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From: Char Jackson <none@none.invalid>
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:54:55 -0500, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

>On Fri, 2/20/2026 6:54 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>> On 2026/2/19 15:2:47, Paul wrote:
>> []
>> 
>>> Did you test with a Nightly, as a check for forward-progress ?
>>> I'm not familiar at all with running these, but this is the
>>> quickest way to tell whether the MID mod got any traction.
>> 
>> No, I'm on the ESR line - quite the opposite of nightlies!
>
><snip>
>
>The Nightly does not appear to honour <news:a@b.c>
>
>   [Picture]
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>    https://i.postimg.cc/xCS716xC/No-Native-MID-In-TB-Nightly-149.gif
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>I tried from the command line too, and it seems uninterested.
>
>Looks like Thunderbird will need an AddOn or similar.

That was established the other day, when I posted links to the add-ons.