SeaMonkey Help

SeaMonkey Help Updates

April 28, 2012

• Browser FAQ: How do I remove the text labels in the bookmarks toolbar? (personal toolbar is now called bookmarks toolbar)

April 6, 2012

• Browser FAQ: How do I put a "Close Tab" button on each tab?

March 30, 2012

• Updating: Updating SeaMonkey on Windows (added screencast)

March 29, 2012

• Browser FAQ: How do I make SeaMonkey my default browser? (created screencast)
• Browser FAQ: How do I use Bookmark Keywords? (created screencast)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I change the display structure of the date on messages? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How can I add the "X-No-Archive" header to my messages? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I make SeaMonkey generate the message ID? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: What are emoticons, and how do they work? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: What is Format = Flowed, and how do I de-activate it (classic line break)? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Added seach box back to the site. Now using DuckDuckGo search engine.
• Added browser requirements for screencasts.
• Removed Plugins link from side menu.

March 28, 2012

• Mailnews FAQ: How do I disable newsgroup name abbreviations? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I prevent SeaMonkey from updating the unread/total messages count, when I expand the list of subscribed newsgroups? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I re-order the list of subscribed newsgroups? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I prevent SeaMonkey from automatically scrolling to a new message, when I open a newsgroup? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I make SeaMonkey my system default mail client? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: SeaMonkey does not put a shortcut to "Mail" on my Windows desktop. How do I create one? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: Can I make SeaMonkey ask for confirmation, when I empty the trash folder? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I save the background image of a message? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: Is the SeaMonkey mail & newsgroups client available as a stand-alone application, without the browser? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• General FAQ: Is there a Calendar component available? Where can I get it? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• General FAQ: How do I stop SeaMonkey from activating the auto-connect in Windows? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• General FAQ: What are command line arguments, and which ones are available when starting SeaMonkey? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• General FAQ: How do I uninstall an extension? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• General FAQ: How do I disable AutoScroll? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• General FAQ: How do I use different icons for each component(Windows only)? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• General FAQ: How do I change the URL SeaMonkey goes to, when I click on the throbber? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• General FAQ: How do I change the throbber graphic in the top right corner? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• General FAQ: How do I remove the grippies on the left side of each toolbar? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• General FAQ: How do I reverse the direction of items on the status bar? (component bar on the right) (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• General FAQ: How do I style the text in the window menus? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• General FAQ: How do I prevent others from using the "Show Passwords" button on my profile? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Troubleshooting: My screen display settings change when I open SeaMonkey. (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Troubleshooting: My anti-virus program sometimes quarantines my Inbox, because of one message. (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Troubleshooting: I can't find messages that I marked to Send Later. (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Troubleshooting: Sent messages are not being saved. (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Troubleshooting: Junk Mail Controls are taking a long time to train. (Update to SeaMonkey 2)

March 27, 2012

• Mailnews FAQ: How do I customize which tags are allowed, when viewing as Simple HTML? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: What are structured words, and how do I disable it in SeaMonkey? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I remove structured words symbols? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How can I have the classic ">" instead of the vertical bar? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How can I prevent SeaMonkey from displaying the quoted text? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How can I change the colour of the quoted text? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How can I change the colour of the signature? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I limit the height of the signature? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I increase the width of the attachments box? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I configure the Normal Headers View to display the Organization header? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I configure the Normal Headers View to display the user-agent header? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I make SeaMonkey automatically mark a folder or newsgroup read, when I exit it? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I get rid of the IM button in the Address Book? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I style the text used to display an address book card? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: What does 'Watch Thread' do? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I purge newsgroups of old messages? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I make newsgroup messages display the message size in KB, instead of lines? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I prevent messages with the same subjects, without leading Re:'s, from being threaded together? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I use a separate username/password for each newsgroup on one server? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I get the thread back from killed status? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I disable the Advance to next unread message in folder prompt? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)

March 26, 2012

• Mailnews FAQ: How do I send a message with a remote image? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: What is the size limit of each mail folder? (Update to SeaMonkey 2 and added other operating systems)
• Mailnews FAQ: Is there an "Empty Junk Folder" option? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I turn off scam detection? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I style the text in each pane? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I remove the underlines that appear when a collapsed thread has unread messages? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I make collapsed threads with unread messages display in bold? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I change the colour of folders with unread messages? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I change the colour of unread messages? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)

March 25, 2012

• Mailnews FAQ: How do I check all IMAP folders simultaneously? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I disable the send progress box? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I create and append a signature file to my messages? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How can I use more than one identity on one account? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)

March 24, 2012

• Mailnews FAQ: Can I use SeaMonkey to access webmail accounts, such as Hotmail or Yahoo? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: Can I use the mailnews component to read web feeds? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How can I re-order the accounts in the left pane? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I set up multiple SMTP servers? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)

March 10, 2012

• Browser FAQ: SeaMonkey used to give me a confirmation window, when I'd close a window with more than one tab. Now it doesn't ask. How can I get it back? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I prevent pop-up windows from not showing the location bar? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I move the navigation toolbar to the bottom of the browser? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I remove the little arrows on the back and forward buttons? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I style the text in the location bar? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I style the text in the status bar? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I make about:plugins show the file path of each plugin DLL file? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I delay the time a menu takes to open a sub-menu? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I disable selection of the entire URL when I click in the location bar? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)

March 9, 2012

• Browser FAQ: How do I enable Smooth Scrolling? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I disable the sound that plays, when I use the "Find As You Type" feature? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)

March 8, 2012

• Browser FAQ: How do I style the bookmark label text? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I remove the text labels in the personal toolbar? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)

March 7, 2012

• Browser FAQ: How do I change the redirect limit? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I disable the image icons that appear when loading a webpage, or when an image failed to load? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I stop SeaMonkey from sending the referer header? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I view the files in my browser cache? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)

February 27, 2012

• Browser FAQ: How do I deactivate frames? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I disable blinking text? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How can I access websites on certain high ports (1080, 2080, 3080)? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)

February 23, 2012

• Browser FAQ: Can I use the browser to read web feeds? (Live Bookmarks) (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I make mailto links open in my system default mail client, rather than the SeaMonkey mail client? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)
• Browser FAQ: How do I make ftp links open in my system default FTP client, rather than SeaMonkey? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)

February 22, 2012

• Converted the entire site to HTML5!! (screencast ready!)
• Temporarily removed site search until I can get it working again
• Removed Editor FAQ
• Moved download links to home page and removed downloads page
• Moved profiles explanation to Profile FAQ and removed SeaMonkey structure page

February 19, 2012

• Browser FAQ: How do I use Bookmark Keywords? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)

February 8, 2012

• Updating: Updating SeaMonkey on Windows (Updated to automatic update system)
• Editing Configuration files: about:config (added note about warranty warning)
• Browser FAQ: How do I make SeaMonkey my default browser? (Update to SeaMonkey 2)

January 21, 2012

• Profile FAQ: Profile FAQ (Removed obsolete items and updated for SeaMonkey 2)

January 16, 2012

• SeaMonkey Structure: SeaMonkey Structure (Removed section about XPIs, because it no longer applies since SeaMonkey 2)
• Editing Configuration files: userChrome.css and userContent.css (The chrome folder now needs to be created)

January 15, 2012

• Downloads: Downloads (Removed system requirements and updated download links)
• Installing: Installing (Updated to SeaMonkey 2 installer)

Aug 1, 2007

• Browser FAQ: How do I disable Javascript on specific websites? (Update to SeaMonkey 1.1 and fixed a typo)

May 25, 2007

• Browser FAQ: How do I put a Home button on the Navigation Toolbar?
• Browser FAQ: How do I change the background colour of the location bar, when visiting secure websites?
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I prevent SeaMonkey from updating the unread/total messages count, when I expand the list of subscribed newsgroups?
• General FAQ: Is there a Calendar component available. Where can I get it? (add Howard Chu's builds)

March 14, 2007

• Mailnews FAQ: How do I purge newsgroups of old messages? (Update to SeaMonkey 1.1.1)

February 17, 2007

• Mailnews FAQ: How do I send a message with a remote image? (Update to SeaMonkey 1.1)

January 25, 2007

• Browser FAQ: How can I use a spell checker in browser text fields? (web forums, search fields) (Update to SeaMonkey 1.1)
• Mailnews FAQ: Where can I download more spellchecker languages? (Update to SeaMonkey 1.1)
• Mailnews FAQ: What is "Junk Mail Controls", and how do I use it? (Update to SeaMonkey 1.1)
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I make SeaMonkey my system default mail client? (Update to SeaMonkey 1.1)
• General FAQ: Where can I find language packs? (Update to SeaMonkey 1.1)
• General FAQ: How do I completely uninstall SeaMonkey on Windows? (Update to SeaMonkey 1.1)
• Troubleshooting: SeaMonkey won't run after installation. (Update to SeaMonkey 1.1)

December 11, 2006

• Browser FAQ: How do I perform a search by entering text in the location bar?
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I prevent SeaMonkey from automatically scrolling to a new message, when I open a newsgroup?
• General FAQ: Does SeaMonkey offer update patches?
• Troubleshooting: There's red text at the bottom of the window, that says <menuitem id="menu_HelpPopup_reportertoolmenu".

September 14, 2006

• General FAQ: How do I disable AutoScroll?
• Troubleshooting: My screen display settings change when I open SeaMonkey.
• Troubleshooting: Whenever I start SeaMonkey, I get a message saying a drive is "not accessible. The device is not ready."
• Troubleshooting: When I try to do a search on a news server, it doesn't work (XPAT not supported).

July 13, 2006

• Browser FAQ: How do I move the navigation toolbar to the bottom of the browser?
• Mailnews FAQ: Changing Internet Service Provider.
• Mailnews FAQ: How do I turn off scam detection?
• Mailnews FAQ: What does 'Watch Thread' do?

April 11, 2006

• seamonkey.ilias.ca goes live!