From: rowlett@access.net   
      
   On 8/24/25 5:51 AM, Schugo wrote:   
   > On 24.08.2025 10:19, Richard Owlett wrote:   
   >> On 8/23/25 9:50 PM, NFN Smith wrote:   
   >>> Richard Owlett wrote:   
   >>>> I currently use SeaMonkey 2.53.20 on Debian 12.8 and am preparing to   
   >>>> do long overdue housekeeping in preparation to updating  all installed   
   >>>> software - starting with SeaMonkey.   
   >>>   
   >>> A side question -- where do you intend to get your builds from?   
   >>   
   >> https://www.seamonkey-project.org/ has link to   
   >> https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/#2.53.21   
   >>   
   >>>    Does Debian still have Seamonkey in its repositories?   
   >>   
   >> I've used Debian since Squeeze and don't recall ever seeing it there.   
   >>   
   >>>    I know that Ubuntu   
   >>> dropped Seamonkey several years ago, but I found the Ubuntuzilla PPA   
   >>> repository, where I can get Seamonkey, as well as Firefox and   
   >>> Thunderbird, and it looks like the PPA structure works under Debian, as   
   >>> well. I use ubuntuzilla on my Mint installation.   
   >>>   
   >>> I've found Ubuntuzilla to be reliable, and never seen any issues with   
   >>> it, and they seem to have distributions within a day of new Seamonkey   
   >>> builds being released.   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I came to SeaMonkey via progression from Netscape Navigator - perhaps   
   >>>> with habits from using RBBS on CPM-80.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I have a series of Profile Manager questions.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 1. Is there any way to make a specific profile "read-only"?   
   >>>   
   >>> You can, but as Shugo noted, you may not want to.   
   >>   
   >> My phrasing was sloppy. In some sense I want to "write protect"{term??}   
   >> the results of Edit->Preferences. Haven't had opportunity to dive into   
   >> his comments yet.   
   >    
   > that's in prefs.js, but also the Mail/News Account Settings.   
      
   That distinction is encouraging. For my personal "ideal" machine all    
   "Mail/News Accounts" would be identical and browser preferences would be   
   optimized for three or four sets of sites to be visited.   
   Some thinking to do ;}   
      
   Thanks   
      
      
   >    
   > ciao..   
   >    
      
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