From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QTbZd-0001ae-QR for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:18:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 125601C16D; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:16:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.42.164]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C534F1C16D for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:16:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.42.142] (helo=smtp11.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QTbXb-0006aF-52 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:16:31 +0200 Received: from 5353c717.cm-6-4d.dynamic.ziggo.nl ([83.83.199.23] helo=data.antarean.org) by smtp11.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QTbXa-00016q-Fy for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:16:30 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D503A1ED7 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 17:20:31 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from data.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (data.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id KvloK5AKFNiv for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 17:20:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from eve.localnet (eve.lan.antarean.org [10.20.13.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5EA69BC9 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 17:20:31 +0200 (CEST) From: Joost Roeleveld To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED] Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:16:29 +0200 Message-ID: <4792901.s12X79NyDV@eve> User-Agent: KMail/4.6 beta5 (Linux/2.6.36-gentoo-r5; KDE/4.6.3; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <4DECC9DF.1080207@libertytrek.org> References: <20110606000724.GA7627@gaurahari.merseine.nu> <20110606122601.GA3191@gaurahari.merseine.nu> <4DECC9DF.1080207@libertytrek.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-ID: 1QTbXa-00016q-Fy X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-SpamCheck: geen spam, SpamAssassin (niet cached, score=-0.928, vereist 5, BAYES_00 -1.90, RDNS_DYNAMIC 0.98, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.01) X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-From: joost@antarean.org X-Spam-Status: No X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: bc429e96fbe458e886ebfdc2ca1bc9c3 On Monday 06 June 2011 08:36:47 Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2011-06-06 8:26 AM, Indi wrote: > > It forces one to log into the IMAP server manually and restore order, > > as the configuration dialog gives no way of doing that. Then, making > > sure tbird is not running, one must go into ~/.thunderbird/, find the > > files that specify IMAp and local folders, figure out the syntax, and > > edit accoringly. It's a ridiculous amount of hoops to force a user to > > jump through, downright user-hostile in fact. > > Eh?? > > All you have to do is first tell Thunderbird which folders you want to use: > > Tools > Accounts Settings > Copies & Folders > > For Trash: > > Tools > Accounts Settings > Server Settings > When I delete a message: 2 different locations to configure the "default" folders? > Then restart Thunderbird, then you can delete the folders it created > automatically... Restart to make changes active? > Not idea, I'll grant you, but it isn't *that* hard to do... If you know the different locations to change it AND realize you need to restart the application for changes like these to take effect? These settings should be immediately active. -- Joost