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Re: Thunderbird filters

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On 1/14/24 11:13, David Wright wrote:
> On Sun 14 Jan 2024 at 01:57:59 (-0800), David Christensen wrote:
>> On 1/12/24 18:17, gene heskett wrote:
>>> On 1/12/24 15:58, David Christensen wrote:
> 
>>>> Searching for the Thunderbird message filter configuration
>>>> files on my computer:
>>>>
>>>> 2024-01-12 12:31:57 dpchrist@taz ~
>>>> $ find .thunderbird/dpchrist -iname '*filter*'
>>>> .thunderbird/dpchrist/Mail/Local Folders/msgFilterRules.dat
>>>> .thunderbird/dpchrist/ImapMail/november.he-1.net/msgFilterRules.dat
>>>> .thunderbird/dpchrist/ImapMail/november.he.net/msgFilterRules.dat
> 
> Did you choose those (appropriate-looking) names?
> 
that was the other David example, not mine.
>>> I have no such directory structure where subbing my id for
>>> dpchrist might hide:
>>> gene@coyote:~/.thunderbird$ ls
>>> 'Crash Reports'   f37v8icg.default-default   installs.ini
>>> 'Pending Pings'   profiles.ini   twpgj5qd.default
>>
>> Use find(1) instead of ls(1):
>>
>> $ find . -xdev -iname '*filter*'
> 
> Random website:
> 
>    Create Filter Rules in Mozilla Thunderbird
> 
>    Let’s go over the steps you need to follow to create Thunderbird rules that move messages from a specific sender to a folder:
Most of the "filters" I use (and there are well over a 100 of them) are 
based on the src of the mailing list they go into, and were first made 
by using a list mail as the filter key, move to such and such local 
directory.  As to where those filters are stored, I have not found them.
> 
>      Launch Mozilla Thunderbird.
>      Open the Tools menu and choose Message Filters.
>      Click New to create a new filter.
>      Give the filter a suitable name.
> 
> … or an unsuitable one?
> 
>>> However, I do have in my home dir, an mbox file dated the 7th:
>>> Which may result in a clue about my raid10, its msgs from SMARTCTL
>>> running as root to me I've never rx'd containing warnings about
>>> /dev/sde which is part of that raid10 that is the systems /home
>>> directory.
>>> So I'll take a break here and go investigate that.
>>>
>>> It does lead to another question, how do I incorporate that into
>>> tbird so I get important status msgs from root?.
> 
> Add the filename to your list of incoming mailboxes. That should
> notify you whenever something comes in to any of them.
> 
>>> How ever t-bird has so many hot keys that pop up some config page
>>> as I'm typing what looks like a legit sentence that I may have
>>> commanded something by continuing to type after the popup shows up
>>> as it steals the focus when it does. I wish there was some way to
>>> disable that crap until I actually want to do some config stuff.
>>
>> Edit -> Settings does not seem to offer a way to turn off hot keys
>> (?). All I can suggest is that you slow down and concentrate on your
>> fingers.
> 
> It's difficult to prevent accidentally executing commands, but
> you can prevent their altering your configuration by making
> the latter readonly. Myself, I use that trick with mc, so that
> it always starts in the same state, and any configuration changes
> I do make (sorting, backup/hidden file visibility, etc) are
> temporary and local, only lasting till I quit that instance.
> 
> Cheers,
> David.
> 
> .

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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call me puzzled. gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-12 14:40 +0100
  Thunderbird filters (was: call me puzzled.) Arno Lehmann <al@its-lehmann.de> - 2024-01-12 14:50 +0100
    Re: Thunderbird filters David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-01-12 22:00 +0100
      Re: Thunderbird filters gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-13 03:20 +0100
        Re: Thunderbird filters David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-01-14 11:00 +0100
          Re: Thunderbird filters gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-14 17:00 +0100
            Re: Thunderbird filters Arno Lehmann <al@its-lehmann.de> - 2024-01-14 17:20 +0100
              Re: Thunderbird filters gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-14 23:10 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-01-14 23:30 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-15 02:00 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters Arno Lehmann <al@its-lehmann.de> - 2024-01-15 01:00 +0100
            Re: Thunderbird filters David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-01-15 02:30 +0100
              Re: Thunderbird filters Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-01-15 15:10 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-01-15 22:30 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-01-16 03:40 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-01-16 06:40 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird filters Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-01-16 16:20 +0100
          Re: Thunderbird filters David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-01-14 17:20 +0100
            Re: Thunderbird filters gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-14 23:20 +0100
              Re: Thunderbird filters Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2024-01-15 00:20 +0100
              Re: Thunderbird filters David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-01-15 01:50 +0100
            Re: Thunderbird filters David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-01-15 02:20 +0100
        Re: Thunderbird filters Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-01-14 17:50 +0100
          Re: Thunderbird filters gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-14 23:20 +0100
  Re: call me puzzled. gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-15 00:20 +0100
    Re: call me puzzled. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-01-15 21:00 +0100
      Re: call me puzzled. <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-01-15 21:10 +0100
        Re: call me puzzled. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-01-16 05:10 +0100
          Re: call me puzzled. <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-01-16 07:00 +0100
      Re: call me puzzled. gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-01-16 00:20 +0100

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