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"Unable to find specified executable" on linux

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Thunderbird 45.3.0 When I click on File > Get New Messages for > All Accounts Thunderbird keeps displaying "Unable to find specified executable" OK When I click on OK, it downloads a single email, then displays the exactly same message again. What executable is it looking for? What to do I have to do to fix this problem? Thanks in advance for an help.

Thunderbird 45.3.0 When I click on File > Get New Messages for > All Accounts Thunderbird keeps displaying "Unable to find specified executable" OK When I click on OK, it downloads a single email, then displays the exactly same message again. What executable is it looking for? What to do I have to do to fix this problem? Thanks in advance for an help.

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Wayne Mery
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Very strange. I just read a report of the same thing at mozillazine

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Ah - same person http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3024300

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Does https://www.khattam.info/solved-unable-to-find-specified-executable-alert-when-new-mail-arrives-in-thunderbirdicedove-2010-11-13.html help??