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Subject:    Re: Thunderbird filters -
From:       "Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA" <bobgoodwin () wildblue ! net>
Date:       2015-04-25 7:40:03
Message-ID: 553B44D3.9070606 () wildblue ! net
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On 04/24/2015 09:44 PM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> .
>
> With g's help the problem with deleting the Centos mail filter 
> directory is solved.
>
> The files were located by doing -
>
> [root@box10 bobg]# find . -name Centos
> ./.thunderbird/1blpa2ks.default/Mail/pop.googlemail.com/Inbox.sbd/Centos
> ./.thunderbird/1blpa2ks.default/Mail/pop.googlemail.com/Trash.sbd/Centos
>
> and then:
> [root@box10 bobg]# cd 
> .thunderbird/1blpa2ks.default/Mail/pop.googlemail.com/Inbox.sbd/
>
> and then from there:
>
> [root@box10 Inbox.sbd]# rm -fr Centos*
>
> removed the unwanted directory from the mail filter list.
>
> I think that's the essence of what he suggested, he may want to 
> clarify this further. It took a few tries to understand the problem 
> and arrive at those steps.
>
> Tomorrow I will try the same logical procedure to remove several more 
> that have been stuck there for some time. I think it is probably not a 
> Thunderbird bug, but rather something that happened in the process of 
> saving those files to the server and then using them to configure new 
> Thunderbird installations, something I did perhaps? 
.

Using the same process I have now removed 4 more "phantom" directories 
from the filter list. I have had those through several versions of 
Fedora and was unable to delete them from the GUI.

Thanks to all.

Bob

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