Could be with it disabled they are allowing non-SSL despite claiming you must use it.
In other words the checkbox is likely correct, unchecking it is disabling SSL. SSL is
where you want to be and you may find the non-SSL ceases to work down the road given
that are telling customers they must use SSL. Current version TB is 2.0.0.21 but a
quick search did not net me any conclusive info concerning SSL bugs.
Right now I am using SSL for pop3.gmail.com, but not using Secure Authentication.
Looks like gmail doesn't support SA despite doing SSL.
The reason your mail is under docs & settings for your user is that TB automatically
creates the profile the way, as do most windows programs. You can use the
-profilemanager switch when launching TB to get it to bring up the profile manager
where you can manually choose where to create a profile's data folder. With that
created you can either import again or you may be able to just copy over the data
from the other TB profile.
Personally I have my TB installed on drive D:'s program files tree and the profile
under a data folder on drive P:. When I backup, I simply shutdown TB, Zip up the
profile tree & archive that.
Backup wise all the email currently is in:
> C:\Documents and Settings\UID\Application
> Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\yy98ry8o.default\Mail
DHSinclair wrote:
OK. I still seem to have connectivity issues w/BellSouth/ATT
testing/working..... :(
Was able to install TB on this machine and send/rcv email. I am still
digging/tweaking all TB settings. It seems that the ISP and
Mozilla/Eudora have vastly different opinions of the "Require secure
authentication" checkbox.(!) If I uncheck this box in TB, email flows as
expected. If I tick this box in TB (as my ISP says I MUST!), TB errors
immediately on "Check Mail." I am still trying to get my head around
this........ :)
But, ATM, I am seeking insight into the basic install of TB. I was able
to get TB to install (most) of its' stuff on my d: partition. However,
somewhere else in the install script I missed a subtle ask about "where"
I want TB to "put" all the data (email). ATM, and after I let TB
scan/copy the current Eudora, I seem to have all the TB data living at:
C:\Documents and Settings\UID\Application
Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\yy98ry8o.default\Mail
>>C:\Documents and Settings\UID\Application
Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\yy98ry8o.default\Mail\Local Folders
>>C:\Documents and Settings\UID\Application
Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\yy98ry8o.default\Mail\pop.att.yahoo.com
Can I coerce TB to put this "email data" back on d:\ with the rest of
the proggy (like Eudora)?
If not, I will get use to it I suppose....... :)
But, this now makes my normal use of SyncToy 2.0 a problem. I just do
not know who/what I tell SC20 to copy/echo from TB to my NAS for
daily/weekly backup...??? Much less whether to even use SC20 to
copy/echo the TB program files on the d:\ partition............ :(
Sorry if this question seems weird. Since this recent ISP kurfuffle,
most things normal have become a challenge.
Best,
Duncan
