Michael wrote:

> Out of curiosity, why does Thunderbird leave behind so much stuff when
> an account is deleted from Account Settings? I have found references to
> the deleted account in about:config and Prefs.js (many others?). Why not
> delete things that eventually create a profile that is full of useless
> junk? (as a Windows user, I am used to this behavior, both from the OS
> and other programs, in the end it just doesn't make sense).
also, take a look in your profile. You may also see traces of the
account and files still hanging around.

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Michael said the following on 3/7/2006 10:31 AM:
> Out of curiosity, why does Thunderbird leave behind so much stuff when
> an account is deleted from Account Settings? I have found references to
> the deleted account in about:config and Prefs.js (many others?). Why not
> delete things that eventually create a profile that is full of useless
> junk? (as a Windows user, I am used to this behavior, both from the OS
> and other programs, in the end it just doesn't make sense).

I suspect that the idea was that if you decided to resubscribe, you'd be
back to the way you were before.

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_Michael_ spoke thusly on 07/03/2006 1:31 PM:
> Out of curiosity, why does Thunderbird leave behind so much stuff when
> an account is deleted from Account Settings? I have found references to
> the deleted account in about:config and Prefs.js (many others?).

If you're going to post a question in one thread, please don't start
another thread, asking the exact same question. Discussion gets fragmented.
See my answer to your previous post

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Chris Ilias wrote:
> _Michael_ spoke thusly on 07/03/2006 1:31 PM:
>> Out of curiosity, why does Thunderbird leave behind so much stuff when
>> an account is deleted from Account Settings? I have found references to
>> the deleted account in about:config and Prefs.js (many others?).
>
> If you're going to post a question in one thread, please don't start
> another thread, asking the exact same question. Discussion gets fragmented.
> See my answer to your previous post
>

Noted, Melchert Fruitema mentioned that I should start a new thread is all.