Re: Downloading Hotmail Junk to Thunderbird

[Chris Clifton]

The main caveat when setting up an account in Thunderbird using either 
the extensions or POP3 is that by default Thunderbird will delete 
messages from the server after downloading them. If you want to be able 
to access messages from other computers this is a problem. The answer 
is  under "Tools", "Account settings" in Thunderbird. Under "Server 
settings" for the Hotmail account you need to select the "Leave messages 
on server" option if this is what you need. If you do this BEFORE 
allowing Thunderbird to download any mails, then a copy of all mails in 
the account will exist on Hotmail's servers as well as locally on your 
computer. Filters in Hotmail will still operate as before. If the 
filters on  Hotmail are set to move mails to custom folders, then you 
will need to specify these folders in the relevant options dialogue of 
the Thunderbird Hotmail extension.

On 16/01/2011 10:44, Sandy wrote:
Thanks Webmail Author for your persistence.  I found the Accept-
encoding in tools-options-advanced-general-config editor.  Then I
searched to locate it asnetwork.http.accept-encoding (isn't Google
wonderful!).  I modified to "deflate".
Now it works.  A load of test messages suddenly arrived and checking
send and received is good. And I now have the missing X-folder which
is actually where this issue all started!  I'll keep my eye on it for
a few days.

That account was one we had never got around to using - so there was
little likelihood of significant harm.  I would like to change the
main accounts similarly, I understand that would allow me to leave
Junk and any filters in Hotmail operating normally but still allow me
to download all to Tbird.  Is that correct?  If I change do I need to
re-import email from Outlook at setting up?  Will filters carry
through?

  It would be a nuisance if I lost a load of emails as a result but
I've got functioning Outlook 2003 on an old PC and have a
temperamental trial of Outlook 2010 on this PC for another week - so
the emails should not disappear completely.

Many thanks

Sandy

On Jan 15, 9:15 pm, Webmail Author<webmailextens...@gmail.com>  wrote:
You need to make a change to Thunderbirds "Accept-Encoding" pref so
reads  "deflate". only.  Microsoft made a mistake with a server on the
last update and haven't fixed it yet.

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