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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

* 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.

* Locate your profile folder.

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'.