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 1QTZKQ-0005RA-3h for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:54:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 659D51C156 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 12:54:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a83.g.dreamhost.com (caibbdcaaaaf.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEAA61C15E for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 12:36:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a83.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a83.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E2895E073 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 05:36:42 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=libertytrek.org; h=message-id :date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s= libertytrek.org; b=IksbIYT8Q2eT/arlgFF+V/YFnybo57syBZfoASIw35+i9 j47RgivYJqGNR9O/BzBu6a2lesy74wf//tDyYFNkEqj0n7U8EOhhkiJ2VKjyK19W 4JVSgvjHJNACQuF41264hxxUjb62DpIOu+Wra1gSw4MzPqIRMF17VqCLQ/vIkk= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=libertytrek.org; h= message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s= libertytrek.org; bh=aF4dCL8UHbuo+DdUZDA93ME47K0=; b=ohdMfMCtgdBo hQ30DOe+H5OODo9LbYN/GrKC0KDdMFZjhhZfO5ds2BKMX0kex23R2GoZc0QK6PGy RJ+UPvhgS9h5nu5op/UXhmbSXwYUDjsTFYPJFx5SiZUXa6fYisQZKIJ5gurCOvRM iVrui5xAji40Qx7gwxFQaMvEG1MBInc= Received: from [127.0.0.1] (smtp.media-brokers.com [70.43.81.99]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: tanstaafl@libertytrek.org) by homiemail-a83.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EF6535E06E for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2011 05:36:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4DECC9DF.1080207@libertytrek.org> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:36:47 -0400 From: Tanstaafl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.10 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: thunderbird "fixed" folders? [SOLVED] References: <20110606000724.GA7627@gaurahari.merseine.nu> <20110606103442.GA16522@gaurahari.merseine.nu> <4DECB259.8040605@libertytrek.org> <201106061322.34902.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <20110606122601.GA3191@gaurahari.merseine.nu> In-Reply-To: <20110606122601.GA3191@gaurahari.merseine.nu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 0dfdf7f269c91aab01d25f440b97b759 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: Then restart Thunderbird, then you can delete the folders it created automatically... Not idea, I'll grant you, but it isn't *that* hard to do...