"Local folders" have taken over my regular account
Charles Milton Ling
When I installed Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 on a new machine a day or two ago,
I created an account called cml...@teleweb.at. So far, so good.
But then I wanted to get a repository for junk, and somehow
(automatically, I think), "Local folders" were created, and junk is
stored there. Not that I mind.
*But* the account cml...@teleweb.at has disappeared from the pane at the
left and seems to be useless. It can still be seen if I open "account
settings".
I really would prefer to use that account for most things and "Local
folders" only when necessary.
I am very grateful for any suggestions. I am using Windows Vista.
Greetings to all,
Charley
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Charles Milton Ling
Vienna, Austria
Greywolf
TB by default sets Local Folders as the location for everything. To
change this, change the locations in Account Settings.
Eg:
Account Settings > click on [account.name] > Copies and Folders > use
drop down menu to change all locations to [account.name.]
Do the same for Junk etc.
HTH
wolf k. (who would prefer that TB by default created all necessary
folders for each account, instead of Local Folders, which he thinks is
about as useful as mammary glnads on a male bovine.)
;-)
Charles Milton Ling
I wish I could do that! But the drop-down menu for the
cml...@teleweb.at account ONLY has "Local folders" as an option
Greywolf
Ok, try this:
First, if there are subfolders withing cmling, Move their contents to a
temporary folder(s) that you create in Local Folders. If you are really
paranoid, back up the Profiles folder first (I don't know exactly where
that is in Vista, it's a in a subfolder within ...\Roaming\...)
Then delete cmling and recreate it. This time at the Server Information
pane (the second one), UNCHECK the box Use Global Inbox.
This will force TB to set up the account as a "top level" account. TB
will create Inbox, Sent, etc, and will create Junk when you define its
location in cmling.
You can Move mails from the temporary folders in Local Folders to the
appropriate folders in the new cmling account, then delet those
temporary folders. Be sure to Compact all folders after doing this, as
TB does not in fact remove mails/posts from folders until this is done.
HTH
wolf k.
Ken Whiton
*-* In Article <XuednQ9RfqAkZ2jX...@mozilla.org>,
*-* Charles Milton Ling wrote
*-* About "Local folders" have taken over my regular account
Tools --> Account Settings --> [Account name] --> Server Settings
Click on the "Advanced..." button and select to use "Inbox for this
server's account"
Ken Whiton
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Leonidas Jones
Do backup the profile before doing this, as mail might be lost if the
Global Inbox has been used for a while..
Lee
Charles Milton Ling
Thank you all very much again! Everything is fine now.
Greetings,
Charley
(who thinks he remembers Lee as a big help in a SeaMonkey newsgroup)
Leonidas Jones
Well, that would be me, I've been around a while, secnews as well!
I'm glad you have it working and thanks so much for the kind words!
:ee