Font Size in Thunderbird is not "Sticky"

[Scott Ochiltree]

Binary package hint: thunderbird

I am an enthusiastic newcomer to Ubuntu Linux (v7.10) and to Thunderbird and Firefox. Accordingly, please excuse me if my suggestion is stupid. I am not a developer, but I am an experienced Windows XP user and a part-time home computer software and hardware technician. I also do volunteer work involving WinTel computers, and may try to switch them over to Linus.

My problem is that the font size in Thunderbird is not "sticky." I want to set it and keep it at 14 point, but the program keeps defaulting into extra-extra-large. Recommend an interface change whereby the user can select font size in points (as is the case with Windows Outlook Express), and that font size will stay in place until a new entry by the user changes it.

I do not want to seem ungrateful for all your impressive work, but this is potentially a "show stopper" for me. I tried the Claws e-mail client, but it is so stripped down that one cannot set font size or style in it.

Best Regards, Scott Ochiltree.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 23 22:47:42 2007
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: mozilla-thunderbird None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mozilla-thunderbird.list]
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: thunderbird
Uname: Linux scott-desktop 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[ajs (asimha)]

2nd user:
Also found in version 2.0.0.14 (20080505).
I set my font to courier new 10. WHen i respond to an email in html. By default my response is at the bottom of the original email. If i continue to type at the bottom (below the original message), the font and size is as set by me. However, if i try to respond "inline" the font changes to "variable width" size changes to 16 (I think it is 16). This is annoying to change it back to courier and size each time if you are responding to 30 or 50 messages each day.

My work around (not happy with it) has been to respond to all email in plain text.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10?

[ajs (asimha)]

I no longer use linux and t-bird. MOved to Mac.
Sorry I can't help test this any more.

/ajay

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From: Daniel T Chen <email address hidden>
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Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 1:58:50 AM
Subject: [Bug 164787] Re: Font Size in Thunderbird is not "Sticky"

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10?

** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!