hawker a écrit :
I tried asking this on the Thunderbird forum but all I got was someone
trying to convince me to use G-Mail.
I've switched all my gmail account to other providers, since I also use
POP access, and with POP (or IMAP) access, anything gmail has classified
as spam is invisible, and is automatically deleted if not reclassified
in 30 days. Unfortunately there is no way around this, and gmail is
very aggressive in classifying emails as spam.
What I'm looking for is how a typical Linux mail server would work with
Seamonkey or Thunderbird (I use both) in this situation.
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It seems time for me to Rethink my personal E-mail.
Not sure where to ask this - it isn't 100% a Thunderbird question.
I don't want to IMAP my personal E-mail (1and1 mail) because I can't
store everything on the server (2G max). So I POP it to Thunderbird &
Seamonkey with a 90 day delete from server after setting. I also POP it
to my HTC Android 2.3.x phone and do not delete. I mostly read e-mails
on my phone now.
Can I IMAP on my Phone (HTC Android) and POP on my Mozilla Mail client
without a mess?
You can with at least gmail, but I wouldn't recommend it. IMAP is
designed to store everything on the server, and only selectively
download emails to read. It is more useful for corporate environments
where several users access the same email account.
POP is easier to configure for what you need.
* Will the email account be able to handle this without corruption?
* If I delete it on my phone (IMAP) will it be deleted and not
downloaded to my PC-Mozilla?
Yes, since IMAP is stored on the central server. But not with POP,
stored locally.
* If I read it on IMAP will it be marked read when POP downloaded or not
or would It also have to be IMAP downloaded to see this.
Don't know how IMAP does it, but when an email is downloaded on a
defined mozilla POP account, the email id is stored locally to indicate
that it is read.
If you download from the same email account on another profile, messages
will be re-downloaded if still on the server. If you define the same
email account twice in the same profile, you could even download an
email twice in the same profile, since each defined mozilla account has
its' own list of read emails.
* Can Thunderbird or Seamonkey's filters, when IMAP downloaded, pull the
e-mail from the IMAP account and move it to an offline account so it
doesn't use up space on the server? Can I do this for messages over a
certain age only?
Probably possible but easier with POP.
A few recommendations :
1) Do not use IMAP. It is designed for those who wish to keep messages
on a central server. Use POP.
2) You can configure mozilla to never delete messages.
So do that on the machine where you don't intend to read or keep all
your messages.
Under email account configuration / server parameters :
[x] Leave messages on the server
... [x] Until I delete them.
3) On the machine where you intend to read and keep all your messages :
Configure to delete after a maybe a week, and not right away, in case of
some glitch. The default is 3? days.
If you are keeping them on your phone I would recommend it backing up
regularly as well.
It might be better to save them on your computer, even you tend to read
them first on your phone.
BTW, I have used the "don't delete" feature several times when
travelling, and at other times when I've had problems with my usual
computer, and it works quite well.
Emails accessed via the web won't be deleted either.
Thanx
- Hawker
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André
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