Comment 2 for bug 378265

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote : Re: [Bug 378265] [NEW] [Thunderbird] Cannot use Contact List

On 05/19/2009 05:43 AM, Răzvan Sandu wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: mozilla-thunderbird
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm using stock Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope (plus all online updates as of May 18, 2009).
> I've installed the following Thunderbird Extensions, directly from the Thunderbird repository: ImportExportTools and MoreFunctionsforAB.
>
> I am using Romanian language; Thunderbird is set to send e-mail in UTF-8
> by default (Preferences -> Display -> Fonts -> both drop-down lists).
>
> Thunderbird performs normally (send/receive) but there are a few quirks:
>
> - I cannot set/create the vCard file attached to messages as signature (Account Settings): pressing "Edit Card" button shows nothing;
> - I can neither insert new contacts in Personal Address Book, nor edit old/imported ones. Creating a new address book leads to nothing (I am able to create it, but I cannot insert contacts);
> - sometimes I get "Bad header" returns from my mailserver (which runs amavisd-new on Fedora); it seems it doesn't like the way read receipts are encoded.
>
> I suspect an encoding issue here.
>
> Running the same version of Thunderbird, with same extensions and same
> setup in Fedora 10/11 or Windows works OK.
>
> FYI, the main characters specific to Romanian language are (Unicode
> UTF-8): 0218, 0219, 021A, 021B. „Terminal” font is usually used on
> Romanian-configured systems, for both X11 and console.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Răzvan
>
> ** Affects: mozilla-thunderbird (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
Does it work if you disable the extensions? Did it work before you
installed them? When you say "Thunderbird Extensions, directly from the
Thunderbird repository" where do you mean?

 status incomplete

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