Paging the Thunderbird users

Users of Thunderbird 3 will have noticed that posts from Google groups
muck up the threading. To fix this go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced ->
General (tab) -> Config Editor… (button) and change the values for
mail.correct_threading to false
mail.strict_threading to false
mail.thread_without_re to true
then go to Edit -> Newsgroup Properties and clicked the Repair folder
and lo, proper threading
This has been a PSA

 

Bad form but I should also say that it will also cause all your headers
to be re-downloaded (over 65,000 for me on this group) and will lose all
the threads you've marked ignore.

 

Even if you've marked all as read? Plus I limit my downloads to 300
headers max. On the odd time I use tbird, it's at home at the weekends.
Though now I've got Groundhog on the phone, I might not even bother with
tbird.

Thanks anyway, the threading mess was getting annoying, but I didn't
know/care why it was happening until now.

 

And a bloody useful one too! Thanks for that.

 

Don't suppose you can tell me how to set a proper sig in Gravity
perchance?

My version (the latest according to the website) just bombs out as soon
as I pick the signature tab.
It won't let me do a bloody thing, and I'm fed up typing the sig at
t'bottom.

 

How do you set it up to read google.

Eternal-September is always being a pain.

 

Sorry, I've no idea. Why bother though when your sig is the same as your
'From' name

 

Sorry, I don't understand the question. Thunderbird has a newsreader.
You can point it at any news server. Google Groups is a service from
Google that supports discussion groups, including many Usenet
newsgroups. You can't access GG directly from a newsreader.

 

Then why bother? We can see your ID in the thread pane, and again in
your header at teh top of your post. We know who you are - save
yourself the unneccessary grief.

 

Good point, Don't really know why I bothered in the first place.

 

Who are you?

 

<nails dig into palms>