OT: Thunderbird spontaneously unsubscribing folders.

[Rolf Turner]

On 13/07/14 09:11, poma wrote:

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>>> Always try to contact the admins if there are problems.
>>> It is always good practice.
>>
>> I have in the past not found the U. of Auckland IT people to be very
>> helpful.  They don't like the fact that I am using my own laptop on
>> which I have superuser privileges and am thus not under their complete
>> control.  Also they are Windoze oriented, with Ubuntu insisted upon if
>> one insists on running Linux.  Fedora is a no-no.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Rolf Turner
>>
>
> Théâtre de l'Absurde.

Indeed.

> BTW I see you've solved it with the TBird upgrade, however man,
> do not stay on Fedora 17, upgrade or start fresh with the CentOS, really.

Well, I have managed to upgrade Thunderbird, modulo a wee glitch (which 
may be irrelevant anyway) with which Ed Greshko may be able to help me.

It remains to be seen whether this will have any impact upon the 
"subscribe" problems that I have from time to time.  (I am inclined to 
doubt it.)

I agree that I should upgrade or move to CentOS.  I like the latter 
idea; if I understand correctly what I read on this list, CentOS is more 
stable and less demanding.

I hesitate to do such a "radical" thing however lest I break something 
and leave myself essentially bereft of computer.  I can't afford to do 
that.  As I have said a couple of times previously, I have insufficient 
knowledge of Linux myself and have no local resources to draw on to 
compensate for this insufficiency.

In particular, installing a new OS or upgrading an old one often seems 
to involve mucking about with "partitions" of the hard drive.  I don't 
grok partitions and when I get called upon, by an installer program, to 
make some choice in respect of partitions I collapse in terror lest my 
choice causes some vital part of the file system to be erased.

cheers,

Rolf Turner