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Jul 23, 2006, 1:01:02 AM7/23/06
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Every time I enter any newsgroup it asks if I want to subscribe to it.
I only visit four groups regularly and always say yes I want to
subscribe. How can I get it to remember I'm subscribed and stop asking
every single time? TB v1.5.0.4

Moz Champion (Dan)

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Jul 23, 2006, 1:13:35 AM7/23/06
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On what server?

gwtc

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Jul 23, 2006, 2:55:19 AM7/23/06
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manually remove the enter server and re-enter everything again.

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Chris Ilias

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Jul 23, 2006, 3:16:55 AM7/23/06
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_酗胚謦 spoke thusly on 23/07/2006 1:01 AM:

This is mostly caused by clicking on links to already existing news
accounts, which results in a phantom duplicate account. Go to
Tools-->Account Settings, and remove the news account, and restart
Thunderbird. The news account should still appear in the folder pane. If
you still get the subscribe prompt, remove the account and restart
again. Keep doing it, until the account no longer gives you the prompt.
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Bob Henson

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Jul 23, 2006, 5:25:39 AM7/23/06
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Chris Ilias wrote

> _酗胚謦 spoke thusly on 23/07/2006 1:01 AM:
>> Every time I enter any newsgroup it asks if I want to subscribe to it. I
>> only visit four groups regularly and always say yes I want to
>> subscribe. How can I get it to remember I'm subscribed and stop asking
>> every single time? TB v1.5.0.4
>
> This is mostly caused by clicking on links to already existing news
> accounts, which results in a phantom duplicate account. Go to
> Tools-->Account Settings, and remove the news account, and restart
> Thunderbird. The news account should still appear in the folder pane. If
> you still get the subscribe prompt, remove the account and restart
> again. Keep doing it, until the account no longer gives you the prompt.

I take it, Chris, that there's no way to stop this behaviour in the
configuration? I personally can't see any use in automatically
subscribing to a news account by following a link, and would be glad to
be able to turn the behaviour off permanently.

Regards,

Bob


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Mumia W.

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Jul 23, 2006, 2:33:36 AM7/23/06
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If you have multiple news server accounts with the same news
server addresses, this will happen.

I would suggest deleting all of the accounts that have the
same address, removing their files and directories from the
profile, then re-creating the news account.

Nir

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Jul 23, 2006, 6:34:32 AM7/23/06
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No, I think it should not be turned off. this feature is vey usefull and similar
like when you click on a mailto: link in Firefox , it opens a compose window in
thunderbird ( if TB is your default email client )

Nir

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Jul 23, 2006, 6:47:36 AM7/23/06
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Chris Ilias wrote:
> _酗胚謦 spoke thusly on 23/07/2006 1:01 AM:
>> Every time I enter any newsgroup it asks if I want to subscribe to it.
>> I only visit four groups regularly and always say yes I want to
>> subscribe. How can I get it to remember I'm subscribed and stop
>> asking every single time? TB v1.5.0.4
>
> This is mostly caused by clicking on links to already existing news
> accounts, which results in a phantom duplicate account. Go to
> Tools-->Account Settings, and remove the news account, and restart
> Thunderbird. The news account should still appear in the folder pane. If
> you still get the subscribe prompt, remove the account and restart
> again. Keep doing it, until the account no longer gives you the prompt.

You are right Chris, whenever you click on a newsgroup link , Thunderbird
creates some entries in pref.js , something like this one
mail.identity.idX.useremail user set String inv...@invalid.com
( X= no of account )
If you don't complete account configuration , "mail.identity.idX.useremail"
remains in pref.js so that next time TB will ask you to complete account setting
. To stop this alert only thing you have to do is to set
"mail.identity.idX.valid" to false.

Mumia W.

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Jul 23, 2006, 2:09:44 PM7/23/06
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On 07/23/2006 05:34 AM, Nir wrote:

> Bob Henson wrote:
>> I take it, Chris, that there's no way to stop this
>> behaviour in the configuration? I personally can't see
>> any use in automatically subscribing to a news account by
>> following a link, and would be glad to be able to turn
>> the behaviour off permanently.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
> No, I think it should not be turned off. this feature is
> vey usefull and similar like when you click on a mailto:
> link in Firefox , it opens a compose window in thunderbird
> ( if TB is your default email client )

If the (mis)feature is not removed, then it should be changed
so that 1) it does not automatically create a new news server
profile but uses the current active profile, and 2) it only
asks the user once if s/he wants to subscribe.

Bob Henson

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Jul 23, 2006, 2:30:42 PM7/23/06
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Nir wrote

If it can be configured out in about:config it can be a personal choice.

ÐïÅßö¥ø§©

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Jul 23, 2006, 4:15:33 PM7/23/06
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>
> If you have multiple news server accounts with the same news
> server addresses, this will happen.
>
I do have 2 accounts under the same server so I can have 2 different
posting names depending on where I post. If having 2 accounts causes
this constant subscription problem is there a way to change the posting
name easily depending on where I'm posting?

Mumia W.

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Jul 23, 2006, 5:41:20 PM7/23/06
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On 07/23/2006 03:15 PM, ΠοΕίφ₯ψ§© wrote:

Yes, first delete the extra news server account.

Then add a new identity to the old account: Edit/Account
Settings/<Your-Account>/Manage Identities....

Don't snip attributions.

Barbara

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Jul 23, 2006, 6:23:22 PM7/23/06
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After you set up your alter ego, when replying or posting, choose the
e-mail address you want to send from in the from down box on the "from"
line of the message.

Barbra

Chris Ilias

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Jul 25, 2006, 1:37:45 AM7/25/06
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_Bob Henson_ spoke thusly on 23/07/2006 5:25 AM:
> Chris Ilias wrote

>
>> This is mostly caused by clicking on links to already existing news
>> accounts, which results in a phantom duplicate account. Go to
>> Tools-->Account Settings, and remove the news account, and restart
>> Thunderbird. The news account should still appear in the folder pane. If
>> you still get the subscribe prompt, remove the account and restart
>> again. Keep doing it, until the account no longer gives you the prompt.
>
> I take it, Chris, that there's no way to stop this behaviour in the
> configuration?

Not that I know of.

> I personally can't see any use in automatically
> subscribing to a news account by following a link, and would be glad to
> be able to turn the behaviour off permanently.

It's definitely a standard feature. Let's say you want to provide
someone with a link to this newsgroup. It's not on Usenet, so a server
is required in the URL.
Mozilla devs just need to make it cross-check the current server list.

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