Re: How to set thunderbird to work with localmail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Marsh wrote: > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Max Hyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>That's odd. I get Icedove notifications all the time, > For movemail accounts? If so, that's new, and I'll have to dig > through my preferences. For several years the TB developers have been > saying that they have no intentions of making notifications work for > movemail, since they don't think anyone uses it except for a few > dinosaurs who should switch to IMAP or POP mail, anyway. My bad. From the context, I thought the problem applied to all access types. I'm using IMAP. Sorry 'bout that. Best wishes, Max Hyre -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH5niVinmU7xweXmkRAi0IAKDP5ynmNTElN8f35T2bWnJrcXu6xACgy7QR 07snX1I9w96oyiAbxMvW47s= =NOYE -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set thunderbird to work with localmail
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Max Hyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Marsh wrote: > > Unfortunately, > > state-of-the-art biff technology seems to elude the TB team, and > > they've determined that automatically finding new messages is a > > problem beyond their abilities. > >That's odd. I get Icedove notifications all the time, and I > didn't do anything special that I know of. I'm running raw unstable > (Linux elmore 2.6.24-1-686 #1 SMP) with Thunderbird version 2.0.0.9 > (20080110), and Gnome Version: 2.22.0. For movemail accounts? If so, that's new, and I'll have to dig through my preferences. For several years the TB developers have been saying that they have no intentions of making notifications work for movemail, since they don't think anyone uses it except for a few dinosaurs who should switch to IMAP or POP mail, anyway. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com http://36pints.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set thunderbird to work with localmail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Marsh wrote: > Unfortunately, > state-of-the-art biff technology seems to elude the TB team, and > they've determined that automatically finding new messages is a > problem beyond their abilities. That's odd. I get Icedove notifications all the time, and I didn't do anything special that I know of. I'm running raw unstable (Linux elmore 2.6.24-1-686 #1 SMP) with Thunderbird version 2.0.0.9 (20080110), and Gnome Version: 2.22.0. Best wishes, Max Hyre -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH5k1UinmU7xweXmkRAqBGAKDC1tQzH0Fum4/uJm2JPq0CSqX/YwCcC9TN //Lao4XRbGAAVyGCvg2QPyU= =PkQ+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set thunderbird to work with localmail
On 22/03/08 17:11, Jabka Atu wrote: Hello,.. How should i set Thunderbird to work with local mail : for instance Kmail know's how to access /var/mail/username and get messages from there. I tried to search an option inside thunderbird (icedove) but didn't found one. I may be wrong, but maybe you just need pop3 server / daemon? Then you don't read the mail file directly but configure Icedove to get mail from your local pop3 server. Ie: popa3d, teapop, etc -- Kind regards, Michal R. Hoffmann -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set thunderbird to work with localmail
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 13:11:09 -0400, Jabka Atu wrote: > Hello,.. > > How should i set Thunderbird to work with local mail : > for instance Kmail know's how to access /var/mail/username and get > messages from there. > > I tried to search an option inside thunderbird (icedove) but didn't > found one. You have to set up a movemail account if you want to access folders in /var/mail directly: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Help_Documentation:Creating_an_Account#Creating_a_Movemail_Account http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/demo/movemail.html It seems that the configuration dialog for this type of account is broken in some versions of icedove: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=432119 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=447002 It may be possible to work around the bug by creating an additional pop3 account and converting it to a movemail account afterwards: http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/movemail/ It should not be necessary to edit prefs.js directly, the config editor gives you access to the mail.server.serverX.type settings as well. (Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Config Editor...) You might furthermore want to use an external movemail command, typically the one from the "mailutils" package, to have the option to preserve the original messages in /var/mail. The relevant config settings are mail.use_builtin_movemail and mail.movemail_program. (Disclaimer: I never actually tried the above workaround. Movemail accounts worked fine for me with Mozilla, but I never used thunderbird or icedove long enough to know if that feature has been preserved properly. It might be safer to run a local imap server for icedove to access.) -- Regards,| http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set thunderbird to work with localmail
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Jabka Atu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How should i set Thunderbird to work with local mail : > for instance Kmail know's how to access /var/mail/username and get > messages from there. > > I tried to search an option inside thunderbird (icedove) but didn't > found one. Thunderbird refers to this as a "movemail" account, which should be one of the standard "new account" options. Unfortunately, state-of-the-art biff technology seems to elude the TB team, and they've determined that automatically finding new messages is a problem beyond their abilities. I have a movemail account called "cron", and to get new messages I have to select the inbox and try to get new mail. My xterm's biff lets me know there's something to get. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com http://36pints.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set thunderbird to work with localmail
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:17:11 -0500 "Tom Goulet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/22/08, Jabka Atu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hello,.. > > > > How should i set Thunderbird to work with local mail : > > for instance Kmail know's how to access /var/mail/username and get > > messages from there. > You can also setup a local imap server and then access your mail through imap > Hmm, it looks a little tricky, but > http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq says that you can > import Mbox files into Thunderbird. > > It says that you do it by copying an Mbox file to the "Mail/Local > Folders" directory within your "profile directory". > > By the way, /var/mail/username files are Mbox files. > > So you might end up running something like this: > > The shell command would end up looking something like this: > cp /var/mail/username ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/blergh.default/Mail/Local\ > Folders > > Then restart Thunderbird. > > Tom > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set thunderbird to work with localmail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom Goulet wrote: > On 3/22/08, Jabka Atu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hello,.. >> >> How should i set Thunderbird to work with local mail : >> for instance Kmail know's how to access /var/mail/username and get >> messages from there. >> > > Hmm, it looks a little tricky, but > http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq says that you can > import Mbox files into Thunderbird. > > It says that you do it by copying an Mbox file to the "Mail/Local > Folders" directory within your "profile directory". > > By the way, /var/mail/username files are Mbox files. > > importing an mbox file only copies the contense of file will prevent you from getting new mail. > So you might end up running something like this: > > The shell command would end up looking something like this: > cp /var/mail/username ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/blergh.default/Mail/Local\ Folders > > I tried the above the problem is that by coping you stuck with what was allrady in the file and if you get new mails you don't know about it . * *so i did a sym link : ln -s /var/mail/jabka /home/jabka/.mozilla-thunderbird/2i25fsli.default/Mail/Local\ Folders/jabkamail or in more common way : ln -s /var/mail/YOURUSERNAME /home/YOUR_USERNAME/.mozilla-thunderbird/SOME_DIR.default/Mail/Local\ Folders/SOME_FILE_NAME * * The problem is that afaik to see the diffrence in incoming mails you have to restart thunderbird (icedove). > Then restart Thunderbird. > > Tom > > Regards ,.. Jabka Atu || bsh83.blogspot.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBR+Vec5zNKvbZ7QAsAQI9tw/7BJ594XyqCHjJB4vNWGuhUEEjBkX0vujT 9NiqZTrlraT3z884OmTT5h8O8uh347k9fWQiE/Kp7Qjmdxue9nAn+CMGRNUgD2Xm IrgslC4VYf+A4ZYVrb1hy4l9YPiQoXYb7OA2ZKY+SNZmNvx42U+RMxZcTqGegckd 1iSm0pXgozNptdF/W2V3OSQfUm4elqbFed1peZ8wrzVPuUx+7x7IHBwwIInNEuJH HbwbE3dubI6/Yws8z7f3VoEeVPIUW02I65qwD2WZ/jSrmfh7OiWGR5o2XIc+bz8k IgMiE2A4khh2jNc85JiQmrNZdok73dOID01Ib3voeSNiQoPjPXo4TVYdZGNy55GD TItyxQlXLiewIA2cSwbF56IBRpEPbr252E/z2ASNVJ2QEQAihrV9q6HmCCPKa9He YPwqOKwRRiLgU0UM/rdwMRV27sRxQJfqzMFfk3Qc1XOWdP7eMz5m7ya76zlZtmpL NXT3AoxJYdoH1KunVnI17BvUMPHlzWPlmH+ljpOwXFAJ10UyHhoh69cM/Qy8l/uP J7pyldE83Lqg+d+gyhd7Xx8uX7KY3D5Q+BrgjyPdO7GsKzZy56uJMQpHJ6DLVICe Ao4pStU3quzTpVgCnt43i1pgu46xVZVLhyx6/4IzYWKUongCxudwzUKnERkHVsxF be6uZHIN8xA= =d0V0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to set thunderbird to work with localmail
On 3/22/08, Jabka Atu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello,.. > > How should i set Thunderbird to work with local mail : > for instance Kmail know's how to access /var/mail/username and get > messages from there. Hmm, it looks a little tricky, but http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq says that you can import Mbox files into Thunderbird. It says that you do it by copying an Mbox file to the "Mail/Local Folders" directory within your "profile directory". By the way, /var/mail/username files are Mbox files. So you might end up running something like this: The shell command would end up looking something like this: cp /var/mail/username ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/blergh.default/Mail/Local\ Folders Then restart Thunderbird. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
