On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:25:28 -0400, Bob Goodwin USA wrote: [....] > Thunderbird has been a continual problem for several days. So far, > since re-installing it, it has not missed a beat. Earlier I would try > to delete mail and it would do nothing until I stopped and restarted > Thunderbird, it is not doing that now. Other times Thunderbird would > just stop responding to commands at all and I would have to do xkill and > then remove a lock file to restore operation. So far none of that has > occurred. Remember, this was an upgraded system from F7 to F8. [....] In that case, go to Pan for news, and Alpine for email :"yum install pan alpine" -- you'll never look back. Oh, and of course, quite soon, "yum remove thunderbird" -- quite soon meaning once you salvage what you can. The linux/unix way is still best : one app for each and every purpose, no bloat, no cruft, no breakdowns. -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Evangelist Fedora 8 & 9; Alpine 1.10, Pan 0.132; Privoxy 3.0.6; nine (count 'em -- nine) different browsers Remember I know precious little of what I am talking about. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list