Thunderbird Message Filters Disappear
September 17, 2007 11:29 AM Subscribe
Why are my Thunderbird message filters disappearing?
I'm running Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 on Vista (which OS I recommend you avoid like the plague, at least until SP1! It was a forced work 'upgrade').
When I create a message filter I can test it; works fine (I'm doing a forward if the subject contains a particular domain). Then, when I close down Thunderbird and check my filters, the filter is gone - no sign of it. I tried turning on logging, and that selection too is reset to unchecked after I restart the app.
I've tried this multiple times with the same result. Any ideas? All I can think of is that perhaps Vista is blocking a write permission, but I can change other Thunderbird profile options; do filters get written to a specific file that is perhaps not remaining persistent after I close?
I'm running Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 on Vista (which OS I recommend you avoid like the plague, at least until SP1! It was a forced work 'upgrade').
When I create a message filter I can test it; works fine (I'm doing a forward if the subject contains a particular domain). Then, when I close down Thunderbird and check my filters, the filter is gone - no sign of it. I tried turning on logging, and that selection too is reset to unchecked after I restart the app.
I've tried this multiple times with the same result. Any ideas? All I can think of is that perhaps Vista is blocking a write permission, but I can change other Thunderbird profile options; do filters get written to a specific file that is perhaps not remaining persistent after I close?
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Here's another T-bird mystery. Recently one of my clients switched to MS Exchange, and now they no longer see my attachments -- until they click "Forward." THEN they show up! So far they are the only one reporting an attachment problem.
posted by wordwhiz at 4:00 PM on September 17, 2007