#Install thunderbird for mac mac osx#
#Install thunderbird for mac mac os#
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Why am I not using Apple's Mail program? Good question. This sounds like it would have been more work than necessary.

Thanks to both of you for steering me aware from the difficulty of attempting to place the profile folder outside the home directory. It sounds like an interesting way to work. This would be a good way to work in a multi-user environment. This would seem to me to be similar to IMAP in some ways. This way, the email can be downloaded to multiple clients across multiple accounts.' 'Mail can be configured to download any new email, but not remove it from the server until it is removed from the Mail application. (I guess I am still in OS9 thinking mode where there was only one user.) I am completely new to the multi-user environment of OSX - as you can tell. Thanks Mulder and Scott! I am sure glad I asked for your advice. Yup, its me again 🙂 Always seem to have a question for the group 🙂 This way, the email can be downloaded to multiple clients across multiple accounts. While I'm at it, why is Mail not acceptable for this? Mail can be configured to download any new email, but not remove it from the server until it is removed from the Mail application. Whenever someone wants to check the email using Thunderbird, they simply log into this account (or switch users, if they are doing something in their own account) and check away.Īnother really good idea would be to configure Mail in each account to be able to check whatever email account you want Thunderbird for.

#Install thunderbird for mac password#

Everyone will have the password for this account. The answer, then, is to create an account dedicated to just this application. Every time new files are created, they will have the more restrictive permissions set. Working through this part is not as simple as just changing the permissions for the files. Yes, you could place the 'profile' folder in a location (outside of a HOME folder) that would be available to everyone, but you would then have to deal with ownership and permissions. OK, just as in my last reply to one of your posts, the answer is to keep it simple.

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PS I am using Mac OS 10.4.6 (Tiger) with Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 I have a feeling that solution 1 is the more logical solution. The problem with this is then there will be multiple installations of the same program and they will not be able to share the same profile folder - which is what I would like to do - if possible.

#Install thunderbird for mac install#

Install thunderbird multiple times - once for each user - each with their own profile. Ownership and permissions need to be changed for the profile folder maybe?ģ.

#Install thunderbird for mac mac osx#

Try to figure out a way in mac OSX that allows the profile folder at this default location:

Then let Thunderbird know it was moved to this custom location using Thunderbird's profile manager.Ģ. Move the profile folder to a custom location that is accessible by all users in OSX such as the global Library folder (rather than the user's Library folder). I have a couple solutions, however I would like to ask for some advice on what others do in this situation which I am sure is fairly common.ġ. This location make it impossible for other users to access the profile and therefore Thunderbird will not work for the other users.

Users home folder/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles//

When Thunderbird is installed, by default the profile folder is placed in the users home Library folder at: The profile obviously is an important component of the Thunderbird mail program as it contains all the actual mail messages. However, the trouble is, that although the actual Thunderbird program is available to all users the profile is not. I would like to install it once so that everyone may use it rather than installing it multiple times (once for each user).Īs you might already know, in Mac OSX when you install a program in the main applications folder, it is available for everyone who uses the computer (available to all accounts). I am not sure where to install it so that everyone may be able to use it. I would like to install the email program Mozilla Thunderbird on my Mac OSX (10.4.6) computer which is set up with several different user accounts.