Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
John Doue wrote:
Tom Pamin wrote:
Jay Garcia wrote:
On 04.04.2009 11:01, Tom Pamin wrote:
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Chris Ilias wrote:
On 4/4/09 11:35 AM, Tom Pamin wrote:
Chris Ilias wrote:
On 4/4/09 11:20 AM, Tom Pamin wrote:
What's the easiest way to delete Local Folders? They're driving
me nuts.
I fiinally did get them to go away following instructions on
the web,
but they keep coming back. I don't think I'm editing about:config
correctly.
Yes, but it's not recommended. See
<http://seamonkey.ilias.ca/mailnewsfaq/LocalFolders>.
I've tried that - no luck.
Just to note: The instructions say to edit prefs.js, not
about:config. When you say "I don't think I'm editing about:config
correctly", were you referring to those instructions?
The instructions also mention about:config at the beginning.
Also be aware that if you create a new account, it will contain
Local Folders.
I finally got it to stay gone by repeating the instructions several
more times.
Just a suggestion.
I went through those hoops a long time ago, while I was still using
Netscape and it took me a long time to get this to work to my liking.
Eventually, I decided to live with those controversial local Folders.
As bookmarks in FF 3.xx today, Local Folders were then a very popular
topic; lots of people did not understand why they are there, and as is
the case for bookmarks in FF 3.xx today, others easily got offended
when users remarked on the complexity.
I eventually decided to use Local Folders as a storage place for my
Email Archives. This way, my archives are never far away when I need
them, but they are not in the way when I don't need them, which is 99%
of the time. Getting rid of Local Folders is satisfying, sure, but
making the best use of them is probably a wiser course of action. My
experience at least!
Regards
removing local folders may cause problems down the road, as other things
may require them. For example, newsgroups use the local folders
I have personally set up my newsgroups to use a specific directory, as
anybody can. Did you actually mean that, by default, newsgroup are set
up to use Local Folders? If this is the case, then this would not be
enough of a reason not to suppress local folders. I personally do not
know of any imperative reason not to delete them, but I do know one can
put them to good use.
As I said, I have learnt to live with them and make good use of them; I
do not use them for any account, just for my email archives. This helps
separating current emails from older ones, allows for segragate backups,
and helps avoid the build-up of huge files that sometimes cause
problems, especially in the Inbox.
Of course, this is only one way among others to use this feature.
--
John Doue
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