Hi,
I have ubuntu with thunderbird running smoothly. But it is (like my whoile system) iinstalled in Dutch. This is my mother language, so not a problem there. But when I reply to email it says something like "the other person SCHREEF (= "wrote" in Dutch). Since I mainly use it for my website I have the majority of my emails in English. How do I change this back to english so I don't have to constantly change it back manually?
I hope somebody can help me!
How to change thunderbird language to english?
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I suggest you try the Chromedit2 extension. I don't know if it works under Linux, but under Windows it will create the optional files userContent.css, userChrome.css and user.js in the correct location when necessary.
As for the header, insert the following code into the (optional) user.js file:
As for the header, insert the following code into the (optional) user.js file:
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// Change the reply header
// 0 - No Reply-Text
// 1 - "[Author] wrote:"
// 2 - "On [date] [author] wrote:"
// 3 - User-defined reply header. Use the prefs below in conjuction with this:
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_type", 3);
// If you set 3 for the pref above then you may set the following prefs.
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_authorwrote", "%s wrote the following");
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_ondate", "on %s");
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_separator", " ");
user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_colon", ":");
// The end result will be [authorwrote][separator][ondate][colon]
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You do not need any extension just to change a preference. In the article I referred you to, follow one of the links near the top—preference settings or about:config.
This topic has nothing to do with userContent.css, but if you want to work with it for some other purpose, see its article in the knowledge base: http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserContent.css
This topic has nothing to do with userContent.css, but if you want to work with it for some other purpose, see its article in the knowledge base: http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserContent.css
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Re: How to change thunderbird language to english?
Hi,
I have the same problem. (Hungarian->Englisch)
It works for reply, but I have no option by forwarding.
I cannot change the hungarian header by forwarding to Original Message.
I havent find any option.
Do somebody know, how to change it for forwarding mails?
I have the same problem. (Hungarian->Englisch)
It works for reply, but I have no option by forwarding.
I cannot change the hungarian header by forwarding to Original Message.
I havent find any option.
Do somebody know, how to change it for forwarding mails?
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Re: How to change thunderbird language to english?
You have posted to a thread that died out two years ago. Please start a new topic and provide details of the problem you are having, including the version of Thunderbird that you are now using.
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