OK Chris, I'll watch that. It implies, not unreasonably, I should keep my email tidy and delete what I don't want. Hopefully I do that anyway The problem is getting my wife to do the same on her accounts. If I meddle with them and they don't behave perfectly........
I'll let things settle for a day or two. There are a couple of possible inconsistencies I want to check. The patience of yourself, and others is remarkable and much appreciated. You'll never get a job in Microsoft or some of the other software companies! Sandy On Jan 16, 11:24 am, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote: > The main caveat when setting up an account in Thunderbird using either > the extensions or POP3 is that by default Thunderbird will delete > messages from the server after downloading them. If you want to be able > to access messages from other computers this is a problem. The answer > is under "Tools", "Account settings" in Thunderbird. Under "Server > settings" for the Hotmail account you need to select the "Leave messages > on server" option if this is what you need. If you do this BEFORE > allowing Thunderbird to download any mails, then a copy of all mails in > the account will exist on Hotmail's servers as well as locally on your > computer. Filters in Hotmail will still operate as before. If the > filters on Hotmail are set to move mails to custom folders, then you > will need to specify these folders in the relevant options dialogue of > the Thunderbird Hotmail extension. > > On 16/01/2011 10:44, Sandy wrote: > > > > > Thanks Webmail Author for your persistence. I found the Accept- > > encoding in tools-options-advanced-general-config editor. Then I > > searched to locate it asnetwork.http.accept-encoding (isn't Google > > wonderful!). I modified to "deflate". > > > Now it works. A load of test messages suddenly arrived and checking > > send and received is good. And I now have the missing X-folder which > > is actually where this issue all started! I'll keep my eye on it for > > a few days. > > > That account was one we had never got around to using - so there was > > little likelihood of significant harm. I would like to change the > > main accounts similarly, I understand that would allow me to leave > > Junk and any filters in Hotmail operating normally but still allow me > > to download all to Tbird. Is that correct? If I change do I need to > > re-import email from Outlook at setting up? Will filters carry > > through? > > > It would be a nuisance if I lost a load of emails as a result but > > I've got functioning Outlook 2003 on an old PC and have a > > temperamental trial of Outlook 2010 on this PC for another week - so > > the emails should not disappear completely. > > > Many thanks > > > Sandy > > > On Jan 15, 9:15 pm, Webmail Author<[email protected]> wrote: > >> You need to make a change to Thunderbirds "Accept-Encoding" pref so > >> reads "deflate". only. Microsoft made a mistake with a server on the > >> last update and haven't fixed it yet. > > --
