[16998db6] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[16998db6] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[e2ae0e7] | 7 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-http
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[f3eb6d99] | 8 | "http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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[e2ae0e7] | 9 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-download-ftp
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| 10 | "ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/&thunderbird-version;/source/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.source.tar.bz2">
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[604ba3d8] | 11 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-md5sum "0134c67c30e8598f2a64ea004d5bc4bc">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-size "99 MB">
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[3d9aec91] | 13 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-buildsize "1.1 GB (42 MB installed)">
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[02d3b95] | 14 | <!ENTITY thunderbird-time "26 SBU">
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[adb388a] | 15 |
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[16998db6] | 16 | ]>
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| 17 |
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[d1981e0] | 18 | <sect1 id="thunderbird" xreflabel="Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;">
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[1c5e617] | 19 | <?dbhtml filename="thunderbird.html" ?>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <sect1info>
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| 22 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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[55329727] | 23 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[1c5e617] | 24 | </sect1info>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <title>Thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</title>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird">
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| 29 | <primary sortas="a-Thunderbird">Thunderbird</primary>
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| 30 | </indexterm>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 33 | <title>Introduction to Thunderbird</title>
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| 34 |
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[d41c02b] | 35 | <para>
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| 36 | <application>Thunderbird</application> is a stand-alone mail/news client
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[604ba3d8] | 37 | based on the <application>Mozilla</application> codebase. It uses the
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| 38 | Gecko rendering engine to enable it to display and compose HTML emails.
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[d41c02b] | 39 | </para>
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[b9b1a372] | 40 |
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[4c77a949] | 41 | &lfs71_checked;
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[1c5e617] | 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 46 | <para>
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| 47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-http;"/>
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| 48 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&thunderbird-download-ftp;"/>
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| 53 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download MD5 sum: &thunderbird-md5sum;
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| 58 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download size: &thunderbird-size;
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| 63 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Estimated disk space required: &thunderbird-buildsize;
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| 68 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Estimated build time: &thunderbird-time;
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| 73 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </itemizedlist>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Thunderbird Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[d41c02b] | 80 | <para role="required">
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| 81 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
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| 82 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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| 83 | <xref linkend="zip"/> and
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| 84 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>
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| 85 | </para>
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| 86 |
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[1c5e617] | 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[d41c02b] | 88 | <para role="optional">
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| 89 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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| 90 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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| 91 | <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/> and <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>
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| 92 | (for integration with the old version of <application>Gnome</application>),
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| 93 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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| 94 | <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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| 95 | <xref linkend="nspr"/>,
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| 96 | <xref linkend="startup-notification"/>,
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| 97 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
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| 98 | <xref linkend="yasm"/> (or <xref linkend="libvpx"/>),
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| 99 | <ulink url="http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/">Hunspell</ulink>,
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| 100 | <ulink url="http://libevent.org/">Libevent</ulink>,
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| 101 | <ulink url="http://www.valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink> (only for testing
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| 102 | the jemalloc code) and
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| 103 | <xref linkend="wget"/>
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| 104 | </para>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 107 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Thunderbird"/>
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| 108 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 109 | </sect2>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 112 | <title>Installation of Thunderbird</title>
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| 113 |
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[d41c02b] | 114 | <para>
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| 115 | The configuration of <application>Thunderbird</application> is
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| 116 | accomplished by creating a <filename>mozconfig</filename> file containing
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| 117 | the desired configuration options. A default
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| 118 | <filename>mozconfig</filename> is created below. To see the entire list of
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| 119 | available configuration options (and a brief description of each), issue
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| 120 | <command>./configure --help</command>. Create the file with the following
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| 121 | command:
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| 122 | </para>
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[adb388a] | 123 |
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[0adc5d50] | 124 | <screen><userinput>cat > mozconfig << "EOF"
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[b9b1a372] | 125 | # If you have a multicore machine you can speed up the build by running
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| 126 | # several jobs at once, but if you have a single core, delete this line:
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| 127 | mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-j4"
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[9671f10] | 128 |
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[b9b1a372] | 129 | # If you have installed Yasm delete this option:
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| 130 | ac_add_options --disable-webm
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[9671f10] | 131 |
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[b9b1a372] | 132 | # If you have installed DBus-Glib delete this option:
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[f207d239] | 133 | ac_add_options --disable-dbus
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| 134 |
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[b9b1a372] | 135 | # If you have installed wireless-tools delete this option:
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[9671f10] | 136 | ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi
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| 137 |
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[b9b1a372] | 138 | # If you have installed libnotify delete this option:
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[9671f10] | 139 | ac_add_options --disable-libnotify
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| 140 |
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[02d3b95] | 141 | # Uncomment these if you have installed them:
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[b9b1a372] | 142 | # ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
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[a0ace670] | 143 | # ac_add_options --enable-system-hunspell
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[5f5dcc2] | 144 | # ac_add_options --enable-system-sqlite
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[7133ec2] | 145 | # ac_add_options --with-system-libevent
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[5f5dcc2] | 146 | # ac_add_options --with-system-libvpx
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| 147 | # ac_add_options --with-system-nspr
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| 148 | # ac_add_options --with-system-nss
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[f207d239] | 149 |
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[b9b1a372] | 150 | mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/thunderbuild
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[5f5dcc2] | 151 | ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
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| 152 | ac_add_options --disable-debug
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[604ba3d8] | 153 | ac_add_options --disable-debug-symbols
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[5f5dcc2] | 154 | ac_add_options --disable-installer
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| 155 | ac_add_options --disable-static
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| 156 | ac_add_options --disable-tests
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| 157 | ac_add_options --disable-updater
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[f207d239] | 158 | ac_add_options --enable-official-branding
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[5f5dcc2] | 159 | ac_add_options --enable-shared
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| 160 | ac_add_options --enable-system-cairo
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[b9b1a372] | 161 | ac_add_options --enable-system-ffi
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[de930747] | 162 | ac_add_options --prefix=/usr
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[5f5dcc2] | 163 | ac_add_options --with-pthreads
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[a0ace670] | 164 | ac_add_options --with-system-jpeg
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| 165 | ac_add_options --with-system-png
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| 166 | ac_add_options --with-system-zlib
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[adb388a] | 167 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 168 |
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[d41c02b] | 169 | <para>
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| 170 | Compile <application>Thunderbird</application> by issuing the following
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| 171 | commands:
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| 172 | </para>
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[adb388a] | 173 |
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[604ba3d8] | 174 | <screen><userinput>make -f client.mk &&
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[b9b1a372] | 175 | make -C thunderbuild/mail/installer</userinput></screen>
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[99a80f7] | 176 |
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[604ba3d8] | 177 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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[bc6cf88] | 178 |
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[d41c02b] | 179 | <para>
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| 180 | Install <application>Thunderbird</application> by running the following
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| 181 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 182 | </para>
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[99a80f7] | 183 |
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[eb5f847a] | 184 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version; &&
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[2d7d257e] | 185 | tar xf thunderbuild/mozilla/dist/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;.en-US.linux-$(uname -m).tar.bz2 \
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[5f5dcc2] | 186 | -C /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version; --strip-components=1 &&
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[eb5f847a] | 187 | ln -sfv ../lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;/thunderbird /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
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[de930747] | 188 |
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| 189 | <para>
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| 190 | The above instructions just install the parts you need to run
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| 191 | <application>Thunderbird</application>. Alternatively, if you want to
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| 192 | install the full <application>Thunderbird</application> development
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[604ba3d8] | 193 | environment, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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[de930747] | 194 | </para>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -C thunderbuild install</userinput></screen>
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[dfff7ace] | 197 | </sect2>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 200 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 201 |
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[d41c02b] | 202 | <para>
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| 203 | <command>make -f client.mk</command>: Mozilla products are packaged to
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| 204 | allow the use of a configuration file which can be used to pass the
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| 205 | configuration settings to the <command>configure</command> command.
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| 206 | <command>make</command> uses the <filename>client.mk</filename> file to
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| 207 | get initial configuration and setup parameters.
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| 208 | </para>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <para>
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| 211 | <command>make -C thunderbuild/mail/installer</command>: this runs make in
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| 212 | the <filename class="directory">thunderbuild/mail/installer</filename>
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| 213 | folder. This gathers together all the parts of
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| 214 | <application>Thunderbird</application> and compresses them into a tarball.
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| 215 | </para>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <para>
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| 218 | <command>tar -xfv thunderbuild/mozilla/dist ...</command>: This untars
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| 219 | <application>Thunderbird</application>, the <option>-C</option> option
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| 220 | uncompresses the files in
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| 221 | <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</filename>.
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| 222 | The <option>--strip-components=1</option> option removes the leading
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| 223 | 'thunderbird' directory from the filenames, allowing us to untar it into a
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| 224 | versioned directory.
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| 225 | </para>
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[b0ddfae5] | 226 | </sect2>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 229 | <title>Configuring Thunderbird</title>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 232 |
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[d41c02b] | 233 | <para>
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| 234 | If your Window or Desktop Manager does not allow you to configure a
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| 235 | default browser, you can add a configuration parameter to
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| 236 | <application>Thunderbird</application> so that a browser will start when
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| 237 | when you click on an Internet/intranet/local URL. The procedure to check
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| 238 | or modify any of the configuration parameters is quite simple and the
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| 239 | instructions here can be used to view or modify any of the parameters.
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| 240 | </para>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <para>
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| 243 | First, open the configuration dialog by opening the <quote>Edit</quote>
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| 244 | drop-down menu. Choose <quote>Preferences</quote> and then click on the
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| 245 | <quote>Advanced</quote> icon on the top menu bar. Choose the
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| 246 | <quote>General</quote> tab and click on the <quote>Config Editor</quote>
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| 247 | button. This will display a list of the configuration preferences and
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| 248 | information related to each one. You can use the <quote>Filter:</quote>
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| 249 | bar to enter search criteria and narrow down the listed items. Changing
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| 250 | a preference can be done using two methods. One, if the preference has a
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| 251 | boolean value (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to
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| 252 | toggle the value and two, for other preferences simply right-click on
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| 253 | the desired line, choose <quote>Modify</quote> from the menu and change
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| 254 | the value. Creating new preference items is accomplished in the same
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| 255 | way, except choose <quote>New</quote> from the menu and provide the
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| 256 | desired data into the fields when prompted.
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| 257 | </para>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <para>
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| 260 | The configuration preference item you need to check so that
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| 261 | <application>Thunderbird</application> uses a specified browser is the
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| 262 | <parameter>network.protocol-handler.app.http</parameter> which should be
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| 263 | set to the path of the desired browser, e.g.
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| 264 | <option>/usr/bin/firefox</option>.
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| 265 | </para>
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[adb388a] | 266 |
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[604ba3d8] | 267 | <tip>
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| 268 | <para>
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| 269 | There is a multitude of configuration parameters you can tweak to
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| 270 | customize <application>Thunderbird</application>. A very extensive,
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| 271 | but not so up-to-date list of these parameters can be found at
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| 272 | <ulink url="http://preferential.mozdev.org/preferences.html"/>.
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| 273 | </para>
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| 274 | </tip>
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[ff749e38] | 275 |
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[d41c02b] | 276 | <para>
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| 277 | If you use a desktop environment like <application>Gnome</application> or
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| 278 | <application>KDE</application> you may wish to create a
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| 279 | <filename>thunderbird.desktop</filename> file so that
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| 280 | <application>Thunderbird</application> appears in the panel's menus. If
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| 281 | you didn't enable startup-notification in your mozconfig change the
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| 282 | StartupNotify line to false. As the
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| 283 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 284 | </para>
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[ff749e38] | 285 |
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[eb5f847a] | 286 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/applications &&
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[c099902d] | 287 | cat > /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop << "EOF" &&
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[ff749e38] | 288 | [Desktop Entry]
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| 289 | Encoding=UTF-8
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| 290 | Type=Application
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| 291 | Name=Thunderbird
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| 292 | Comment=Fetch Your Email
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| 293 | Icon=thunderbird
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| 294 | Exec=thunderbird
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[5e2fb70] | 295 | Categories=Network;GTK;Application;Email;News;
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[ff749e38] | 296 | StartupNotify=true
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| 297 | Terminal=false
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| 298 | EOF
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[eb5f847a] | 299 | ln -sfv /usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;/chrome/icons/default/default256.png \
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[0adc5d50] | 300 | /usr/share/pixmaps/thunderbird.png</userinput></screen>
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[b0ddfae5] | 301 | </sect3>
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[1c5e617] | 302 | </sect2>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 305 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 306 |
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| 307 | <segmentedlist>
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[b0ddfae5] | 308 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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[1c5e617] | 309 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 310 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 311 |
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| 312 | <seglistitem>
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[9671f10] | 313 | <seg>thunderbird</seg>
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[d41c02b] | 314 | <seg>
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| 315 | Numerous libraries, email/newsgroups components, plugins, extensions,
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| 316 | and helper modules installed in <filename
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| 317 | class="directory">/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</filename>
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[1c5e617] | 318 | </seg>
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[02d3b95] | 319 | <seg>/usr/lib/thunderbird-&thunderbird-version;</seg>
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[1c5e617] | 320 | </seglistitem>
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| 321 | </segmentedlist>
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| 322 |
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| 323 | <variablelist>
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| 324 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 325 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 326 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 327 |
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| 328 | <varlistentry id="thunderbird-prog">
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| 329 | <term><command>thunderbird</command></term>
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| 330 | <listitem>
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[d41c02b] | 331 | <para>
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[de930747] | 332 | is <application>Mozilla</application>'s email and newsgroup client.
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[d41c02b] | 333 | </para>
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[1c5e617] | 334 | <indexterm zone="thunderbird thunderbird-prog">
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| 335 | <primary sortas="b-thunderbird">thunderbird</primary>
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| 336 | </indexterm>
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| 337 | </listitem>
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| 338 | </varlistentry>
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| 339 | </variablelist>
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| 340 | </sect2>
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[167dc1dc] | 341 | </sect1>
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