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+[%- mypath = "${template.name}"|replace('[^\/]*$','') -%]
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+[%- PROCESS "${mypath}/relnote.var" -%]
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+[%- PROCESS "changes.tmpl" -%]
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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
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+<html lang="en">
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+<head>
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+
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+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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+<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en">
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+<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
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+<meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript">
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+
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+<link rel="top" href="../../" title="SeaMonkey Project">
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+<link rel="up" href="../" title="SeaMonkey Releases">
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+
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+<title>[% rnote.basename %] Release Notes</title>
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+</head>
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+<body>
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+<h1>[% rnote.basename %]</h1>
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+
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+<div class="key-point">
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+<p>
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+For [% rnote.basename %], the following extensions are removed and are not
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+included in the distribution (due to repack issues).
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+<ul>
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+ <li><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/chatzilla/">Chatzilla</a></li>
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+ <li><a href="https://l10n.mozilla-community.org/~akalla/unofficial/seamonkey/nightly/latest-comm-release-windows32/inspector-2.0.17.0.xpi">DOM Inspector</a>
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+ DOM Inspector 2.0.16.1 available on the Mozilla Add-Ons page is not compatible with SeaMonkey 2.48. Please use version 2.0.17.0 provided by Adrian Kalla.
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+ </li>
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+ <li><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/lightning/versions/beta?page=1#version-5.3b2">Lightning</a> </li>
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+</ul>
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+</p>
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+<p>Unless stated otherwise they can be obtained from <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/">AMO</a>.</p>
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+</div>
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+
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+<div class="key-point">
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+<p>
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+These release notes describe system requirements, installation instructions,
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+and known issues for [% rnote.basename %] up to/including [% rnote.name %].
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+These notes are updated when we receive feedback, so please check back
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+for new information.
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+</p>
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+</div>
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+
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+<h2 id="new">What's New in [% rnote.basename %]</h2>
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+<div class="section">
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+<p>
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+[% rnote.basename %] contains (among other changes) the following major changes relative to
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+<a href="../seamonkey[% rnote.relativeto.version %]/#new">[% rnote.relativeto.name %]</a>:
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+</p>
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+<p>
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+SeaMonkey 2.48 uses the same backend as Firefox and contains the listed
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+<a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox/#firefox51">Firefox 51 security fixes"</a>.
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+</p>
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+<h3>SeaMonkey-specific changes</h3>
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+<ul>
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+ <li>The bug which prevented you to set the default search engine in SeaMonkey 2.46 has been fixed.
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+ If you see any problems with this please report it in
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+ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265881">bug 1265881</a>.</li>
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+ <li>The Errror Console is now a part of SeaMonkey. It was replaced by the Developer Tools Web
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+ and Browser Console in Firefox which both are also available in SeaMonkey.
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+ If you use css to style the console please note that it is now located in
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+ "chrome://communicator/content/console/console.xul/".
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+ </li>
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+ <li>The Help Viewer is now a part of SeaMonkey and has been deleted from Mozilla Gecko.</li>
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+ <li>SeaMonkey now uses the HTTP cache v2. For technical details please check
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+ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1241622">bug 1241622</a>.</li>
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+ <li>Troubleshooting Information in "about:support" is displayed in a better readable layout.</li>
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+
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+</ul>
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+</div>
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+
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+<h2 id="download">Downloading</h2>
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+<div class="section">
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+The SeaMonkey project provides official versions of [% rnote.name %] for
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+Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X in US English and experimental language packs for
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+a small variety of other languages. Community volunteers are also contributing
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+builds for other platforms. You can <a href="../[% rnote.version %]">download
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+[% rnote.name %] here</a>.
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+</div>
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+
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+<h2 id="install">System Requirements, Installation and Uninstallation</h2>
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+<div class="section">
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+Before installing, make sure your computer meets the
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+<a href="../../doc/system-requirements">system requirements</a>.
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+[% rnote.name %] will no longer offer to migrate your data from SeaMonkey 1.x
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+or Mozilla 1.x at the first start after installation (<a
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+href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=689437">bug 689437</a>).
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+In order to upgrade from such an old version, install the last SeaMonkey 2.0
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+release first, do the one-time profile upgrade, uninstall SeaMonkey 2.0 and
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+then install your target release (e.g. this one).<br>
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+You can find more details about installation, profile data and uninstallation
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+in our <a href="../../doc/install-and-uninstall">install and uninstall</a>
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+document.
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+</div>
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+
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+<h2 id="addons">Extensions (Add-ons) and Themes</h2>
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+<div class="section">
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+<p>
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+Extensions installed under SeaMonkey 1.x are not migrated to SeaMonkey 2, and
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+may not be compatible for reinstalling in this version due to major changes in
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+our architecture. Please report any issues to the maintainer of the extension.
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+Extensions and Themes for [% rnote.name %] can be installed from the
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+<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/seamonkey/">SeaMonkey Add-Ons</a> website
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+or the "Get Add-Ons" section in the Add-ons Manager.</p>
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+<p>
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+Extensions with binary components such as Lightning, Enigmail and HTML Validator
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+only work on certain platforms (e.g. Windows). Furthermore they need to be
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+adjusted for each new SeaMonkey release, which also means that an old version of
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+such an add-on can break SeaMonkey if you disabled compatibility checking (which
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+e.g. happens when you install the Add-on Compatibility Reporter add-on).</p>
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+<ul>
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+ <li>For <b>Lightning</b>, please check the <a
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+ href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Calendar/Calendar_Versions#Stable_Releases">Stable
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+ Releases section</a> on the Calendar Versions page. Alternatively check the <a
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+ href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addon/lightning/">Lightning
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+ add-on page</a> (<em>Development Channel</em> at the bottom of the page).
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+ <li>For <b>Enigmail</b>, please refer to the <a
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+ href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org/download/nightly.php.html">Enigmail
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+ Nightly Builds</a> page.</li>
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+ <li>For <b>HTML Validator</b> you need to check whether the Firefox version
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+ that appears on SeaMonkey's about: page is listed on the <a
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+ href="http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/download_090.html">0.9x
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+ download page</a>. Note that only Windows is supported at this time.</li>
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+</ul>
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+<p>SeaMonkey 2.29 dropped support for the legacy JavaScript Debugger interface
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+ (JSD1). Hence add-ons that relied on it, like the <b>JavaScript Debugger
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+ (Venkman)</b> that came bundled with SeaMonkey, or <b>Firebug</b> 1.x, have
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+ stopped working. While Venkman has been discontinued, Firebug can simply be
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+ upgraded to a more recent version (2.x) which supports the new JSD2
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+ interface. If you are searching for a Venkman replacement (especially for
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+ debugging SeaMonkey itself or add-ons), have a look at the <a
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+ href="https://addons.mozilla.org/seamonkey/addon/tiny-javascript-debugger/">Tiny
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+ JavaScript Debugger</a> add-on.</p>
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+ <p>SeaMonkey 2.46 is the first version which bundled the Firefox developer tools as
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+ a replacement.</p>
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+</div>
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+
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+<h2 id="issues">Known Issues</h2>
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+<div class="section">
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+This list covers some of the known problems with [% rnote.name %].
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+Please read this before reporting any new bugs.
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+<ul>
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+ <li>If you experience a hang and/or get a message box that a script is busy when opening the Data Manager
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+ try deleting the webappsstore.* files from your profile folder when SeaMonkey is not running.
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+ These contain data stored by web sites and will be recreated during the next start.
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+ If you are unsure if the information is needed please back them up before deleting them.
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+ The problem is tracked in <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1305624">bug 1305624</a>
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+ but so far no coding error has been found.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>A minority of our testers reported a crash when sending or replying to emails starting with SeaMonkey 2.48.
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+ This is tracked in <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1308923">bug 1308923</a>.
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+ No current workaround for this is known.</li>
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+ <li>Changes in the Mozilla password prompting code seem to have caused an incompatibility
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+ in very old profiles. This problem couldn't be duplicated yet but is probably caused by an old pref.
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+ If you are not prompted for authentication please consider switching to a new profile.
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+ Further problems are tracked in <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1347857">bug 1347857</a>.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Extensive changes in the Mozilla Gecko add-ons code and JavaScript interpreter
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+ were made since 2.46. The changes here and in other areas also mean that some older
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+ extensions might no longer be functioning properly. If you experience any problems
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+ please refer to the troubleshooting section first. Especially try to disable extensions
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+ first and check if this makes a difference.</li>
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+ <li>The SSL 3.0 encryption protocol is no longer supported due to
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+ security concerns (<a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1106470">bug
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+ 1106470</a>). Legacy websites may still rely on it and will not work
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+ with the newer TLS 1.x protocols. Contact the website administrator
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+ to update their server to resolve the issue at the source.</li>
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+ <li>The Remember Passwords add-on breaks password handling. Please disable
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+ or uninstall this add-on using the Add-ons Manager.</li>
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+ <li>You cannot set up a new Sync account or pair a device anymore (<a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=998807">bug 998807</a>).</li>
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+ <li><strong>Data loss warning:</strong> If you use a profile with this or any later
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+ version and then try to go back to SeaMonkey 2.46 or earlier, SeaMonkey will rename
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+ your history file to places.sqlite.corrupt and create a new places.sqlite
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+ file, effectively resetting your browsing history. This is because the
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+ internal format changed and the upgrade process only works in one direction.
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+ Additionally, running MailNews with local folders and POP3 mail filters may
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+ produce summary files that are not correctly read by previous versions of
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+ SeaMonkey. If you decide to go back to a previous version of SeaMonkey, you
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+ should delete the .msf files for your local folders and POP3 accounts or
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+ repair the folders using the folder properties dialog in order to avoid
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+ potential data loss.</li>
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+ <li>After creating a news account through clicking a news URL, the MailNews
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+ account wizard may be broken (the account type will always be News). To
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+ work around the problem, set the mail.server.serverX.valid pref (where
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+ X is the internal number of the corresponding news account) to true in
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+ about:config, or delete the invalid news account (<a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521861">bug 521861</a>).</li>
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+ <li>Web pages may appear differently in the MailNews feed reader than in the
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+ browser (<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662907">bug
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+ 662907</a>). Workaround: Add a "noscript {display:none}" rule to your
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+ <a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserContent.css">userContent.css</a>
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+ (note that the Stylish add-on cannot be used here since it does not
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+ integrate with the MailNews feed reader).</li>
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+ <li>Lightning keyboard shortcuts for accessing the calendar tab from within
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+ the MailNews window or from the main menu (Ctrl+Shift+C/D) do not work. (<a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514512">bug 514512</a>).</li>
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+ <li>If you try to start SeaMonkey using a locked profile, it will crash (see <a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=573369">bug 573369</a>).</li>
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+ <li>Some synaptic touch pads are unable to vertical scroll (see <a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=622410">bug 622410</a>).</li>
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+ <li>Under certain conditions, scrolling and text input may be jerky (see <a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=711900">bug 711900</a>).</li>
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+ <li>Mac OS X and Windows: Citrix Receiver no longer works. As a workaround,
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+ mark the plugin as <em>Always Enable</em> in the Add-ons Manager (see
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+ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1025627">bug 1025627</a>).</li>
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+ <li>Windows:
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+ <ul>
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+ <li>Norton/Symantec anti-virus scanners may report that some parts of
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+ SeaMonkey (e.g. the file freebl3.dll) are suspicious. If you downloaded
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+ SeaMonkey from one of the official download sites, this is a false
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+ alarm. You might experience problems with secure websites when this
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+ happens. To fix the issue, instruct your anti-virus software to
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+ ignore these files (and move them out of quarantine) and/or switch
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+ to another anti-virus software and reinstall SeaMonkey.</li>
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+ </ul>
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+ </li>
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+ <li>Mac:
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+ <ul>
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+ <li>When hardware acceleration is off, background colors in the UI
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+ (toolbar, status bar etc.) might not update correctly when you switch
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+ focus from/to a window. Users running Macs with certain older hardware
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+ will experience this even if they haven't turned
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+ off hardware acceleration in Preferences (Appearance/Content) (<a
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+ href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=626096">bug 626096</a>).</li>
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+ </ul>
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+ </li>
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+</ul>
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+</div>
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+
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+<h2 id="troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</h2>
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+<div class="section">
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+<ul>
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+ <li>
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+ Some questions are asked more frequently than others. Have a look at the <a
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+ href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/SeaMonkey/FAQ">SeaMonkey FAQ</a>.
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+ Maybe your particular problem has already been solved.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ Some anti-virus software keeps detecting our installers as containing a
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+ "Trojan" or "Downloader". This is a false positive and is some wrong
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+ detection mechanism in the anti-virus software. The code in question is
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+ actually from 7-Zip and decompresses the installer so that its contents can
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+ run and install SeaMonkey. That technology is widely used and probably can
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+ be used to compress bad as well as good software, but the 7-Zip code itself
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+ is perfectly safe. Mozilla scans all our files routinely when putting them
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+ on the FTP server and we assure you that our installers are as clean as the
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+ official Firefox downloads that are scanned by the same mechanisms.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ Poorly designed or incompatible extensions can cause problems with
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+ SeaMonkey, including make it crash, slow down page display, etc.
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+ If you encounter strange problems relating to parts of SeaMonkey no longer
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+ working, the browser not starting, windows with strange or distorted
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+ appearance, degraded performance, etc, you may be suffering from Extension
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+ or Theme trouble.
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+ Restart SeaMonkey in Safe Mode. On Windows, start using the "Safe Mode"
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+ shortcut created in your Start menu or by running
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+ <code>seamonkey.exe -safe-mode</code>. On Linux, start with
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+ <code>./seamonkey -safe-mode</code> and on Mac OS X, run:
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+ <p><code>
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+ cd /Applications/SeaMonkey.app/Contents/MacOS/<br>
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+ ./seamonkey-bin -safe-mode
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+ </code></p>
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+ When started in Safe Mode all extensions are disabled and the Default theme
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+ is used. Disable the Extension/Theme that is causing trouble and then start
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+ normally.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ If you uninstall an extension that is installed with your user profile
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+ (i.e. you installed it from a Web page) and then wish to install it for all
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+ user profiles using the -install-global-extension command line flag, you
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+ must restart SeaMonkey once to cleanse the profile extensions datasource of
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+ traces of that extension before installing with the switch. If you do not do
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+ this you may end up with a jammed entry in the Extensions list and will be
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+ unable to install the extension globally.
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+ </li>
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+ <li>
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+ If you encounter strange problems relating to bookmarks, downloads, window
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+ placement, toolbars, history, or other settings, it is recommended that you
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+ try creating a new profile and attempting to reproduce the problem before
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+ filing bugs. Create a new profile by running SeaMonkey with the -P command
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+ line argument, choose the "Manage Profiles" button and then choose "Create
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+ Profile...". Migrate your settings files (Bookmarks, Saved Passwords, etc)
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+ over one by one, checking each time to see if the problems resurface. If you
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+ do find a particular profile data file is causing a problem, file a bug and
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+ attach the file.
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+ </li>
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+</ul>
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+</div>
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+
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+<h2 id="faq">Frequently Asked Questions</h2>
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+<div class="section">
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+<dl>
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+ <dt>What can I do to help?
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+ <dd>
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+ We need help from developers and the testing community to provide as much
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+ feedback as possible to make SeaMonkey even better. Please read these notes
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+ and the <a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Bug_writing_guidelines">bug
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+ filing instructions</a> before reporting any bugs to
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+ <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/">Bugzilla</a>.
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+ </dd>
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+ </dt>
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+
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+ <dt>Why haven't you responded to the mail I sent you?
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+ <dd>
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+ Use the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.seamonkey/topics">newsgroup</a>.
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+ The SeaMonkey team reads it regularly, and your email may have gotten lost.
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+ </dd>
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+ </dt>
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+
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+ <dt>Where can I get extensions and themes (add-ons)?
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+ <dd>
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+ <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/seamonkey/extensions/">Extensions</a>
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+ and <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/seamonkey/themes/">Themes</a> can be
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+ downloaded from <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/seamonkey/">SeaMonkey
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+ Add-ons</a>.
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+ </dd>
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+ </dt>
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+
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+ <dt>Who makes SeaMonkey?
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+ <dd>
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+ Lots of people. See Help->About SeaMonkey, contributors for a
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+ list of some of the people who have contributed to Mozilla and SeaMonkey.
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+ </dd>
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+ </dt>
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+
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+ <dt>Where's the [% rnote.name %] source code?
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+ <dd>
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+ A tarball of the [% rnote.name %] source code is available at the
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+ <a href="../[% rnote.version %]#source">download page</a>.
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+ The latest development code can be obtained from the
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+ <a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Comm-central_source_code_(Mercurial)">source
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+ repository</a>.
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+ SeaMonkey-specific source is in the "suite" directory. Please follow the
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+ <a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Build_Documentation">build
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+ instructions</a>.
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+ </dd>
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+ </dt>
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+</dl>
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+</div>
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+
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+<h2 id="resources">Other Resources and Links</h2>
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+<div class="section">
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+The following resources contain useful information about [% rnote.name %]:
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+<ul>
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+<li><a href="../../doc/">SeaMonkey Documentation & Help</a></li>
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+<li><a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/">MozillaZine Knowledge Base</a></li>
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+<li><a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/SeaMonkey/Features/[% rnote.version %]">"SeaMonkey/Features/[% rnote.version %]"
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+ wiki page</a></li>
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+<li><a href="http://developer.mozilla.org/En/Extensions_support_in_SeaMonkey_2">For
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+ extension developers</a></li>
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+</ul>
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+</div>
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+
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+</body>
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+</html>
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Frank-Rainer Grahl