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Mercedes350se · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 477

In my previous seamonkey 1.1.16 the email client was mozmail but despite considerable searching I am unable to find out the name of the email client used in this seamonkey.

Please advise.

trapster · Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 1966 Location: Maine, USA

seamonkey -mail

Mercedes350se · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 477

Thank you.

Mercedes350se · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 477

Background info: Up until recently I have been using seamonkey 1.1.16. Following Dingo's how-to I installed 2.13.2. When I set up the email account I started seamonkey browser>clicked on the envelope>filled in the details. I then copied all my saved emails to that Mail directory location having deleted the Mail directory that was just set up. Using this method to check emails everything works as expected.

Now: I did a search for seamonkey-mail and it returned

/usr/share/applications/Seamonkey-mail-and-news.desktop

I dragged this to the desktop but clicking on it returns the seamonkey 1.1.16 email information. I have renamed the 1.1.16 Mail directory, as a test, but the 1.1.16 start-up page appears but no emails- naturally!

How do I get it to return the 2.13.2 emails?

trapster · Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 1966 Location: Maine, USA

It is seamonkey -mail, not seamonkey-mail (space before -mail)

If you already have a "mail" icon on the desktop, right click on it and choose edit.
When the window pops up, enter seamonkey for the program to open, then enter -mail in the argument to pass area.

or

open /usr/local/bin/defaultemail as text

Use this inside and drag that to the desktop.

Mercedes350se · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 477

Hmm. I have, now, an email icon on the desktop.

In Edit Item I have as "Clicking the icon opens" /usr/local/bin/defaultemail

I have amended the defaultemail file to exec seamonkey -mail "$@"

but it still opens the 1.1.16 email information!

Edit 1: Doing a search for seamonkey -mail returns no files found.

What is the name of the executable that actually opens email?

Edit 2: What is the correct path to the Mail directory in 2.13.2?

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2048 Location: World_Hub

Mercedes- seamonkey IS the executable, -mail merely a cmd switch.

Profile settings are stored in ~/.mozilla/seamonkey

Within this folder I suspect you've two *.default profile folders- and "profiles.ini" points to one of'm.

Make it point to the other and report which opens..

Mercedes350se · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 477

Semme, Thank you.

I remember now that in a senior's moment I "tidied" up the file system and deleted the ~/.mozilla/seamonkey directory thinking it belonged to 1.1.16.

Is it created during the install of 2.13.2? If yes it is easy enough to re-install.

That however still does not explain why the emails work as I expect with the Mail directory in /usr/local/seamonkey/profile/Mail

That directory was created when I setup the user account using the steps detailed in a post above.

Confused!

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2048 Location: World_Hub

Yes, created after extraction and first run.

Then symlink seamonkey to /usr/local/bin (cause it's on the path: echo $PATH).

I'd remove ALL remnants prior to extraction though as the old stuff can get in the way.

Don't forget to rescue your emails Wink

before proceeding..

Dingos`How To reference..

Mercedes350se · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 477

Mercedes350se · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 477

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2048 Location: World_Hub

In ~/.mozilla/seamonkey:

Mercedes350se · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 477

Semme, Thank you for your patience.

There was no profile.ini file in the ~/.mozilla/seamonkey directory.

I eventually managed to create a profile.ini file which also created a *.default folder.

I copied my Mail folder over and to my dismay opening seamonkey>click envelope does not bring up my emails.

Neither does clicking on the email desktop icon.

At this stage I have wasted more than enough time on this so I will take the easy option and delete the email icon from the desktop.

davids45 · Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 580 Location: Chatswood, NSW

G'day Mercedes350se,

I'm a bit confused about your precise Seamonkey mail problem, but have you looked in "File>Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings" - if and when you get Seamonkey Mail running?

This menu option will display the local folders being used by the running Seamonkey for your Account mail and Local folders mail, or let you browse to a preferred folder if, like me, you want all your Puppies (Fulls & Frugals) to use the same mail repository on a mounted-at-boot data partition.

David S.

Mercedes350se · Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 477

A truncated step by step:

1. I installed seamonkey 2.13.2 using the how-to by Dingo in /usr/local/seamonkey - I am using a full install of 3.01 on hdd. I have not touched the previous seamonkey 1.1.16 install.
2. Started seamonkey, clicked on the envelope and duly completed setting up the email account. There is no problem opening emails this way.
3. Amended the defaultbrowser file. seamonkey 2.13.2 starts albeit very slowly.
3. I thought that I would now set up the desktop email icon. No matter what I do I cannot get the icon to open the 2.13.2 emails

Edit: Not one to give up easily I edited the email icon yet again and it now works. Finally!