Re: Thunderbird questions

Chuck wrote:

> I just switched to Thunderbird.
> 
> I want to be able to save preferences.  I followed the directions to 
> create a user.js file in my profile directory. I assumed it is a text 
> doc, which I will add and save preferences.  However, now that it has 
> the .js extension, it is listed as a java script file in Win XP and I 
> cannot open it to add any preferences.  What am I doing wrong?  Any 
> suggestions?

In addition, when I set the choices I want for NG reading( ie threads 
expanded, sorted in descending order, etc. ), it does not stay that way. 
  Do I need to somehow save these settings?