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Spell check looks at settings
The spell checker in Thunderbird -- I am using their English/United States dictionary -- checks all the e-mail settings (e.g., font) in addition to the message I write. How can prevent this from happening?
Opaite Mbohovái (13)
There was an issue as you describe several versions ago. What version are you using?
Version 31.2.0.
I think the troubleshooting information might help on this one.
Please see the firefox article https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-troubleshooting-information-page-fix-firefox#w_accessing-the-troubleshooting-information-page Thunderbird is similar enough I could never be bothered writing a Thunderbird one.
I looked at the troubleshooting page for Thunderbird and did not find anything helpful.
how about you post it here, which was my intent.
I'm sorry. I don't understand what you'd like me to do. Where is "here"?
View it. Use the copy button to add it to your clipboard. Post it into your reply as part of the reply text.
I'm sorry. I have no idea what you mean.
re: 'Here' means in this question in this forum, which you read using a browser.
In Thunderbird. Help > Troubleshooting Information
do not select 'Include account names' click on 'Copy text to clipboard' see image below.
Then in the email you received from the Mozilla Support forum, click on 'Post a Reply' to open your browser to show this question.
In the forum, Right click in a Reply text box and select 'Paste'.
I think the Firefox Troubleshooting page is unhelpful in that it tells you to click on "Help"; in Thunderbird in particular you should just hover over "Help" and wait for a pop-up, which contains "Troubleshooting Information".
I still haven't worked out how you can tell if you should click or hover in that wretched Application Menu.
So:
- Click the three-lines menu button
- Move the mouse pointer over Help
- Wait
- Click on Troubleshooting Information
- Clear the checkbox Include account information
- Click the button Copy text to clipboard
- Open a reply here, place the cursor in the text box, and paste. With the mouse, right-click|Paste, or if you prefer the keyboard, ctrl+v.
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Application Basics
Name: Thunderbird Version: 31.2.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 Profile Folder: Show Folder
(Local drive) Application Build ID: 20141012121702 Enabled Plugins: about:plugins Build Configuration: about:buildconfig Memory Use: about:memory
Mail and News Accounts account1: INCOMING: account1, , (imap) imap-mail.outlook.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp-mail.outlook.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true
account2: INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext
account3: INCOMING: account3, , (imap) imap-mail.outlook.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp-mail.outlook.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true
account4: INCOMING: account4, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account5: INCOMING: account5, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
Crash Reports
Extensions Duplicate Contact Manager, 0.9.2, true, {b4447f60-db9c-11da-a94d-0800200c9a66} English - English Dictionary, 1.5, true, EnglishEnglishDictionary@lipocodes
Important Modified Preferences
Name: Value
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Graphics
Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x0046 Adapter RAM: Unknown Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igdumdx32 igd10umd32 Driver Version: 8.15.10.2827 Driver Date: 7-31-2012 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.16571) ClearType Parameters: Gamma: 2200 Pixel Structure: B ClearType Level: 50 Enhanced Contrast: 400 WebGL Renderer: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 2/2 Direct3D 10
AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureContentBackend: direct2d
JavaScript
Incremental GC: 1
Accessibility
Activated: 0 Prevent Accessibility: 0
Library Versions
Expected minimum version Version in use
NSPR 4.10.6 4.10.6
NSS 3.16.2.2 Basic ECC 3.16.2.2 Basic ECC
NSS Util 3.16.2.2 3.16.2.2
NSS SSL 3.16.2.2 Basic ECC 3.16.2.2 Basic ECC
NSS S/MIME 3.16.2.2 Basic ECC 3.16.2.2 Basic ECC
In addition to the default English/United States dictionary, I notice you have : English - English Dictionary, 1.5, true, EnglishEnglishDictionary@lipocodes
Perhaps their is a conflict between them. Disable the addon extension English - English Dictionary, 1.5 Close and restart Thunderbird. Then check to see if spellchecker improves.
Application Basics
Name: Thunderbird Version: 31.2.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 Profile Folder: Show Folder
(Local drive) Application Build ID: 20141012121702 Enabled Plugins: about:plugins Build Configuration: about:buildconfig Memory Use: about:memory
Mail and News Accounts account1: INCOMING: account1, , (imap) imap-mail.outlook.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp-mail.outlook.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true
account2: INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext
account3: INCOMING: account3, , (imap) imap-mail.outlook.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp-mail.outlook.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true
account4: INCOMING: account4, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account5: INCOMING: account5, , (imap) imap.googlemail.com:993, SSL, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp.googlemail.com:465, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
Crash Reports
Extensions Duplicate Contact Manager, 0.9.2, true, {b4447f60-db9c-11da-a94d-0800200c9a66}
Important Modified Preferences
Name: Value
browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.display.use_document_fonts: 0 browser.display.use_system_colors: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 31.2.0 font.minimum-size.x-western: 14 font.name.monospace.el: Consolas font.name.monospace.tr: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-baltic: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-central-euro: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-cyrillic: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-unicode: Consolas font.name.monospace.x-western: Arial Narrow font.name.sans-serif.el: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.tr: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-baltic: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-central-euro: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-cyrillic: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode: Calibri font.name.sans-serif.x-western: Arial Narrow font.name.serif.el: Cambria font.name.serif.tr: Cambria font.name.serif.x-baltic: Cambria font.name.serif.x-central-euro: Cambria font.name.serif.x-cyrillic: Cambria font.name.serif.x-unicode: Cambria font.name.serif.x-western: Arial Narrow font.size.fixed.el: 14 font.size.fixed.tr: 14 font.size.fixed.x-baltic: 14 font.size.fixed.x-central-euro: 14 font.size.fixed.x-cyrillic: 14 font.size.fixed.x-unicode: 14 font.size.fixed.x-western: 14 font.size.variable.el: 17 font.size.variable.tr: 17 font.size.variable.x-baltic: 17 font.size.variable.x-central-euro: 17 font.size.variable.x-cyrillic: 17 font.size.variable.x-unicode: 17 font.size.variable.x-western: 12 gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 1 mail.openMessageBehavior.version: 1 mail.winsearch.firstRunDone: true mailnews.database.global.datastore.id: e013b5af-38ee-4b5f-845e-c6605ab94a6 mailnews.database.global.views.conversation.columns: {"threadCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"1"},"flaggedCol":{"visible":true,"ordinal":"3"},"attachmentCol":{"visible":false… network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1415903526 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 plugin.importedState: true privacy.donottrackheader.enabled: true
Graphics
Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x0046 Adapter RAM: Unknown Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igdumdx32 igd10umd32 Driver Version: 8.15.10.2827 Driver Date: 7-31-2012 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.16571) ClearType Parameters: Gamma: 2200 Pixel Structure: B ClearType Level: 50 Enhanced Contrast: 400 WebGL Renderer: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 2/2 Direct3D 10
AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureContentBackend: direct2d
JavaScript
Incremental GC: 1
Accessibility
Activated: 0 Prevent Accessibility: 0
Library Versions
Expected minimum version Version in use
NSPR 4.10.6 4.10.6
NSS 3.16.2.2 Basic ECC 3.16.2.2 Basic ECC
NSS Util 3.16.2.2 3.16.2.2
NSS SSL 3.16.2.2 Basic ECC 3.16.2.2 Basic ECC
NSS S/MIME 3.16.2.2 Basic ECC 3.16.2.2 Basic ECC