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[LUG] Mozilla problems



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I just lost a nicely crafted reply to Steve Marvell's question about
GnuPG/PGP signatures.

Mozilla bombed out (browser and all) when I tried to spell-check it -
something I don't usually do but just thought I'd try. It would have
been nice if Mozilla had warned that the spell module wasn't configured
properly (which I presume is what's wrong) and even better if it could
have said something about WHY and how to fix it. Turns out it was simply
that a language hadn't been specified - instead 'Download more' was
highlighted. When it found itself offline, Mozilla crashed.
:-(
Many people compose offline and shouldn't the default language from the
rest of Mozilla at least be a starting point instead of assuming not to
use the default?

Also, how on earth do I get this composer window to show the text in a
READABLE size. It's currently using size 6 font - about the smallest
that my monitor can display. I've increased the size in the preview
window but Mozilla refuses to transfer that preference into the composer
and there's no apparent way of telling it otherwise. The to list
occupies 25% of the screen area, the subject line and From lines are a
massive font 18, the toolbar is the usual three lines high (two for the
icons, one for text) but I'm stuck with this minuscule font when trying
to do the most important thing an email client can do - compose a message!!!

I've listened carefully to Simon's praise of Mozilla/enigmail, it's all
configured and running, but there remain significant problems in using
Mozilla as an email client. I don't see why I have to configure Postfix
to run SpamAssassin for me when KMail can do the job with a truly petty
amount of work.

I'm aborting this session in Mozilla Mail before I get a headache. Back
to KMail for me.

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Neil Williams
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http://www.codehelp.co.uk
http://www.dclug.org.uk

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