Brian, on this continuing stream of consciousness you have set me on ...
If the Webmail Author was not inclined to my suggestion of not downloading the Inbox then the "dummy" Hotmail account could download the Inbox and other selected folders. It would be a waste of time, bandwidth and processing power but filters for the "dummy account" could simply discard all messages downloaded from the Inbox since the primary account would already have used POP for that. So that would mean that the request for a differential line in messages sent by the Hotmail add-on would be the only real requirement. On Sep 8, 7:59 pm, alanrf <[email protected]> wrote: > Brian, > > on reflection I did use the Hotmail add-on (in WebDav days) to > download the Sent folder. I then detected the difference in those > Sent messages from those sent using WebDav and those sent using the > Web interface. Those sent suing WebDav had to already be in the > Thunderbird Sent folder so I just deleted them. Those sent using the > Web interface were moved to the Sent folder on Thunderbird - so yes it > did work then and they appeared in the Thunderbird Sent folder with > the correct "sent to" information. Perhaps the Webmail Author might > consider placing some generic X-Sent line in sent messages to > differentiate messages sent by the Hotmail add-on from those sent via > the Web interface. > > On Sep 8, 7:48 pm, alanrf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Brian, > > > I actually typed that option - I cannot see why they cannot be moved > > to the "Sent" folder but I thought it so inelegant in that they would > > not appear correctly in the Sent folder (they would appear as sent to > > the owner of the Hotmail account) that I removed it and posted as I > > did. > > > One other thought has been occurring to me for some time now but it > > requires work on the part of the Webmail Author and I cannot say with > > any assurance that it is do-able. Given that the free POP/SMTP > > functions of Hotmail are available it would be really nice if the > > Hotmail add-on had the option to not download from the Inbox but only > > to download form the other folders of the Hotmail account. That way > > one could set up a Hotmail account in Thunderbird using POP/SMTP or > > the solution recommended by Chris and another "dummy" Hotmail account > > to use the Hotmail add-on to download from the Junk/Sent and any > > custom folders in Hotmail with Thunderbird allowing you to direct > > those mails to whatever folder in Thunderbird you want. > > > When WebDav was available and could be used by the Hotmail add-on I > > did have filters set to synchronize messages sent on the Web interface > > back to Thunderbird's sent folder - it worked just fine. However now, > > as far as I can see, it is not possible to use a filter to detect the > > difference between a message sent on the Web interface from one sent > > by Thunderbird using the Hotmail add-on (since they are both using the > > standard Web interface). Nevertheless, I hope that my suggestion may > > be allowed to engage the mind of the Webmail Author for > > consideration. > > > On Sep 8, 5:57 pm, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Another solution is to use Thunderbird's automatic BCC option to send > > > a copy of every message to your Hotmail account. You can use a rule > > > in Hotmail to move messages out of the Inbox. Unfortunately, I don't > > > think you can put them in the Sent folder, but at least they would be > > > in your account. > > > > On Sep 8, 11:48 am, TTL <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I am thinking of trying to combine the WebmailHotmail extension with > > > > the pop3.live.com. This is because when TB is downloading (with > > > > Webmail Extension) the new emails it becomes too slow but, if I create > > > > the same account but configured to download the new email with > > > > pop3.live.com, it works very fast. > > > > The reason for which I want to combine them is because when I write > > > > and send an email in TB, I want to have the copy of this email not > > > > only in TB (at home), I want it in the hotmail server too (to see it > > > > when I connect with firefox in the university, for example). > > > > I have tried to combine them but it doesn't works (I think that the > > > > problem is because pop3 connect to server using SSL and the Webmail > > > > extension didn't do that and the server see something bad -someone > > > > trying to spam, etc.-). > > > > > How do you think I can solve this problem? > > > > My hotmail account have about 1000 emails. Do you know another way to > > > > do that? The low speed is not because any antivirus, slow internet > > > > connection or slow CPU. > > > > > Thanks for your patience.
