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| From | "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
| Subject | Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post |
| Date | 2026-08-17 13:04 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <neg85oFsr8kU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <115qsv4$3pm27$1@dont-email.me> <115qtg3$3ppi3$1@dont-email.me> <115ri74$3tuk9$1@dont-email.me> <115t0kk$dh1p$1@dont-email.me> <115t6nr$fca6$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2026-08-16 22:31, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 8/16/26 11:47, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>> On 2026/8/16 6:35:32, The Real Bev wrote:
>> []
>>> I wish there were ways to write-protect messages (and firefox tabs).
>>> Just starring or tagging isn't good enough.
>>>
>> By write-protect, do you mean protect from deletion, for messages? (For
>> tabs - I'm Edge - I don't have many problems of deletion: my main one is
>> accidental drag-tp-(make-)new-window.)
>
> Messages in TB and tabs in FF. I want to delete a lot of the mail I
> get, but I'd like some to NEVER be deleted. Moving it elsewhere is
> undesirable. For some inexplicable reason FF tabs delete themselves
> sometimes and I'd just as soon have that controllable. "Pinning" just
> makes them invisible, which seems wrong on several levels.
>
> FF does that drag-to-new-window thing too, which is miserably annoying.
> Who even wants such a thing?
>
Mail can not be protected from deletion because the engine in the back
(imap) does not support that feature, so forget it. Just move or copy
mail elsewhere.
I have never seen FFx tabs disappear, and I have thousands of them. I
use Linux, though.
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.
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Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-15 22:15 +0100
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-08-15 15:10 -0700
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post None <none@none.none> - 2026-08-15 17:25 -0500
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-08-15 16:32 -0700
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-16 00:41 +0100
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-08-15 22:35 -0700
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-16 19:47 +0100
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-08-16 13:31 -0700
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-08-16 23:53 +0200
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-08-16 15:06 -0700
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-17 13:04 +0200
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-17 13:35 +0100
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-17 14:52 +0200
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-17 15:12 +0100
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-17 19:45 +0200
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 12:17 -0700
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-17 16:10 -0400
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 12:12 -0700
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-17 16:50 -0400
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-16 10:13 +0100
Re: Keyboard shortcut for keep ("star") a post "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-16 19:55 +0100
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