Checking the version of Thunderbird
The Thunderbird installation from source code
The Thunderbird installation from a repository
The Thunderbird configuration by GUI
The Thunderbird configuration by configuration files
Thunderbird supports IPv6 from version 1.0
To check Thunderbird version type following command:
thunderbird -version
To install Thunderbird from source code - download it from the official vendor site: www.mozilla.org/pl/thunderbird/
Unpack the downloaded content using a command:
tar xvjf name_of_dowloaded_thunderbird.tar.bz2
Vendor shared the compiled version. Tu run program type:
tar xvjf name_of_dowloaded_thunderbird.tar.bz2
Vendor shared the compiled version. Tu run program type:
./thundebird
To install Thunderbird server from a repository, type as a superuser in the command line:
- for debian-like systems:
apt-get install thunderbird
- for redhat-like systems:
yum install thunderbird
- for suse systems:
zypper install thunderbird
To configure Thunderbird with GUI go to Edit -> Preferences and then choose Advanced:
Next click on Config Editor:
There should be line such as below - double clikck and change the value to false:
To configure Thunderbird from configuration files, find a configuration file with variable network.dns.disableIPv6 in Thunderbird directory. To do so type a command:
find / -iname *js | xargs grep network.dns.disableIPv6 -sl
The result should look similar to this:
find / -iname *js | xargs grep network.dns.disableIPv6 -sl
The result should look similar to this:
Edit file and change value to valse. The line should look as follows:
pref(" network.dns.disableIPv6", false);
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