https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Help_Documentation:Creating_an_Account
Shows another method on how to setup an account to use Movemail. On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 05:27:12PM -0500, tjpa wrote: > On Nov 19, 2009, at 3:35 PM, John DeCarlo wrote: > >Postfix doesn't do POP or IMAP, just SMTP and such (AFAIK). > > I figured it out. > > sudo postfix start > sudo chmod 777 /var/mail (So that Thunderbird can write its > lock file.) > > Configure Thunderbird for POP using usern...@localhost for the > account and localhost as the incoming and outgoing servers. > > Quit Thunderbird. > > Edit the user's Thunderbird profile.js to change the > "mail.server.server2.type" from "pop3" to "movemail" > > Start Thunderbird and enjoy. > > > > Can one do this with Win7? > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
