Re: OT: Stupid Thunderbird Problem

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Author: Stephen Partington
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Subject: Re: OT: Stupid Thunderbird Problem
I kind of have stuff for you to putter with, but no budget to you. besides
part of what I want is to learn it anyhow.

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 5:24 PM Eric Oyen <> wrote:

> Hey, these things happen. :)
>
> Btw, speaking of tech support, does anyone have a need for someone who can
> manage a few systems? I can bring my own access technology if needed. I am
> finding myself in a bit of a financial swamp right now (more like I am in
> over my head) and an extra $500 a month would go a long way toward getting
> me clear of the issues. The only hitch is how it’s going to affect my
> disability payments. However, if it turns into a full time position that
> pays much better than I get now (which is about $10k/year) it could relieve
> a lot of stress.
>
> I could work from the telephone if need be.
>
> Anyway, if anyone has a good idea for this blind technologist, I’m game.
>
> -Eric
>
>
> On Oct 3, 2018, at 12:06 PM, Victor Odhner <> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Eric.
>
> Your comments led me to follow several angles, but nothing worked. But it
> steered me in a direction that got past the error.
>
> At one point I bought Growl but found that the link for Thunderbird is
> locked out.
>
> Then I found a page about Mozilla logging:
>
>     https://wiki.mozilla.org/MailNews:Logging

>
> I ran Thunderbird from the command line to turn on logging.
>
> It didn’t log anything, just a start-up message, but Thunderbird did not
> have the error in that mode. I finished moving my emails to the Zoho
> account.
>
> So, thanks for the support. You sort of nudged me towards a solution. I
> guess I’ll never know what the complaint was from Zoho.
>
> _______________
>
> On 20181003, at 01:23, Eric Oyen <> wrote:
>
> Check for notifications in the system preferences. There’s a notifications
> preferences pane and in there will be the apps that have accessed it. You
> can also change the amount of time that the message will display.
>
> Btw, I have the same issue when trying to read notifications with the
> screen reader.
>
> Btw, you can also try control+option+F1 and see if the notifications show
> up in there (they do on my high Sierra system).
>
> -Eric
> Blind computer user, Mac and Linux guru.
>
> On Oct 3, 2018, at 1:14 AM, Victor Odhner <> wrote:
>
> Using Thunderbird on my Macbook.
> It has my old and new accounts.
> I have been moving old messages from Yahoo to Zoho.
>
> Some moves don’t work, and I get a notification in a little bubble that
> appears fleetingly in the upper right-hand corner, something like a notice
> of an incoming email.
>
> The notice appears within a couple of seconds, and the punch line of the
> message does not fit in the message bubble.
> Clicking on the bubble just makes it disappear more quickly.
>
> *So my question: where do I find the complete message?*
> I looked around for logs, but can’t find them.
>
> Thanks,
> Victor
>
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