How do, On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 17:08 -0700, Don Russell wrote: > On 5/10/2006 2:52 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > taharka wrote: > >> Howdy, > >> > >> On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 16:02 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> > >>> I am presently using Thunderbird version 1.5.0.2 (20060501) and > >>> FC-5. Until updating to FC-5 and the latest Thunderbird I could > >>> prevent Thunderbird from asking "Advance to next unread message in > >>> ----------?" by making the following configuration changes which can > >>> no longer be done. It appears that the configuration files have > >>> changed and I'm unable to find where to stop this annoying "feature!" > >>> > >>> Can anyone tell me how to fix this? > >>> > >>> Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia w2bod > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > how to stop Thunderbird from asking > >>> >> > >>> >> "Advance to next unread message in ................." > >>> > >>> > >>> In ~/.thunderbird/default/<some_characters>/user.js add > >>> > >>> # How to handle the Advance to next unread message in <x> folder > >>> # prompt. > >>> # > >>> # Settings: > >>> # 0 - Always go to the next folder without prompting > >>> # 1 - Ask before going (default behavior) > >>> # 2 - Don't prompt and don't go to the next folder with unread > >>> # messages > >>> user_pref("mailnews.nav_crosses_folders", 0); > >>> > >>> (or chose 2 if you do not want to automatically go to next folder with > >>> unread messages) > >>> > >> > >> Does the following link help you? > >> > >> http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/tips#beh_nextunread > >> > >> > > Yes, definitely! I searched for that file and never found it. > > > Use the built-in config editor: > > tools/options/advanced > click the Config Editor... button > > In the filter field, enter mailnews.nav > > Double click the one item > enter your new value.... > > Sure beats trying to find the magic file. :-) > > Though you still need to know the magic values. ;-) > > It would be very cool, if, when an item is selected in the config > editor, pressing F1 would show the comments explaining the different > values. RFE? ;-) Also, there are two extensions for Thunderbird worth mentioning. 1.) about:config http://aboutconfig.mozdev.org/ 2.) Preferential http://preferential.mozdev.org/ taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.