Re: Very slow mail download/notification with dovecot 2.3.7 and Thunderbird
On 27/12/2020 15:11, ml_dove...@thorsten-reichelt.de wrote: > And it seems that some folders are never updated in TB. In example I > sort all messages from this list into a "INBOX.Mailinglists.ML-Dovecot" > subfolder by using a simple sieve rule. But even after 10 minutes TB > thinks that there are no new messages. As soon as I click on the > ML-Dovecot folder I see in the /var/log/dovecot-info.log file that TB > logs on to the server and then displays hundreds, of new messages. I > checked twice but I have subscribed to all 228 folders. I can't help you with your performance problem, but for Thunderbird to check all folders, you need to set "mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new" to 'true' in the Thunderbird config editor. Regards, Juri
Re: Very slow mail download/notification with dovecot 2.3.7 and Thunderbird
Am 27.12.2020 um 16:11 schrieb Juri Haberland: I can't help you with your performance problem, but for Thunderbird to check all folders, you need to set "mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new" to 'true' in the Thunderbird config editor. I think the setting is: mail.server.default.check_all_folders_for_new;true Gruß Matthias -- "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning." -- Rich Cook
Re: Very slow mail download/notification with dovecot 2.3.7 and Thunderbird
On 28/12/2020 09:44, Matthias Fechner wrote: > Am 27.12.2020 um 16:11 schrieb Juri Haberland: >> I can't help you with your performance problem, but for Thunderbird to >> check all folders, you need to set "mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new" >> to 'true' in the Thunderbird config editor. > > I think the setting is: > mail.server.default.check_all_folders_for_new;true Both settings exist, but you are right, my setting is deprecated: From http://kb.mozillazine.org/Checking_for_new_messages_in_other_folders_%28Thunderbird%29#IMAP: > Thunderbird used to support setting mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new > to true to make it check every remote folder for new mail. The downside was > there is no way to exclude a specific folder (such as a junk mail folder). > However, that setting was replaced in version 5.0 with server-specific ones. > Set mail.server.default.check_all_folders_for_new to true instead to make it > effective for all accounts using the Config Editor. Regards, Juri
Re: Very slow mail download/notification with dovecot 2.3.7 and Thunderbird
> On 28/12/2020 13:15 Juri Haberland wrote: > > > On 28/12/2020 09:44, Matthias Fechner wrote: > > Am 27.12.2020 um 16:11 schrieb Juri Haberland: > >> I can't help you with your performance problem, but for Thunderbird to > >> check all folders, you need to set "mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new" > >> to 'true' in the Thunderbird config editor. > > > > I think the setting is: > > mail.server.default.check_all_folders_for_new;true > > Both settings exist, but you are right, my setting is deprecated: > > From > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Checking_for_new_messages_in_other_folders_%28Thunderbird%29#IMAP: > > Thunderbird used to support setting > > mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new to true to make it check every remote > > folder for new mail. The downside was there is no way to exclude a specific > > folder (such as a junk mail folder). However, that setting was replaced in > > version 5.0 with server-specific ones. Set > > mail.server.default.check_all_folders_for_new to true instead to make it > > effective for all accounts using the Config Editor. > > > Regards, > Juri Try adding `mail_debug=yes` to your dovecot config and check logs Aki
Re: Very slow mail download/notification with dovecot 2.3.7 and Thunderbird
Hi! Thank you very much! This parameter (check_all_folders_for_new) was actually the solution to my problem that not all new mails were reported. Regards Thorsten > On 28/12/2020 09:44, Matthias Fechner wrote: >> Am 27.12.2020 um 16:11 schrieb Juri Haberland: >>> I can't help you with your performance problem, but for Thunderbird to >>> check all folders, you need to set "mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new" >>> to 'true' in the Thunderbird config editor. >> I think the setting is: >> mail.server.default.check_all_folders_for_new;true > Both settings exist, but you are right, my setting is deprecated: >
Re: Very slow mail download/notification with dovecot 2.3.7 and Thunderbird
Hello Aki! Thank you, I will give it a try. Regards, Thorsten > Try adding `mail_debug=yes` to your dovecot config and check logs > > Aki
