When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening? A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.

David in Normandy wrote:

When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening?

Not that I'm aware of ...

A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.

Pressing "\" contracts all threads.

On 04/12/2012 17:17, David in Normandy wrote:
When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening? A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.

As a quick fix, hit \ to collapse all expanded threads...


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Cheers,

John.

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On 04/12/2012 17:17, David in Normandy wrote:
When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening? A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.

The same thing has been happening to me, it's getting quite irritating now.

SteveW

On 04/12/2012 21:27, SteveW wrote:
On 04/12/2012 17:17, David in Normandy wrote:
When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening? A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.

The same thing has been happening to me, it's getting quite irritating now.

SteveW


It that with 17.0?

--
Rod

On 04/12/2012 21:28, polygonum wrote:
On 04/12/2012 21:27, SteveW wrote:
On 04/12/2012 17:17, David in Normandy wrote:
When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening? A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.

The same thing has been happening to me, it's getting quite irritating
now.

SteveW


It that with 17.0?

No, 16.02. It's been a problem for months now.

SteveW

On 04/12/2012 22:01, SteveW wrote:
On 04/12/2012 21:28, polygonum wrote:
On 04/12/2012 21:27, SteveW wrote:
On 04/12/2012 17:17, David in Normandy wrote:
When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening? A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.

The same thing has been happening to me, it's getting quite irritating
now.

SteveW


It that with 17.0?

No, 16.02. It's been a problem for months now.

SteveW


So try 17.0 - for me restarting T/B leaves all threads closed. So far. :-)

--
Rod

On 04/12/2012 21:28, polygonum wrote:
On 04/12/2012 21:27, SteveW wrote:
On 04/12/2012 17:17, David in Normandy wrote:
When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening? A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.

The same thing has been happening to me, it's getting quite irritating
now.

SteveW


It that with 17.0?

Thank you for pointing out that there is a new version!

--
Michael Chare

On 04/12/12 17:17, David in Normandy wrote:
When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening? A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.

If it's a thread that you don't plan to read at all you can just hit 'k'
on any message in the thread and you won't see that thread again.

SteveW wrote:
On 04/12/2012 21:28, polygonum wrote:
On 04/12/2012 21:27, SteveW wrote:
On 04/12/2012 17:17, David in Normandy wrote:
When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening? A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.

The same thing has been happening to me, it's getting quite irritating
now.

It that with 17.0?

No, 16.02. It's been a problem for months now.

Mine does it in V2.0.0.something (not a typo - I hated the v3 upgrade) -
it's been there for years!!!

Scott

On 04/12/2012 17:17, David in Normandy wrote:
When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening? A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.


Hi David

Having seen the thread, I upgraded from version 16.0 to 17.0.
I have the same problem and the upgrade didn't solve the issue.
Useful tip about the \ contracting all threads from Andy/John!

I was just pleased to find a news reader that I could import my former
Outlook Express folders into when moving to Windows 7 from XP.

Phil

On 05/12/2012 16:58, thescullster wrote:
On 04/12/2012 17:17, David in Normandy wrote:
When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening? A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.


Hi David

Having seen the thread, I upgraded from version 16.0 to 17.0.
I have the same problem and the upgrade didn't solve the issue.
Useful tip about the \ contracting all threads from Andy/John!

I was just pleased to find a news reader that I could import my former
Outlook Express folders into when moving to Windows 7 from XP.

Phil

Shame. I don't seem to suffer from it - I guess at least partly because
I hardly ever close/start Thunderbird. So even if it happened once a
week, so be it. But if it were several times a day, that would be annoying.

--
Rod

On 04/12/2012 18:41, Andy Burns wrote:
David in Normandy wrote:

When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening?

Not that I'm aware of ...

A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.

Pressing "\" contracts all threads.



Thanks! Didn't know that, it works great.

On 04/12/2012 17:50, John Rumm wrote:
On 04/12/2012 17:17, David in Normandy wrote:
When I open this newsgroup, Thunderbird sometimes fully expands several
random threads that I've not been reading anyway. Is there any way to
prevent this happening? A setting somewhere perhaps? It only happens
intermittently, every few days. Its just done it again now expanding 6
long random threads; so I need to close them again first before I can
scan down the list looking for the latests threads.

As a quick fix, hit \ to collapse all expanded threads...


It started for me as well .. after last upgrade.
I just click on any mail and hit '\'