Thunderbird and IMAP Folders
Dear Lazyweb,
I’m using Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 on Windows to read mail (which is IMAP’d on a Linux server). I’m also using Pine occasionally when I need to do something quickly over a slow connection (yes, those still exist). The problem is that if I create or delete folders in Pine, Thunderbird doesn’t know about it. I can use “Subscribe…” from the File menu, but then I have to open up sub-folders one by one to find new folders to tick them off, which is annoying. What’s even more annoying is going back and forth between a command-line view of my folders, and Thunderbird’s view, in order to delete folders that no longer actually exist from Thunderbird’s view of the world. I have browsed the help and googled the web to no avail. If you know how I can get Thunderbird to re-synch its view of what folders exist and don’t, I’d be grateful for a ping. (Please note: I’ve tried editing the .mailboxlist file in my home directory on the Linux host — no effect.)
Thank you in advance,
Greg
What most people do is use a web-based IMAP client. For example, you could install IMP (http://www.horde.org/imp/) on your Linux server.
Another popular option is to use GMail as your IMAP server and use GMail as your web-based IMAP client.
Turns out Thunderbird stores its subscription list in ~/.subscriptions. I’ve tried some web-based clients, and may switch back to one if Thunderbird keeps being awkward.
What I meant was a web-based client in addition to Thunderbird, not instead of. Thunderbird on your primary desktop boxes, and web-based client elsewhere.
Just configure that tb is showing all folders. After that, you can actualize the view by closing und re-opening subfolders in the tree.