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T-Bird 102.2.2 (64-bit) ..weirdness
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bad sector
2022-09-14 16:30:09 UTC
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Having composed this message, I run spell-check on it but spellcheck doesn't launch (only flickers) if I have highlighted a complete paragraph or several complete ones.

Then, when I click on "Send" I get a hung message about 'Assembling mesage ..done' but nothing sends. Then if I save as draft and reload the message after restarting T-Bird it sends immediately (but not every time).
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John McCue
2022-09-14 16:50:50 UTC
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Post by bad sector
Having composed this message, I run spell-check on it
but spellcheck doesn't launch (only flickers) if I have
highlighted a complete paragraph or several complete ones.
Then, when I click on "Send" I get a hung message about
'Assembling mesage ..done' but nothing sends. Then if
I save as draft and reload the message after restarting
T-Bird it sends immediately (but not every time).
I cannot help with this, but --

Since Slackware tends to use unpatched software,
you may want to ask in this group:

alt.comp.software.thunderbird

It is rather active and you may get a decent answer.
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bad sector
2022-09-15 01:01:54 UTC
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Post by John McCue
Post by bad sector
Having composed this message, I run spell-check on it but spellcheck
doesn't launch (only flickers) if I have highlighted a complete
paragraph or several complete ones.
Then, when I click on "Send" I get a hung message about 'Assembling
mesage ..done' but nothing sends. Then if I save as draft and reload
the message after restarting T-Bird it sends immediately (but not every
time).
I cannot help with this, but --
Since Slackware tends to use unpatched software, you may want to ask in
alt.comp.software.thunderbird
It is rather active and you may get a decent answer.
Thanks, taking a closer look at pan for now :-)
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DM=Unknown,DE=lightdm,ST=tty,grub2,GPT,
BIOS-boot,CMI8788-Oxygen.
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Dan C
2022-09-20 18:20:29 UTC
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Post by bad sector
Having composed this message, I run spell-check on it but spellcheck
doesn't launch (only flickers) if I have highlighted a complete
paragraph or several complete ones.
Then, when I click on "Send" I get a hung message about 'Assembling
mesage ..done' but nothing sends. Then if I save as draft and reload
the message after restarting T-Bird it sends immediately (but not every
time).
Use a newsreader (I recommand Pan) instead of an email client.
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bad sector
2022-09-20 22:04:50 UTC
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Post by Dan C
Post by bad sector
Having composed this message, I run spell-check on it but spellcheck
doesn't launch (only flickers) if I have highlighted a complete
paragraph or several complete ones.
Then, when I click on "Send" I get a hung message about 'Assembling
mesage ..done' but nothing sends. Then if I save as draft and reload
the message after restarting T-Bird it sends immediately (but not every
time).
Use a newsreader (I recommand Pan) instead of an email client.
I'm working on it but am constrained to T-bird right now because my last
6 postings with Pan under Devuan all failed. Pan complains about a bad
email address and makes like it sends, but the message in the Sent
folder with the Subject line at the correct time is an empty page.
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bad sector
2022-09-21 12:13:40 UTC
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Post by Dan C
Post by bad sector
Having composed this message, I run spell-check on it but spellcheck
doesn't launch (only flickers) if I have highlighted a complete
paragraph or several complete ones.
Then, when I click on "Send" I get a hung message about 'Assembling
mesage ..done' but nothing sends. Then if I save as draft and reload
the message after restarting T-Bird it sends immediately (but not
every time).
Use a newsreader (I recommand Pan) instead of an email client.
I'm working on it but am constrained to T-bird right now because my last
6 postings with Pan under Devuan all failed. Pan complains about a bad
email address and makes like it sends, but the message in the Sent
folder with the Subject line at the correct time is an empty page.
no such problem under Slackware
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bad sector
2022-09-21 12:18:27 UTC
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Post by Dan C
Post by bad sector
Having composed this message, I run spell-check on it but spellcheck
doesn't launch (only flickers) if I have highlighted a complete
paragraph or several complete ones.
Then, when I click on "Send" I get a hung message about 'Assembling
mesage ..done' but nothing sends. Then if I save as draft and reload
the message after restarting T-Bird it sends immediately (but not
every time).
Use a newsreader (I recommand Pan) instead of an email client.
I'm working on it but am constrained to T-bird right now because my
last 6 postings with Pan under Devuan all failed. Pan complains about a
bad email address and makes like it sends, but the message in the Sent
folder with the Subject line at the correct time is an empty page.
no such problem under Slackware
Sorry, wrong preposition wrong conclusion, it's starting to be a great
day!

The text not appearing in the Sent folder IS a problem but the one
plaguing me under Devuan was that the message just didn't get sent, two
different issues.
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Henrik Carlqvist
2022-09-22 06:46:15 UTC
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Post by bad sector
The text not appearing in the Sent folder IS a problem but the one
plaguing me under Devuan was that the message just didn't get sent, two
different issues.
It was many years since I configured pan, but since then it has simply
just worked.

The menu "Edit"/"Edit News Servers" is the place to start. Your news
server provider should be able to provide you with the information to put
in there. I do not use any email address in that dialog, instead I simply
have a username at my news server provider.

regards Henrik
bad sector
2022-09-22 12:30:42 UTC
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Post by Henrik Carlqvist
Post by bad sector
The text not appearing in the Sent folder IS a problem but the one
plaguing me under Devuan was that the message just didn't get sent, two
different issues.
It was many years since I configured pan, but since then it has simply
just worked.
The menu "Edit"/"Edit News Servers" is the place to start. Your news
server provider should be able to provide you with the information to put
in there. I do not use any email address in that dialog, instead I simply
have a username at my news server provider.
regards Henrik
Thank you, that's what I have set up, currently booted
into Suse-Leap, Pan seems to work except when this post
is saved to 'draft' it will show no text body when selected
(I didn't close the composition window).

The other invisibles and non-posting are an issue when
using Devuan (Tuesdays), maybe some other distro(s). I'm
tinkering with the use of a single remote .pan2 folder
linked into my user directory in all distros.
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bad sector
2022-09-22 13:02:16 UTC
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Post by Henrik Carlqvist
Post by bad sector
The text not appearing in the Sent folder IS a problem but the one
plaguing me under Devuan was that the message just didn't get sent, two
different issues.
It was many years since I configured pan, but since then it has simply
just worked.
The menu "Edit"/"Edit News Servers" is the place to start. Your news
server provider should be able to provide you with the information to put
in there. I do not use any email address in that dialog, instead I simply
have a username at my news server provider.
regards Henrik
Thank you, that's what I have set up, currently booted
into Suse-Leap, Pan seems to work except when this post
is saved to 'draft' it will show no text body when selected
(I didn't close the composition window).
The other invisibles and non-posting are an issue when
using Devuan (Tuesdays), maybe some other distro(s). I'm
tinkering with the use of a single remote .pan2 folder
linked into my user directory in all distros.
I don't wanna x-post but see my last @
news.software.readers
idf: <fy2dnavgsrDGwbH-***@giganews.com>

looks like a current-session issue

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