Thunderbird BUG found !

[David J Patrick]

Peter wrote:

>
>
> I did not see any problems (I use pine) but it would be useful to
> enter the folder with a text editor and look for messages with ID
> "6d79206c6974746c-aAzQ54TRRcg11FJ3OCGpZIeKlevqwCZs at public.gmane.org" and delete them. You should be
> able to do that with vim. The messages appear between 8.April and
> 29.April . The messages are originated by me ;-(. There was a problem
> with the message-id generation in my system and all messages I posted
> between 8 April and 29 April had the *same* message ID. This should
> not, but might bomb Thunderbird. So maybe try this.

Shouldn't but DOES bomb Thunderbird ! The prescribed (temporary) fix
works (and wasn't Peter prolific during that time frame ?) till the next
time someone sends such messages !

>
> sorry, this was not supposed to happen [tm],

That's alright Peter, we forgive you. We'll have to drag you around
behind the cart in the rain, for a bit first, though.
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