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+================================================================================
+
+= = = = = = = = = = = = = Thunderbird Read Me = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
+
+================================================================================
+
+Thunderbird is subject to the terms detailed in the license agreement
+accompanying it.
+
+This Read Me file contains information about system requirements and
+installation instructions for the OS/2 build of Thunderbird.
+
+For more info on Thunderbird, see http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/.
+For more info on the OS/2 port see http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2. To submit
+bugs or other feedback check out Bugzilla at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org for
+links to known bugs, bug-writing guidelines, and more. You can also get help
+with Bugzilla by pointing your IRC client to #mozillazine at irc.mozilla.org,
+OS/2 specific problems are discussed in #warpzilla and in the newsgroup
+mozilla.dev.ports.os2 on news.mozilla.org.
+
+
+================================================================================
+
+ Getting Thunderbird
+
+================================================================================
+
+Official Milestone builds of Thunderbird are published on the release page at
+
+ http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/releases/
+
+OS/2 releases are not created by Mozilla.org staff and may appear on the page
+http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2 before the releases page. Be sure to read the
+Thunderbird release notes linked on the releases page for information on known
+problems and installation issues with Thunderbird.
+
+
+================================================================================
+
+ System Requirements on OS/2
+
+================================================================================
+
+- This release requires the C runtime DLLs (libc-0.6.1) from
+ ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip
+ in order to run. You can unpack them in the same directory as the
+ Thunderbird executable or somewhere else in your LIBPATH.
+
+- Minimum hardware requirements
+ + Pentium class processor
+ + 64 MiB RAM plus 64 MiB free swap space
+ + 35 MiB free harddisk space for installation
+ plus storage space for disk cache
+
+- Recommended hardware for acceptable performance
+ + 500 MHz processor
+ + 256 MiB RAM plus 64 MiB free swap space
+ NOTE: Thunderbird's performance and stability increases the more physical
+ RAM is available. Especially for long sessions 512 MiB of memory is
+ recommended.
+ + Graphics card and driver capable of displaying more than 256 colors
+
+- Software requirements
+ + Installation on a file system supporting long file names
+ (i.e. HPFS or JFS but not FAT)
+ + OS/2 Warp 4 with Fixpack 15 or later
+ + MPTS version 5.3
+ + TCP/IP version 4.1
+ + INETVER: SOCKETS.SYS=5.3007, AFOS2.SYS=5.3001, AFINET.SYS=5.3006
+ NOTE: Do not attempt to use MPTS & TCP/IP versions below these INETVER
+ levels. Although Thunderbird may seem to start and run normally with older
+ stacks, some features Thunderbird needs are not implemented correctly in
+ older MPTS versions, which may result in crashes and data loss.
+
+ + Convenience Pack 2 or eComStation 1.0 or later meet these requirements
+ out of the box.
+
+
+================================================================================
+
+ Installation Instructions
+
+================================================================================
+
+For all platforms, unpack into a clean (new) directory. Installing on top of
+previously released builds may cause problems with Thunderbird.
+
+Note: These instructions do not tell you how to build Thunderbird.
+For info on building the Thunderbird source, see
+
+ http://www.mozilla.org/build/
+
+
+OS/2 Installation Instructions
+------------------------------
+
+ On OS/2, Thunderbird does not have an installation program. To install it,
+ download the .zip file and follow these steps:
+
+ 1. Click the "Zip" link on the site you're downloading Thunderbird from
+ to download the ZIP package to your machine. This file is typically called
+ thunderbird-x.x.x.en-US.os2.zip where the "x.x.x" is replaced by the
+ Thunderbird version.
+
+ 2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and unpack it using your
+ favorite unzip tool.
+
+ 3. Keep in mind that the unzip process creates a directory "thunderbird"
+ below the location you point it to, e.g.
+ unzip thunderbird-1.0.1.en-US.os2.zip -d c:\thunderbird-1.0.1
+ will unpack Thunderbird into c:\thunderbird-1.0.1\thunderbird.
+
+ 4. Make sure that you are _not_ unpacking over an old installation. This is
+ known to cause problems.
+
+ 5. To start Thunderbird, navigate to the directory you extracted
+ Thunderbird to, make sure that the C library DLLs are copied to the
+ installation directory or installed in the LIBPATH, and then double-click
+ the thunderbird.exe object.
+
+
+Running multiple versions concurrently
+--------------------------------------
+
+Because various members of the Mozilla family (i.e. Mozilla, Firefox,
+Thunderbird, IBM Web Browser) may use different, incompatible versions of the
+same DLL, some extra steps may be required to run them concurrently.
+
+One workaround is the LIBPATHSTRICT variable. To run Thunderbird one can create
+a CMD script like the following example (where an installation of Thunderbird
+exists in the directory d:\internet\thunderbird is assumed):
+
+ set LIBPATHSTRICT=T
+ rem The next line may be needed when a different Mozilla program is listed in LIBPATH
+ rem set BEGINLIBPATH=d:\internet\thunderbird
+ rem The next line is only needed to run two different versions of Thunderbird
+ rem set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
+ d:
+ cd d:\internet\thunderbird
+ thunderbird.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
+
+Similarly, one can create a program object to start Thunderbird using the
+following settings:
+
+ Path and file name: *
+ Parameters: /c set LIBPATHSTRICT=T & .\thunderbird.exe "%*"
+ Working directory: d:\internet\thunderbird
+
+(One might need to add MOZ_NO_REMOTE and/or BEGINLIBPATH as in the CMD script
+above depending on the system configuration.)
+
+Finally, the simplest method is to use the Run! utility by Rich Walsh that can
+be found in the Hobbes Software Archive:
+
+ http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=Run!
+
+Read its documentation for more information.
+
+
+Separating profiles from installation directory
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+To separate the locations of the user profile(s) (containing the bookmarks and
+all customizations) from the installation directory to keep your preferences in
+the case of an update even when using ZIP packages, set the variable
+MOZILLA_HOME to a directory of your choice. You can do this either in Config.sys
+or in a script or using a program object as listed above. If you add
+
+ set MOZILLA_HOME=f:\Data
+
+the Thunderbird user profile will be created in "f:\Data\Thunderbird".
+
+If you are migrating from Mozilla, Thunderbird's import routine will only find
+the existing Mozilla profile data if MOZILLA_HOME is correctly set to point to
+it.
+
+
+Other important environment variables
+-------------------------------------
+
+There are a few enviroment variables that can be used to control special
+behavior of Thunderbird on OS/2:
+
+- set NSPR_OS2_NO_HIRES_TIMER=1
+ This causes Thunderbird not to use OS/2's high resolution timer. Set this if
+ other applications using the high resolution timer (multimedia apps) act
+ strangely.
+
+- set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
+ Use this to run two instances of Thunderbird simultaneously (like e.g. debug
+ and optimized version).
+
+Find more information on this topic and other tips on
+ http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html
+
+
+Known Problems of the OS/2 version
+----------------------------------
+
+Cross-platform problems are usually listed in the release notes of each
+milestone release.
+
+- Thunderbird will beep when copying more than 64 kB of text to the clipboard.
+ This is to alert users that many applications (most notably the system
+ editor, EPM, and applications running in VIO windows) cannot paste more
+ than this.
+
+- Thunderbird cannot make use of OS/2 fonts like WarpSans and others which
+ are not available in Type1 or TrueType format. It is therefore
+ recommended to install the "Workplace Sans" font from
+ http://users.socis.ca/~ataylo00/creative/fonts/
+ or
+ http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=wpsu_ttf
+ which Thunderbird will use as a replacement of WarpSans.
+
+Other known problems can be found by following the link "Current Open Warpzilla
+Bugs" on the OS/2 Mozilla page <http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/>.