Excuse me Please:
Where might one find the option to prevent/disable Lightning from presenting the Welcome to Thunderbird?
As well as all the incessant "Sorry - we are unable to communicate with our sign-in server,..."
Funny,.. I do not recall ever telling either program to communicate with anyone,...
(Lightning being used as a Stand-alone Calendar only)
Thank you for the assistance.
CAH
Prevent/Disable Lightning from Displaying Welcome to window
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Re: Prevent/Disable Lightning from Displaying Welcome to win
Try setting the mail.provider.enabled preference to false, then restart.
Account Provisioning
http://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozil ... ovisioning
There is a sneaky preference to suppress the "Mail Account Setup" dialog, but it deletes itself after suppression.
Reference
http://dxr.mozilla.org/comm-esr52/searc ... on_startup
Account Provisioning
http://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozil ... ovisioning
There is a sneaky preference to suppress the "Mail Account Setup" dialog, but it deletes itself after suppression.
Reference
http://dxr.mozilla.org/comm-esr52/searc ... on_startup
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Re: Prevent/Disable Lightning from Displaying Welcome to win
Thank you once again morat for your input,...
might I ask in which file I may find the mentioned provider reference to edit?
might I ask in which file I may find the mentioned provider reference to edit?
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Re: Prevent/Disable Lightning from Displaying Welcome to win
Here are instructions to toggle a preference in the config editor.
http://support.mozilla.org/kb/config-editor
The mail.provider.enabled preference set to false disables the Welcome to Thunderbird dialog.
http://support.mozilla.org/kb/config-editor
The mail.provider.enabled preference set to false disables the Welcome to Thunderbird dialog.
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Re: Prevent/Disable Lightning from Displaying Welcome to win
Thank you again Morat,
I found to edit about:config(prefs.js) I actually had to go to Tools/Options/Advanced/General tab (Advanced Configuration) [Config Editor...] button.
However, yes, the program is now presenting a Mail Account Setup dialog box.
So if I may ask, what is the preference to prevent TB from presenting an Account Setup dialog box?
I found to edit about:config(prefs.js) I actually had to go to Tools/Options/Advanced/General tab (Advanced Configuration) [Config Editor...] button.
However, yes, the program is now presenting a Mail Account Setup dialog box.
So if I may ask, what is the preference to prevent TB from presenting an Account Setup dialog box?
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Re: Prevent/Disable Lightning from Displaying Welcome to win
Here are the only two workarounds that I know of.
1. (for normal users)
2. (for advanced users)
Try locking the mail.provider.suppress_dialog_on_startup preference to true using the autoconfig.js and mozilla.cfg files.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installation_directory
* <installation folder>\defaults\pref\autoconfig.js
* <installation folder>\mozilla.cfg
1. (for normal users)
More info: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... &t=2225351ShortFuse wrote:Why don't you just set Thunderbird up with a free new email account and just not use it. Configure the server settings never to get mail. That will do away with the constant mail set up.
2. (for advanced users)
Try locking the mail.provider.suppress_dialog_on_startup preference to true using the autoconfig.js and mozilla.cfg files.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installation_directory
* <installation folder>\defaults\pref\autoconfig.js
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// autoconfig.js file needs to start with a comment line
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);
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// mozilla.cfg file needs to start with a comment line
lockPref("mail.provider.suppress_dialog_on_startup", true);
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Re: Prevent/Disable Lightning from Displaying Welcome to win
whoa! Lots to absorb,...
However, that is what I so appreciate about Open Source: the ability to configure applications to the Nth degree!
Thank You!
CAH
However, that is what I so appreciate about Open Source: the ability to configure applications to the Nth degree!
Thank You!
CAH