Thunderbird filters -

[Paul Cartwright]

On 04/24/2015 06:11 PM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>> -- Paul Cartwright
> Yes, I understand what you are telling me but perhaps my responses
> have not been clear?
>
> I quit Thunderbird.
>
> I did:    gedit
> /home/bobg/.thunderbird/1blpa2ks.default/Mail/pop.googlemail.com/msgFilterRules.dat
>
>
> and deleted the section for centos, saved, checked to see it was gone,
> then restarted Thunderbird.
>
> The Centos directory remains!

no gedit, no editing files. You need to use a file manager ( thunar?)
and navigate to:
/home/bobg/.thunderbird/1blpa2ks.default/Mail/pop.googlemail.com/

look for 2 filenames, centos and centos.msf . DELETE THE FILES. then
start thunderbird.

-- 
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux User #367800 and new counter #561587