Thundebird: rename Trash Folder

[us...@domain.invalid]

Hi,

Is it possible to rename the Trash folder, because the ISP of mine calls
it a different way. So I have got two of them, if I write my mails with
the web-frontend.

Bye
Omran

[Omran Quaiser]

[Neil]

Omran Quaiser wrote:

It takes a bit of prefs.js hacking - the preference is
pref("mail.server.server1.trash_folder_name", "Deleted Items");
(Change the 1 and Deleted Items as appropriate)

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[Pete Giansante]

Jay:

It always works, but only if you know the trick for mucking around in the prefs.js file and getting any changes you make there to actually STICK.

Here's the constraint that you have to accommodate: If you try to edit the active prefs.js file while it's actually in use by any Mozilla application, it won't save any of the changes. There should be a notice at the top of the prefs.js file that tells you that.

Here's the way to get around that constraint:

• Make a copy of the prefs.js file (call it something like "prefs'edit".js, or something), then edit the copy.

NOTE:
I recommend that you make a second copy of the prefs.js file (DON'T call it prefs.bak -- Mozilla reserves that name for its own backup of the prefs.js file)...and stash that backup copy somewhere safe. You don't want to risk messing up your prefs.js file, and it's a good idea to have another backup copy anyway.

• After you've made the appropriate changes in the "prefs'edit'.js" file, save it to somewhere in or near the Preferences folder. The QUIT all Mozilla applications that use that preferences file.

• Go into your Preferences folder (make sure you're in the folder that contains the prefs.js file for the application you want to affect! Thunderbird uses a different directory and a different Preferences folder than the normal Mozilla ".slt" profile...at least, that's the way it works in OS X), move the existing prefs.js file outa there, and rename the "prefs'edit'.js" file to "prefs.js"

• Re-launch the Mozilla app in question, and you should have a BINGO!

I've done it a bunch of times in Moz for Mac OS X, and it works every time. It NEVER worked until I figured out the method described above. There might be other ways to do it, but that's the one that works for me.

Pete

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Jay Garcia wrote:

On 28.02.04 10:57, Neil wrote:

 --- Original Message ---

  

Doesn't work in T'Bird.

  

[Brian Kennelly]

Jay Garcia wrote:

> On 28.02.04 10:57, Neil wrote:
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
>

> Doesn't work in T'Bird.
>

It works fine for me!

[Simon Waldman]

Pete Giansante wrote:
> Jay:
>
> It always works, but only if you know the trick for mucking around in
> the prefs.js file and getting any changes you make there to actually STICK.

Is there any reason to ever edit prefs.js itself these days? AIUI any
entries that appear both there and user.js take their value from the
latter. Which is only read at startup and so can be edited any time you
like.

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[Neil]

Simon Waldman wrote:

> Is there any reason to ever edit prefs.js itself these days? AIUI any
> entries that appear both there and user.js take their value from the
> latter. Which is only read at startup and so can be edited any time
> you like.

Some prefs don't exist until you add them to prefs.js/user.js; you can't
remove those using user.js, although Mozilla users can of course use
about:config to reset them.