You can usually access Gmail in Thunderbird without needing the extensions. Google provides free POP and IMAP access, check Gmail's help pages for details. If you want to read mails and leave a copy on Gmail's servers, the IMAP option is probably best for you. You can use the extensions to read mail from other web mail systems such as Hotmail and Yahoo, and Thunderbird will allow multiple accounts to be set up. Hotmail and Yahoo don't offer IMAP access, the extensions will emulate a POP server, by default Thunderbird, (or any other POP compliant email program) will download mails and delete them from the server. There is a check box in TB's server settings for each email account where you can specify that a copy be left on the server, if you don't set this option before downloading any mails then mails will be deleted from the server. Also note that Hotmail now provides free POP access, most people will no longer need web mail extensions in TB. The main exception to being able to use free POP access is if you are trying to get your mail in work, some employers have firewalls set to prevent access to the ports used by Google and Hotmail for POP and IMAP. Also Hotmail's POP access only downloads your Inbox (a limitation of the POP protocol), using the web mail extension you can also download mails from any folders you may have in Hotmail.
MRK wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am very interested in using Mozilla ThunderBird to access my web > based email account(s) such as this Gmail account. Does ThunderBird > and/or the WebMail extention allow me to view my messages on its own > interface without downloading them to my local drive? I am strongly > against fetching my email do one local drive and losing the ability to > access it from everywhere else. > > Additionally, is possible to access more than on Gmail account (or a > Gmail and that of some other service such as Hotmail or Yahoo > accounts) using the same program/extention? > > If this is possible for Gamil, is it possible for Yahoo or Hotmail? > If yes, it will help everyone in the family. > > I hope no one is bored with my inquiries. I am new to this topic and > would like to be safe in keeping my messages where I can access them > from everywhere while having the convenience of using an email client > software, such as ThunderBird, while I am on my own machine i.e. I > want the best of both worlds; having my cake and eating it. > > Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions. > > Cheers, > M > > > > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thunderbird Webmail Extension" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
