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Re: [LUG] Thunderbird for spam control

 

Neil Winchurst wrote:
> On 02/07/10 16:12, Simon Robert wrote:
>> installing TB for windows is easier than falling off a log! Just
>> download and click on it. Configuring it is slightly more complicated if
>> you have more than one e-mail account, but not much. And yes it is worth
>> upgrading your version. If your distros repository doesn't have a 3.x
>> I'd go to the mozilla download page and download. It's a .gz archive,
>> but all you need do is unpack it and copy it to /opt or someplace and
>> then create a menu entry. Nothing to agonize about, honest
>>
> 
> Thanks. I am writing this in version 3.1 having installed it on my
> laptop, which is used mainly as a test machine. I installed it in
> /usr/local/bin to keep it separate from the old version which was in
> /usr/bin of course.
> 
> So far so good. One difference I have noticed is I cannot use the escape
> key to close the email I am reading. I have to use ctrl-w. I must play
> with it some more to see what else is changed.
> 
> Neil
> 
And as a further difference, it appears that with version 3.1 the
English UK dictionary is incompatible. I like to check the spelling as I
type. Does anyone know anything about this please?

Neil

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