On 6/9/2013 11:27 AM, Donk wrote:
> Hi Theresa -
> Yep, I remember your probs with Tbird, and how you've tried everything
> but voodoo to fix them. What about what Holly said, just going with
> Gmail and skipping the desktop client all together? Gmail can def handle
> huge volumes of mail. It doesn't have "all" the features of a desktop
> client, but you can still set up filters, etc.
> I'm still almost certain that your probs with not having Tbird sync with
> Gmail is caused by a slow dialup connection. So if you go strictly with
> the cloud you'll eliminate the need to sync at all.
> Have you looked at Yahoo! email? I use their basic version and it is ok
> - but for your volume of mail and feature needs you'd want to go with
> their paid version. Offers 200 filters, forwarding, POP too (if you
> want it), no ads, an offline mode, etc. And it's only $19.99 for a
> year. http://mailplus.mail.yahoo.com/ They also have a pretty nice
> Android smartphone, tablet app. Not sure about iPhone.
>
> Donk
>
>
> On 6/8/2013 8:40 PM, Theresa wrote:
>> No, you don't have to close your ears, I'll scream quietly, I promise. :-)
>>
>> While I used to love my Thunderbird email program, I started looking
>> through the folders tonight. It's been a few days since I really checked
>> to see what I've received. I don't have a clue about what the program
>> is doing/has done. Several emails I have multiple copies for, some as
>> many as five; the filters work when they want to, and aren't even
>> unchecking as they used to when there was a problem.
>>
>> I spent at least 15 minutes again today deleting emails from Gmail
>> online because either it or Tbird or both can't receive/send the message
>> that messages have been deleted - so when Tbird picks up, the messages
>> are still in Gmail (we decided once that it was probably dial-ups fault
>> - and I have POP3).
>>
>> I have, while Tbird was off, gone in under Windows Explorer and looked
>> at the data folders - there are folders and emails in there that I
>> deleted ages ago, from all 3 of the accounts that I get.
>>
>> You all know how I feel about not being able to automatically sort the
>> filters. HP's diagnostics says my hard drive passes all the tests.
>>
>> I scan regularly with my avast!, and ran the online scanner with bit
>> defender a couple of days ago, and both report that I am clean. Getting
>> ready to run bd again, because avast!'s daily run says I'm fine.
>>
>> I loved Eudora. For a long while Tbird was a great replacement. (I'm
>> running Windows 7 Home, by the way.) I get 2-400 emails a day.
>>
>> I love that Thunderbird is non-Microsoft. I like the ease of
>> transferring and adding and subtracting folders. I like the relative
>> ease of backing up my filters and data. I wanted/want something that's
>> actually being worked on, for support.
>>
>> Any suggestions for replacement? I would definitely appreciate them. I
>> have several folders, and definitely some "to keep" emails, so I don't
>> feel I can just try programs randomly.
>>
>> I want something reliable, not Microsoft, where I can sort filters
>> automatically, it won't lose emails, backs up at least decently well,
>> can handle several accounts (at least 3) with many emails a day, and
>> sorts/filters like it's supposed to. I suppose I'm looking for a dream
>> program?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Theresa
Theresa, I don't comment much(more read to learn something I might have
missed), but this caught eye. Having one's e-mail on-line, or off-line,
is a 50/50. Yes, I understand the suggestion that Gmail may solve your
problem. Then again, while solving one problem, it could create a host
of new problems. On-line, you don't get to make the decision about
e-mail security. If someone wants' to see my e-mail so badly, I would
rather, they try to hack my network at home, than a website. My Yahoo
e-mail address, I only keep as a secondary account, but I rarely check
it. My ex actually had to get a new Yahoo ID about two years ago, when
I noticed her e-mail was hacked(we were members of the same discussion
forum).
I understand what is being said about the filters. Sometimes the
filters will save multiple copies of one e-mail, one particular but
different detail in each filter. For instance, if someone had one
folder for 'Depression', and one folder for 'Weather', if the word
'depression' is somehow key to each filter, the e-mail will be copied to
both folders.
As for Gmail and Tbird syncing, I agree with Donk about the dial-up
connection being the cause. Not just the speed. But also, with a
dial-up connection, you have to 'trick' the ISP servers into technically
thinking you are still online doing something, so the connection doesn't
get cut from inactivity. With Tbird, you can set it up to do periodic
mail download checks, in order to sustain the connection. When I had a
dial-up connection, I also added the virus scanner updates to the mix,
all to fool the servers into thinking I was online all that time.
Christopher
------------------------------------
If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel
free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal
issues directly to the group.
To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to
a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com
Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com
a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
