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m...@melez.com
May 23, 2013, 5:18:05 PM5/23/13
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How do I disable new mail notification popups on Mac (10.8.3) when using Thunderbird 22 (beta)?
This older thread suggests Preferences/Options > General > When new messages arrive > Show an alert, but that option doesn't exist in Thunderbird 22:
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla.support.thunderbird/lSo7jmTmM_U/discussion
-myk
This older thread suggests Preferences/Options > General > When new messages arrive > Show an alert, but that option doesn't exist in Thunderbird 22:
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla.support.thunderbird/lSo7jmTmM_U/discussion
-myk
WaltS
May 23, 2013, 5:37:52 PM5/23/13
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Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:22.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/22.0
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openSUSE 12.3 (64-bit) KDE 4.10.2
Thunderbird Beta 22.0b1
I scorn GG.
Ron K.
May 23, 2013, 5:42:39 PM5/23/13
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m...@melez.com on 5/23/2013 5:18 PM, keyboarded a reply:
Using the preferences route, select the Advance tab and Click the Config
Edit button.
Flter on the word biff and look for:
mail.biff.show_alert
Clicking on this pref should toggle it between true and false. Or right
click and pick toggle from the menu.
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Ron K.
Who is General Failure, and why is he searching my HDD?
Kernel Restore reported Major Error used BSOD to msg the enemy!
Edit button.
Flter on the word biff and look for:
mail.biff.show_alert
Clicking on this pref should toggle it between true and false. Or right
click and pick toggle from the menu.
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Ron K.
Who is General Failure, and why is he searching my HDD?
Kernel Restore reported Major Error used BSOD to msg the enemy!
Ken Whiton
May 24, 2013, 3:08:29 AM5/24/13
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*-* On Thu, 23 May 2013, at 17:42:39 -0400,
*-* In Article <PfadnY4ZGoXWEAPM...@mozilla.org>,
*-* Ron K. wrote
*-* About Re: disable new mail notification on Mac
> m...@melez.com on 5/23/2013 5:18 PM, keyboarded a reply:
>> How do I disable new mail notification popups on Mac (10.8.3) when
>> using Thunderbird 22 (beta)?
>> This older thread suggests Preferences/Options > General > When new
>> messages arrive > Show an alert, but that option doesn't exist in
>> Thunderbird 22:
>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla.support.thunderbird/lSo7jmTmM_U/discussion
"Double-clicking".
> Or
> right click and pick toggle from the menu.
Ken Whiton
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*-* In Article <PfadnY4ZGoXWEAPM...@mozilla.org>,
*-* Ron K. wrote
*-* About Re: disable new mail notification on Mac
> m...@melez.com on 5/23/2013 5:18 PM, keyboarded a reply:
>> How do I disable new mail notification popups on Mac (10.8.3) when
>> using Thunderbird 22 (beta)?
>> This older thread suggests Preferences/Options > General > When new
>> messages arrive > Show an alert, but that option doesn't exist in
>> Thunderbird 22:
>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla.support.thunderbird/lSo7jmTmM_U/discussion
> Using the preferences route, select the Advance tab and Click the
> Config Edit button.
> Flter on the word biff and look for:
> mail.biff.show_alert
> Clicking on this pref should toggle it between true and false.
I don't know about Mac, but in Windows that should be
> Config Edit button.
> Flter on the word biff and look for:
> mail.biff.show_alert
> Clicking on this pref should toggle it between true and false.
"Double-clicking".
> Or
> right click and pick toggle from the menu.
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InterNet: kenw...@surfglobal.net.INVAL (remove the obvious to reply)
Eckard
May 24, 2013, 6:27:54 AM5/24/13
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of the TB icon in the Dock which shows a red dot with the new messages
count.
You can disable the visual and/or the acoustic alert in Thunderbird
Preferences -> General -> When new messages arrive by
Unchecking "Animate the Dock icon" and/or "Play a sound".
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