[Discuss] Temporarily disable check for messages in Thunderbird

R. McFarlane techie at mcfarlanecomputing.net
Wed Nov 1 20:15:37 PST 2006


On 11/1/06 4:51 PM, Adam Parkin wrote:

> R. McFarlane wrote:
>>     I think there is a command line switch for starting up in offline 
>> mode. Check the help/manuals and the online mozilla KB. I seem to 
>> recall doing something similar with NetScape 4 back in the day.
> 
> Okay this falls under the category of "duh!".  I tried googling for 
> Thunderbird command line switches and got through the Mozilla docs which 
> weren't at all helpful.  So as a last resort I tried the following command:
> 
> thunderbird -offline
> 
> And of course this started TB in offline mode.  /me smacks head due to 
> the fact I'm an ID10T.


	LOL. Don't be so hard on yourself. Sometimes, obvious to us is so 
obvious we think why would a developer use that. :)
	Glad you got it figured out!

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