Comments on: How to make Thunderbird download new IMAP messages http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/05/26/how-to-make-thunderbird-download-new-imap-messages/ Stay curious! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:41:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Xaprb http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/05/26/how-to-make-thunderbird-download-new-imap-messages/#comment-16478 Xaprb Wed, 27 May 2009 21:17:51 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1099#comment-16478 Yeah, the extension and the setting don't have the same behavior. The extension respects per-folder settings. Yeah, the extension and the setting don’t have the same behavior. The extension respects per-folder settings.

]]> By: Alan Rimm-Kaufman http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/05/26/how-to-make-thunderbird-download-new-imap-messages/#comment-16477 Alan Rimm-Kaufman Wed, 27 May 2009 19:35:39 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1099#comment-16477 for me at least, with mail.server.default.autosync_offline_stores enabled, just opening the 'junk' folder to check subject lines started downloading 1000s of spam email bodies... not so good when out-of-office on slow wireless cxn for me at least, with mail.server.default.autosync_offline_stores enabled, just opening the ‘junk’ folder to check subject lines started downloading 1000s of spam email bodies…
not so good when out-of-office on slow wireless cxn

]]> By: Xaprb http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/05/26/how-to-make-thunderbird-download-new-imap-messages/#comment-16476 Xaprb Wed, 27 May 2009 12:10:18 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1099#comment-16476 The configuration setting does work fine without the extension. The configuration setting does work fine without the extension.

]]> By: Xaprb http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/05/26/how-to-make-thunderbird-download-new-imap-messages/#comment-16475 Xaprb Wed, 27 May 2009 03:21:18 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1099#comment-16475 Aha, I see. Well, I've done that, and disabled the extension, so we'll see if this does the trick. If I can do it without an extension, that's great. The meaning of use_status_for_biff took me a while to understand; I found this thread helpful: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=610355 Aha, I see. Well, I’ve done that, and disabled the extension, so we’ll see if this does the trick. If I can do it without an extension, that’s great.

The meaning of use_status_for_biff took me a while to understand; I found this thread helpful: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=610355

]]> By: Nathan de Vries http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2009/05/26/how-to-make-thunderbird-download-new-imap-messages/#comment-16474 Nathan de Vries Wed, 27 May 2009 03:04:01 +0000 http://www.xaprb.com/blog/?p=1099#comment-16474 Ah, I shouldn't have said "change". You'll need to create the setting yourself, as per the instructions here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Offline_folders#AutoSync Ah, I shouldn’t have said “change”. You’ll need to create the setting yourself, as per the instructions here:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Offline_folders#AutoSync

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