robert Klemme

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Dec 13, 2009, 11:36:55 AM12/13/09

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On 09.12.2009 00:40, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:10:42 -0800, Roedy Green
> <see_w...@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
> someone who said :
>
>> I strongly suggest hanging back on installing 3.0 released today. WHAT
>> A MESS!!
>
> I have found work-arounds for the various problems.
>
> see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/thunderbird.html

There is also the "migration assistant" tab which provides an easy way
to keep the old layout and switch between "smart folders" and the
classic style. That tab is pretty obvious which makes me wonder why you
apparently did not see it. For me the transition was pretty smooth
(apart from Lightning and other add ons not working).

Cheers

robert

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Roedy Green

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Dec 14, 2009, 10:39:59 PM12/14/09

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On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:36:55 +0100, Robert Klemme
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>There is also the "migration assistant"

It is under help. I have previously found Thunderbird help worse than
useless. I did not see it until you mentioned it.

Programs should not require researching help and doing repairs just to
stay where you are. If there is something critical you have to do, it
should be a step in the install.

Robert Klemme

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Dec 16, 2009, 4:27:55 PM12/16/09

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On 12/15/2009 04:39 AM, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:36:55 +0100, Robert Klemme
> <short...@googlemail.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
> someone who said :
>
>> There is also the "migration assistant"
>
> It is under help. I have previously found Thunderbird help worse than
> useless. I did not see it until you mentioned it.
>
> Programs should not require researching help and doing repairs just to
> stay where you are. If there is something critical you have to do, it
> should be a step in the install.

Actually, when I started TB 3 the first time after install the tab was
right there. I did not have to look out for it - instead it directly
jumped at me. Maybe you did something different with your install.