Hi Aki,

A doctor would say: if it hurts, then don't do it!

I think it's reasonable to have you to exit Thunderbird when you're
not using it.  Is there some reason why that's not a reasonable
expectation?

steve
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 > ---- Original Message ----
 > From: Akikazu Hashimoto via UW-HEP Help System <help@hep.wisc.edu>
 > 
 > I have been using the new version of thunderbird which you inistalled 
 > for me, and I would like to report that the program continues to 
 > systematically hang when the AFS token expires.  It often requires 
 > manually killing the process and manually deleting file locks which are 
 > dot files.  While I can handle these problems as they occur, they are 
 > quite annoying. I imagine that digging for file locks are beyond what 
 > can be expected for general usership either. So I would like to request 
 > a more systematic solution. (possibly including finding an alternative 
 > default mail client recommended for the physics/hep afs community.
 > 
 > -aki
 > 
 > rader@ginseng.hep.wisc.edu wrote:
 > >  > >Re thunderbird: the version on the HEP cluster is three
 > >  > >years old!  How about I install the latest "off to the side"
 > >  > >on beebalm and you check into the "hangs hard when token 
 > >  > >expires" problem?
 > >  > >
 > >  > >steve
 > >  > >--
 > >   
 > >  > that sounds like a good idea.
 > >
 > > Okay, I put thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (released yesterday!) on beebalm.
 > > Please try...
 > >
 > >  /usr/local/thunderbird-new/thunderbird &
 > >  [...]
 > >  unlog
 > >  [...]
 > >  klog
 > >
 > > ...and report back?
 > >
 > > Thanks.
 > >
 > > steve
 > > --
 > >
 > >
 > 
 > ----------
 > group: IT
 > messages: 13768
 > nosy: ajit, dan, dasu, hashimoto, rader, radtke, wcmaier
 > priority: triage
 > status: unread
 > title: thunderbird and tokens
 > 
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