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From: Timothy Mathews on 7 Aug 2010 05:35 I've encountered a strange problem using Thunderbird for which the answer seems to be Apple rather than Mozilla. Thunderbird uses the Apple address book in one of its optional settings but, yesterday, when I tried to forward a message to someone, the address was incorrect. Assuming I'd just made a mistake, I opened the Apple address book on my MacBook Pro and saw the address was correct. After a lengthy time of double checking the listings, it became obvious that Thunderbird isn't "seeing" the correct Mac Address Book. Thinking it had to be an old address book hiding somewhere within Thunderbird, I completely removed Thunderbird from my system and then reinstalled it BUT, somehow, it's still finding the wrong addressbook and I can't find it. Can/will any of you clue me into the naming conventions for Apple Address Books so I might find the magical hidden one Thunderbird is accessing? To clarify, no address book shows up within any of my applications other than the "real" Mac Address Book so, except for this T-Bird fluke, everything seems normal with my system. Thanks, Tim
From: Tom Stiller on 7 Aug 2010 06:48 In article <201008070635464897-NOSPAMtsmohio(a)yahooca>, Timothy Mathews <NOSPAMtsmohio(a)yahoo.ca> wrote: > I've encountered a strange problem using Thunderbird for which the > answer seems to be Apple rather than Mozilla. Why would you say that when nothing points to the Address book as the point of failure. Is the "wrong" address one that you used with Thunderbird before and is being remembered within TB? > Thunderbird uses the Apple address book in one of its optional > settings but, yesterday, when I tried to forward a message to > someone, the address was incorrect. Assuming I'd just made a > mistake, I opened the Apple address book on my MacBook Pro and saw > the address was correct. After a lengthy time of double checking the > listings, it became obvious that Thunderbird isn't "seeing" the > correct Mac Address Book. Thinking it had to be an old address book > hiding somewhere within Thunderbird, I completely removed Thunderbird > from my system and then reinstalled it BUT, somehow, it's still > finding the wrong addressbook and I can't find it. > > Can/will any of you clue me into the naming conventions for Apple > Address Books so I might find the magical hidden one Thunderbird is > accessing? > > To clarify, no address book shows up within any of my applications > other than the "real" Mac Address Book so, except for this T-Bird > fluke, everything seems normal with my system. > > Thanks, > Tim -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Tim Mathews on 7 Aug 2010 08:36 Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In article <201008070635464897-NOSPAMtsmohio(a)yahooca>, > Timothy Mathews <NOSPAMtsmohio(a)yahoo.ca> wrote: > >> I've encountered a strange problem using Thunderbird for which the >> answer seems to be Apple rather than Mozilla. > > Why would you say that when nothing points to the Address book as the > point of failure. > It's simply a guess because, to the best of my knowledge, I removed everything related to T-bird. I can only guess that there must be a hidden file which T-bird is finding for the address book. > Is the "wrong" address one that you used with Thunderbird before and > is > being remembered within TB? > > Again I have to guess as I cannot absolutely swear which machine I've used and when. I know that I've edited an address book entry on my Mac (either my iMac or my MacBook Pro and had the change show up almost immediately in the T-bird address book--meaning the Mac address book being accessed by T-bird--show the change. From this, I know conceptually, that T-bird does in fact access the current Mac OS addressbook. As my iMac is working fine, I've discounted a bug in the new version of T-bird as the problem. Back to the MacBook, I can't say for certain that somehow an older address book is being accessed but that's the only thing which makes sense to me; thus, my assumption that there must be a hidden file on my system. >> Thunderbird uses the Apple address book in one of its optional >> settings but, yesterday, when I tried to forward a message to >> someone, the address was incorrect. Assuming I'd just made a >> mistake, I opened the Apple address book on my MacBook Pro and saw >> the address was correct. After a lengthy time of double checking the > > >> listings, it became obvious that Thunderbird isn't "seeing" the >> correct Mac Address Book. Thinking it had to be an old address book >> hiding somewhere within Thunderbird, I completely removed Thunderbird > > >> from my system and then reinstalled it BUT, somehow, it's still >> finding the wrong addressbook and I can't find it. >> >> Can/will any of you clue me into the naming conventions for Apple >> Address Books so I might find the magical hidden one Thunderbird is >> accessing? >> >> To clarify, no address book shows up within any of my applications >> other than the "real" Mac Address Book so, except for this T-Bird >> fluke, everything seems normal with my system. >> >> Thanks, >> Tim
From: Tom Stiller on 7 Aug 2010 09:10 In article <1013483526302876499.132230NSPAMtsmohio-gmail.com(a)news.giganews.com>, Tim Mathews <NSPAMtsmohio(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > In article <201008070635464897-NOSPAMtsmohio(a)yahooca>, > > Timothy Mathews <NOSPAMtsmohio(a)yahoo.ca> wrote: > > > >> I've encountered a strange problem using Thunderbird for which the > >> answer seems to be Apple rather than Mozilla. > > > > Why would you say that when nothing points to the Address book as the > > point of failure. > > > It's simply a guess because, to the best of my knowledge, I removed > everything related to T-bird. I can only guess that there must be a > hidden file which T-bird is finding for the address book. > > > Is the "wrong" address one that you used with Thunderbird before and > > is > > being remembered within TB? > > > > > > Again I have to guess as I cannot absolutely swear which machine I've > used and when. I know that I've edited an address book entry on my Mac > (either my iMac or my MacBook Pro and had the change show up almost > immediately in the T-bird address book--meaning the Mac address book > being accessed by T-bird--show the change. From this, I know > conceptually, that T-bird does in fact access the current Mac OS > addressbook. As my iMac is working fine, I've discounted a bug in the > new version of T-bird as the problem. Back to the MacBook, I can't say > for certain that somehow an older address book is being accessed but > that's the only thing which makes sense to me; thus, my assumption that > there must be a hidden file on my system. Why does it have to be an Address Book hidden file? You haven't been able to show any problem with AB or any of the applications, other than TB, which use it, yet you insist that that it is AB's fault. Are you absolutely certain that every Thunderbird/Mozilla pref and support file has been deleted. Do you use FireFox? Can it remember email addresses? -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Timothy Mathews on 7 Aug 2010 09:37
On 2010-08-07 10:10:36 -0300, Tom Stiller said: > In article > <1013483526302876499.132230NSPAMtsmohio-gmail.com(a)news.giganews.com>, > Tim Mathews <NSPAMtsmohio(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> In article <201008070635464897-NOSPAMtsmohio(a)yahooca>, >>> Timothy Mathews <NOSPAMtsmohio(a)yahoo.ca> wrote: >>> >>>> I've encountered a strange problem using Thunderbird for which the >>>> answer seems to be Apple rather than Mozilla. >>> >>> Why would you say that when nothing points to the Address book as the >>> point of failure. >>> >> It's simply a guess because, to the best of my knowledge, I removed >> everything related to T-bird. I can only guess that there must be a >> hidden file which T-bird is finding for the address book. >> >>> Is the "wrong" address one that you used with Thunderbird before and >>> is >>> being remembered within TB? >>> >>> >> >> Again I have to guess as I cannot absolutely swear which machine I've >> used and when. I know that I've edited an address book entry on my Mac >> (either my iMac or my MacBook Pro and had the change show up almost >> immediately in the T-bird address book--meaning the Mac address book >> being accessed by T-bird--show the change. From this, I know >> conceptually, that T-bird does in fact access the current Mac OS >> addressbook. As my iMac is working fine, I've discounted a bug in the >> new version of T-bird as the problem. Back to the MacBook, I can't say >> for certain that somehow an older address book is being accessed but >> that's the only thing which makes sense to me; thus, my assumption that >> there must be a hidden file on my system. > > Why does it have to be an Address Book hidden file? You haven't been > able to show any problem with AB or any of the applications, other than > TB, which use it, yet you insist that that it is AB's fault. Why are you harping on a supposed claim that it's an address book hidden file? I think it must be a hidden file. Logic tells me it's either an address book file, some sort of database which sends information to an addressbook file, some sort of database which sends information to a Thunderbird file blah blah blah. The point is, it seems to me that since there's no file I can see, it must be hidden or else there's something else within either Thunderbird or the Mac computer or OS which is totally foreign to me. I really don't care under whose domain the hidden file is, I just want to know if said file exists and if someone can tell me; a) how to find it and b) how to remove or modify it. > > Are you absolutely certain that every Thunderbird/Mozilla pref and > support file has been deleted. Do you use FireFox? Can it remember > email addresses? I don't know how more certain I can be. I say again, I uninstalled Thunderbird. I removed the Thunderbird directory. I went through every directory I felt could even remotely have anything to do with Mozilla or Mac OS and looked for anything which--again--looked like it might remotely be related to ANYTHING Mozilla. After all this, I decided I either didn't fully understand Thunderbird or my Mac and, thus, I came to this group to ask. I also asked on the Mozilla Thunderbird newsgroup just in case it is something directly involving Thunderbird. |