Configuration utilities for administrators

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This article was written for Thunderbird but also applies to Mozilla Suite / SeaMonkey (though some menu sequences may differ).

Many of the tools used by system administrators to automate configuring and deploying Netscape for multiple users don't work with Thunderbird. This bug report talks about how A Brief Guide to Mozilla Preferences doesn't seem to work anymore. Some tools to consider:

Working

  • Mozptch is a Mozilla project for configuring Mozilla Suite, Firefox and Thunderbird. It runs under Windows and Linux, can be run interactively or non-interactively and uses a ini-style configuration file.

Not ready yet

  • Automatic Mozilla Configurator is a Mozilla project (in beta) to customize and deploy Mozilla Suite, Firefox and Thunderbird for users whose home directory is on a file share. One of its main goals is to be able to lock preferences using a mozilla.cfg file that contains encoded javascript commands. That feature is not available for Thunderbird.
  • The Client Customization Kit (CCK) project is being revived according to this article. However the wiki currently just has a empty placeholder for Thunderbird.
  • Mozilla AutoConfig (aka Mission Control) is a centralized auto-configuration of Mozilla Suite, Firefox, Thunderbird, and Netscape 4.X developed by a university. It uses general.config.filename and general.config.vendor preferences in the all.js file in the program directory to make the client query a web server and download the preferences. Thunderbird does not recognize Mission Control preferences according to this bug report though several of the comments claim you can enable it if you re-compile Thunderbird with certain command line arguments.

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