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user.js:
user_pref("mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new", true); user_pref("mail.server.default.check_all_folders_for_new", true); user_pref("mail.imap.expunge_after_delete", true); user_pref("mail.password_protect_local_cache", true); user_pref("alerts.totalOpenTime", 4000); user_pref("extensions.enigmail.addHeaders” , false); user_pref("general.useragent.override", ""); user_pref("layout.word_select.eat_space_to_next_word", false); user_pref("layout.word_select.stop_at_punctuation", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll", false); #user_pref("browser.cache.disk.parent_directory", "/mnt/ramdisk"); user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 65535); user_pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", false); user_pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 65535); user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", true); user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", true); user_pref("browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl", false); user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_authorwrote", "%s "); user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_locale", "sl_SI"); user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_ondate", "@ %s"); user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_separator", ""); user_pref("mailnews.reply_header_type", 3); user_pref("network.http.sendRefererHeader", 1); user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true); user_pref("general.useragent.override", ""); user_pref("mailnews.default_sort_order", 1); user_pref("mailnews.default_sort_type", 18); user_pref("mailnews.default_view_flags", 1);
To apply sorting order to all folders you must delete index files in Thunderbird profile folder:
find . -iname *.msf -exec rm -v '{}' \;
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