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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / March 2005Thunderbird and Mail Interaction
I have a PC at work and a PowerBook at home. I have been using Thunderbird on my PC and Mail on my mac, but have had some serious problems with the combination. It seems that messages deleted (read: sent to trash) with Mail are expunged (read: deleted forever) by Thunderbird when it tries to load your trash folder. This is a big problem for me, as I keep my mail in the trash folder until I archive it. I've lost a lot of messages with the combo, and have since stopped using Thunderbird. Any suggestions? Does mail mark IMAP messages differently? Does this sound like a Thunderbird or a Mail problem? Thanks, Ben P. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >I have a PC at work and a PowerBook at home. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >until I archive it. I've lost a lot of messages with the combo, and >have since stopped using Thunderbird. _ You might try just using Thunderbird on both. I've been using Thunderbird on my mac and while a bit slower than Mail, it works in a very similar way and there's nothing I've found that is missing. >Any suggestions? Does mail mark IMAP messages differently? Does this >sound like a Thunderbird or a Mail problem? _ My guess is some weird interaction between the two with neither being the "problem". You might look into the various preferences to see if there is a time out on the Trash folder. My guess is that "delete after X-days" is likely implemented by some special header and one or the other is looking for something that's not there. Putting things you want to potentially archive in "Trash" is bending the intent of the interface, but that's a wholely different problem. _ Booker C. Bense > I have been using Thunderbird on my PC and Mail on my mac, but have > had some serious problems with the combination. > > It seems that messages deleted (read: sent to trash) with Mail are > expunged (read: deleted forever) by Thunderbird when it tries to load > your trash folder. This is an IMAP preference you can configure. Go to Tools->Account Settings on the menu bar. Then go to the "Server Settings" page for your IMAP account. There are two checkboxes you will want to tweak: Clean up ("Expunge") Inbox on Exit Empty Trash on Exit > This is a big problem for me, as I keep my mail in the trash folder > until I archive it. I've lost a lot of messages with the combo, and > have since stopped using Thunderbird. IMO, this is a bad practice in general. If you want to archive messages, use some folder other than the Trash. Trash means (to most people and most programs) that you want to be rid of the contents. -- David > IMO, this is a bad practice in general. If you want to archive > messages, use some folder other than the Trash. Trash means (to most > people and most programs) that you want to be rid of the contents. I agree, but it's convenient because I can hit [delete] and a message goes out of my inbox immediately. I like the "Archive" button in GMail, and I'd love to see a similar button on most thick client apps. bp have a look at the preferences of both of your applications. it's the app which decides how to trash. olli >I have a PC at work and a PowerBook at home. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thanks, > Ben P. |
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