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nitralime

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Registered: 2009-12-30

Posts: 63

[solved] Thunderbird -- Problem with opening new message windows

Hi folks,

Today I encountered the following problem in Thunderbird:
My settings is so that the each message opens in a new window.
The problem is that after opening the first message I can't
open any other messages (no new message windows).

I have changed the setting to open the messages in a new tab
and it works properly.

I'm using thunderbird 38.3.0-1 (64bit).
Is it maybe a known issue?
If yes, any workaround?

Any feedback is very much appreciated.

Regards
Nik

Last edited by nitralime (2015-12-03 09:36:35)

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,552

Re: [solved] Thunderbird -- Problem with opening new message windows

For clarity :

you start thunderbird
you open a message in a new window
you go back to main thunderbird window, you can't open another message in a 3rd window ?

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2015-10-25 11:27:52)

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nitralime

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Registered: 2009-12-30

Posts: 63

Re: [solved] Thunderbird -- Problem with opening new message windows

That's correct.
If I close the first opened message window (without trying to open another message), then I can't open the same message again.
It seems like a one-shot action (you can do it (i.e., opening a message window) only once!).
I've checked this behavor under Enlightenment and Gnome3 in order to exclude the problems
due to a specific desktop environment. The same problem in both cases.

Last edited by nitralime (2015-10-25 19:09:04)

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: [solved] Thunderbird -- Problem with opening new message windows

On my system running LXDE +openbox, thunderbird has no problem opening messages in windows.

I think you found a bug.

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2015-10-26 14:31:20)

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nitralime

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Registered: 2009-12-30

Posts: 63

Re: [solved] Thunderbird -- Problem with opening new message windows

I have finally found out what has caused the problem.
The Bomboo Feed Reader add-on which I've installed
a few months ago caused this strange behavior.
After deinstalling it the issue with openning new message windows is gone!
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any fixes for the problem until now.

Last edited by nitralime (2015-12-03 09:38:06)

nitralime

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Registered: 2009-12-30

Posts: 63

Re: [solved] Thunderbird -- Problem with opening new message windows

I have reinstalled the Bomboo Feed Reader add-on again
and now don't have any issues with openning new message windows any more!
:-)