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3.1.7 Rev 2 Issue : Unable to add more than one account

Submitted by Coswyn on December 30, 2010 - 8:27pm

I installed the app on a thumb drive and added my initial account, which worked fine. Then when I tried adding another it duplicated my original and seemed to tie it into it so that I was not able to get the changes I tried making to the settings to stick. I tried this multiple times (the assisted way and the manual way) and it kept duplicating the default account in place of the new one.

Anyone experiencing this? Any suggested solutions? Would I have been luck with the legacy version?

Thanks.

XUL Runner issue

Submitted by Paul Gauci on December 27, 2010 - 7:13am

I am the same person who wrote the https://portableapps.com/node/26023 entry.

The reason for my downloading TB 3.1.7 Rev2 was that my TB 3.1.4 gave this message when I tried to run it earlier today:

XUL Runner
Error: App: Name not specified in application.ini

As I retained TB 3.1.4 in a separate disk, I can use it instead of TB 3.1.7 Rev2, if someone helps me to resolve the above 'XUL Runner' issue.

Serious installation problem with TB 3.1.7 Rev2

Submitted by Paul Gauci on December 27, 2010 - 6:58am

I have just installed TB 3.1.7 Rev2. When I tried to run it I got this message:

Thunderbird could not install this item because "install.rdf" (provided by the item) is not well-formed or does not exist. Please contact the author about this problem.

I downloaded and installed again but I still got the same result.

What would the problem be please?

Paul

Help!! I am in SERIOUS trouble here!

Submitted by paul.glew on December 26, 2010 - 11:39pm

Summary of set up :

Kingston 8gb USB Thumbdrive running Portable apps
Thunderbird 3.1.7

Summary of problem

OK, so my PC decided to spectacularly crash on Xmas Eve (date not important!), and after a quick reboot of the PC and successful re-start of portable apps and Thunderbird Portable 3.1.7 I noticed ALL of my work emails going back from January this year (2010) are missing.

I have 2 main inboxes :
Work - Collecting mail from work POP server
Home - Collecting mail from personal Gmail

Answer not possible

Submitted by nonick on December 26, 2010 - 8:43am

Hello..
excuse my teribble english

since some days i´ve got the problem, that´s not possible for me to answer a mail.
whem i click the answer button, teh mail is open, but i can´t write anything inside the writing-box.

anyone an idea? If you answer, remember my bad englisch Wink

TBP 3.1.7 "Empty Folders" Syndrome

Submitted by Michael Anthony on December 21, 2010 - 2:52am

Ever since upgrading to Thunderbird Portable 3+, I noticed that something goes wrong whenever I plug my memory-stick into an offline machine: Every IMAP folder disappears, and only leaves an empty Inbox.

It does, however, remember which accounts I have installed.

All the mail seems to be present in Data\Profiles.

Deleting the header index files (.msf) doesn't seem to do the trick.

I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate (offline machine), and Windows XP SP2 (online machine, internet cafe).

Any ideas?

Thunderbird Touches Files Unnecessarily

Submitted by AlexFekken on December 13, 2010 - 2:41am

This is just a minor, almost cosmetic, problem (unless it reflects a deeper issue), but I thought I'd report it anyway.

My mailbox consist of hundreds of folder organised as a tree and I noticed Thunderbird usually touches (i.e. changes the timestamp of) many folders that I haven't even accessed. Can anybody explain why this is happening and if it can be avoided?

The reason why this is an issue for me is that my primary backups are synchronised copies that I preview manually. And every day Thunderbird causes hundreds of out-of-sync situations that I should not have to deal with.

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