Klaus Vink Slott writes: > On 2012-10-18 08:00, Martin (KDE) answered me: > >> Thunderbird insists on downloading all mail from the IMAP or else > >> you cant > >> >monitor other than inbox for new mail. As I use serverside filters > >> >to sort incoming mail there is a risk of not noticing new mail.... > > Hu, no. You can monitor all folders and use server side filtering and > > do not download all mails to a local store with thunderbird. > > What..?? ..I see that now. Has that always been there? I remember > searching for this feature sometime ago. Then I thought that was what > "Subscribe" was for, but subscription made no difference. > > Anyway TB still seems to do a complete download of the entire folder > first time you connect. Might be some in MUA spam checker or whatever. Check the account's settings -> Synchronization & Storage. The default is to have 'Keep messages for this account on this computer' enabled, this makes Thunderbird download them all. > > You have to > > enable the check for every folder you want to watch (in preference > > dialogue of the folder). At least I use it all the time (since I moved > > from kmail to t-bird). Or right-click on any folder and select 'Subscribe...' to quickly subscribe to all the folders you want. However, on Windows, not all folders are being checked for new mail. And I had to unsubscribe to the 'Drafts' folder, or else it would hang while checking folders, except when forcing the check manually. > That was quite some work, I have many filters and folders. But now I > have it working. (Had to leave Kmail again: After a week it stopped > showing the message content in some folders. The message preview just > stay blank - even after a logout/login) KMail is weird :( Wonko ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.