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From: John Rumm on 23 May 2010 18:21 On 23/05/2010 22:50, Roger Mills wrote: > On 23/05/2010 16:13, geoff wrote: >> In message <xxNgOiBX6T+LFwTT(a)nospam.demon.co.uk>, Graeme >> <Graeme(a)nospam.demon.co.uk> writes > >>> >>> Tony, I agree. However, TP will not work 'out of the box' with Windows >>> 7, so I'm reading this thread with interest. My machine is running XP >>> with TP 6.06, but I suppose the time will come when a new PC will >>> arrive with W7. >> >> It works with 32 bit, just not the 64 bit version >> >> > It certainly does - I'm running it under Win 7-32 bit - and it installed > without any problems. > > > One further question, if I may . . . > > Where does Thunderbird keep its data? I would like to back up my > accounts and messages - but can't find where it hides this stuff! Unless you change it, it will default to : <system vol>:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\<random string\ there there are a bunch of folders in there. Things like news and mail are held in regular text files that you can open outside of the program. -- Cheers, John. /=================================================================\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \=================================================================/
From: Graeme on 24 May 2010 15:38 In message <85svr6FubcU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Rod <polygonum(a)ntlworld.com> writes >> >Thunderbird will thread Yahoo emails (I get individual emails of all >posts for the groups I am interested in). Trouble is that so many >people post in ways that mean they are not threaded even viewed within >the group. Thins like starting a new topic by replying to an existing >post and changing the subject. Or just posting a disconnected message >without making any attempt to place it in a thread. > Excellent, thank you. Yes, broken threads are a problem even with Turnpike, although TP does at least treat the broken thread as a new thread within the same folder, which is logical. Delighted to read that Thunderbird is able to search within saved messages, whether group, news or mail. That is a TP facility I use frequently. -- Graeme
From: Adrian on 25 May 2010 05:44 "george [dicegeorge]" <dicegeorge(a)hotmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>> Thunderbird will thread Yahoo emails (I get individual emails of all >>> posts for the groups I am interested in). Trouble is that so many >>> people post in ways that mean they are not threaded even viewed within >>> the group. Thins like starting a new topic by replying to an existing >>> post and changing the subject. > Oh, whoops, I do that, > So message threading isnt done by the subject line, but by some hidden > code within the message? Get your usenet client to show you all headers. There's a line in there - "References:" - which shows the threading hierarchy. If it was just on the subject line, then different languages or setups of clients would regularly break the threading just by adding the "Re:" reply prefix in different ways, let alone a user changing the title for a sub-thread drift.
From: Graeme on 25 May 2010 14:12 In message <862g3dFbaaU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Rod <polygonum(a)ntlworld.com> writes > >I really do not see how replying by email ever works - and judging by >what I see, it doesn't seem to. > >It's a rotten system that makes sensible posting so difficult for so >many posters, but for some subjects it is the only place to go. <huge grin> I am afraid that we see this subject from opposite ends. I cannot abide replying via a web page, and cannot understand how or why people do. I always reply via e-mail, and it works. -- Graeme
From: Rod on 25 May 2010 14:27
On 25/05/2010 19:12, Graeme wrote: <> > > <huge grin> I am afraid that we see this subject from opposite ends. I > cannot abide replying via a web page, and cannot understand how or why > people do. I always reply via e-mail, and it works. > Happily grant you the right to do that - to do absolutely anything you like - so long as there is sensible threading! :-) Can't say I like the web post thing, but it works for me. And don't get me onto the inability of most Yahoo group posters to snip. Or the way the system pushes people towards top posting. Or the ludicrous backgrounds and pictures people insist on adding. And George, just remember that Yahoo group emails are not the same as Usenet posts. -- Rod |