Mailnews.start page.url

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is mailnews.start_page.url.

This article describes the preference mailnews.start_page.url. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
- 2.1 Thunderbird 1.5
- 2.2 Thunderbird 2.0
3 Related bugs
4 Related preferences

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Background

Users can choose to have their mail client load a given page in the message pane each time the client starts. This preference keeps track of that URL.

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Possible values and their effects

The URL to use as a welcome page when the mail client starts.

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Thunderbird 1.5

In Thunderbird 1.5 the default value is chrome://messenger/content/start.xhtml.

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Thunderbird 2.0

In Thunderbird 2.0, the default value is http://%LOCALE%.www.mozilla.com/%LOCALE%/%APP%/%VERSION%/start/, where %LOCALE%, %APP%, and %VERSION% are replaced with the value of general.useragent.locale, “thunderbird”, and the current client version, respectively.

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