Re: Thunderbird Group Limitation?

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That's good to know Peter, thanks!

It still does not show supported on the web site.    I guess they have 
not finished testing it with Thunderbird 6.x coming out so quickly.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 9/11/2011 11:03 AM, Peter Dow wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> Fyi, I'm using Thunderbird 6.0.2 with Lightning extension (not plugin)
> and it works just fine.
>
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> On 9/9/2011 7:42 AM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
> > >  Jerry,
> > >
> > >  The answer to your question is, no there is not a limit on how many
> > >  (certainly more than 50) contacts can be in a group.  My first thought
> > >  is to be sure you are running a more current copy of Thunderbird, at
> > >  least 5.0, that's what I use.  Thunderbird 6.0 does not support the
> > >  current version of Lightning, the calendar plug in.
> > >
> > >  If you are synchronizing your contacts with another source, such as
> > >  Google Mail, then the synchronization program may be the problem because
> > >  the update on the other end does not work.  I have had that happen
> > >  several times.
> > >
> > >  Jim Oberholtzer
> > >  Chief Technical Architect
> > >  Agile Technology Architects
> > >
> > >
> > >  On 9/9/2011 9:30 AM, Bob Crothers wrote:
> > > >>  Jerry,
> > > >>
> > > >>  I run several groups with differing levels of activity, all using Google
> > > >>  Groups:http://groups.google.com/
> > > >>
> > > >>  It is easy and it's free!  Not suitable for Midrange.com, but for a list of
> > > >>  a couple hundred it is great!
> > > >>
> > > >>  Bob Crothers
> > > >>  www.BJsBariatrics.Com
> > > >>  ------------------------------------------
> > > >>  “The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
> > > >>  miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”
> > > >>  - Michelangelo
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>  On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Jerry C. Adams<midrange@xxxxxxxx>    wrote:
> > > >>
> > > > > >>>>     I maintain a mailing list for my old high school class in Thunderbird.  My
> > > > > >>>>     ISP considers any email with>    fifty [50] CC: and BCC: entries to be spam
> > > > > >>>>     so
> > > > > >>>>     I broke the list down into several groups.
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>     When we find an old alum, I add them as a contact and then try to copy them
> > > > > >>>>     to one of the groups (I have four [4] so far).  Occasionally, though, even
> > > > > >>>>     though it looks like the contact was copied to the seledcted group (no
> > > > > >>>>     error
> > > > > >>>>     messages), the contact does*not*  get added.  So Itry another group and the
> > > > > >>>>     copy usually works - eventually.
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>     I was just wondering if TBird has a limit to the number of contacts that
> > > > > >>>>     can
> > > > > >>>>     be part of a group?  I keep the list at home and am at work right now, so I
> > > > > >>>>     can't count the number of contacts in each group until this weekend.
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>     Thanks.
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>     Jerry C. Adams
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>     IBM i Programmer/Analyst
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>     The secret for long life is don't smoke, don't drink, and don't eat too
> > > > > >>>>     much.  The secret of happisness is - ignore the previous secret.
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