address list should be able to be moved.

[Andrew Frank]

Binary package hint: mozilla-thunderbird

i use a dual-boot (XP ubuntu 6.10) and use the same mail folders from both sides. unfortunately the address list is not shared - thus addresses entered under XP are not available under ubunty. how can this be corrected.
suggestion:
allow the address file location to be changed like the folder location - to make it possible to have it in a FAT32 partition.

(besides: bug in location of folder in Thunderbird XP: the new location is active only after closing the thunderbird and restart. before, clicking on an email gives an error : location ... not found.

[Bugzilla-standard8 (bugzilla-standard8)]

Theres an existing bug on this somewhere. AFAIK we've never supported address
books outside of the profile folder.

[Zug-treno (zug-treno)]

Related to Suite bug 143451?

[Mozilla-jorgk (mozilla-jorgk)]

> Related to Suite bug 143451?

Yes. But I noticed that the relative path feature in 1.0.6. doesn't work in 1.5
any more, so thinks have gotten worse.

[Hakon-waage (hakon-waage)]

The matter has been confirmed and is present in the final release of TB 1.5 see this thread:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2030615#2030615

Hope it can be corrected.

Thanks.

[Beaglecat47 (beaglecat47)]

I have been looking for an email client that supports global folders and contacts. I finally found it (TB), but reports say global contacts no longer work in 1.5 I hope this gets corrected. I want to move away from Outlook as my email client and start using TB, but may have to wait to see what happens with this.

[Mcvenner (mcvenner)]

I transitioned to Thunderbird in January of 2005; aware of, and distressed by, Suite bug 143451 (the inability to target an address book via an absolute path) but tolerant on account of the viability of relative-path (vis-à-vis the user's profile directory) targeting. Unlike the reporter (Jorg K), I only download final releases so my experience with Thunderbird v1.5 can be measured in mere minutes but, confirming his comment of 2005-09-30, things HAVE gotten worse in this regard.

Why, after nearly four months, is this bug (310454) still tagged UNCONFIRMED? Lack of a feature is one thing but loss of a feature, especially when inadvertent, is quite another. Is this to be addressed?

[Bugzilla-standard8 (bugzilla-standard8)]

*** Bug 329420 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Mattcoe (mattcoe)]

Okay, seriously, this bug is still out there. I'm trying to share my email folders between Ubuntu and WinXP partitions (out of necessity, they're stored on the XP partition), and I can't see anything when I pull up Thunderbird in Ubuntu. All the folders are there, but when I open one up, I get the throbber and nothing happens. This is blocking my use of Thunderbird!

[Andrew Frank (frank-geoinfo)]

Binary package hint: mozilla-thunderbird

i use a dual-boot (XP ubuntu 6.10) and use the same mail folders from both sides. unfortunately the address list is not shared - thus addresses entered under XP are not available under ubunty. how can this be corrected.
suggestion:
allow the address file location to be changed like the folder location - to make it possible to have it in a FAT32 partition.

(besides: bug in location of folder in Thunderbird XP: the new location is active only after closing the thunderbird and restart. before, clicking on an email gives an error : location ... not found.

[Alex Latchford (alex.latchford)]

Howdy Andrew,

Thank you for the bug report, I agree with your comments and have sent this bug upstream for the guys at Mozilla to take a look at, hopefully they will take it from here.

Thanks again, Alex.

[Mkmelin+mozilla (mkmelin+mozilla)]

*** Bug 369185 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Alex Latchford (alex.latchford)]

Setting this to watch the original bug, not the one I reported.

[Gary-rumblingedge (gary-rumblingedge)]

Reporter, does this issue still occur in the latest 2.0.0.14 / trunk nightlies?

[Gary-rumblingedge (gary-rumblingedge)]

No additional useful information since last comment -> resolving incomplete.

Please comment if the issue still occurs in the latest supported 2.0.0.14 / trunk nightlies.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Closing this bug since EDgy has reached EOS and has not been updated to reflect recent versions of Ubuntu nor Thunderbird. If this happens on 7.04 and up please comment and leave as much info as you can, Also please comment on the upstream report as to what version it happens on and so on.