On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 11:11:20PM +0000, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> I'm having trouble setting preferences in Sunbird.  Rather, I can set
> (most) preferences, but they're not saved.  This message shows up in
> the error console.

Stupid first try based on similiar errors in the past:
Is the configuration directory actually writeable and all files in it?

We had similiar issues with Firefox in the past.

Joerg