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* FAQ.

See

  http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq

  http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/tips

  http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs

* Profile.

** Profile location.

xxxxxxxx is a random string of 8 characters.

 - %AppData%\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\

                Windows

 - C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles

                Windows XP/2000

 - C:\users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\

                Windows Vista

 - C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\

                Windows 95/98/Me

 -  ~/.thunderbird/xxxxxxxx.default/

    ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/xxxxxxxx.default/

                Linux

 - ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/xxxxxxxx.default/

                Mac OS X

** Customization.

These files do not exist by default, so you need to create it before you can

start adding your preferences:

  <profile-dir>/chrome/userChrome.css

  <profile-dir>/chrome/userContent.css

  <profile-dir>/user.js

** userChrome.css

This file sets the display rules for various elements in the Thunderbird user

interface.

** userContent.css

Thqis file sets the display rules for web content.

** user.js

This is the additional preferences file for Thunderbird.

* Make newsgroup names appear expanded, not abbreviated.

The newsgroup server names appear abbreviated in the folder pane. To display

the full name, use the Config Editor to change the value of the preference

'mail.server.default.abbreviate' to 'false'.

* Date amd time.

  http://kb.mozillazine.org/Date_display_format

** Windows.

Start ==> Control Panel ==> Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options ==> Regional and Language Options

      ==> Customize ==> Customize Regional Options

  http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307938