On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 08:15:11PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > 4) how can I cause thunderbird to automatically purge a set of mail folders
> > according to a set of rules? Or does that require one of those pesky
> > additional programs? What if the mail isn't local?
>
> Uhhh, right click? Properties -> Retention Policy.
Uhhh, no. Either you delete all but the last n messages, or you delete
messages older than n days. That's not "according to a set of rules".
That's remarkably inflexible.
IMHO, unread messages should never be deleted. For a mailing list, your
opinion may differ. That's fine, I don't claim to have the only way to
manage mail, or even the best way. But you don't even have the option.
My normal rule of thumb for Debian mailing lists, for example, is to delete
all mail older than eight weeks, unless it's unread or flagged as
important. Even mutt can do that. :)
> > 5) Whyinhell doesn't it download mail headers in the background? Enter a
> > folder, wait with a spinning cursor.
>
> Maybe to be nice to low bandwidth people? There's an extension for just that.
Oh, yes, it's MUCH more nice to the low bandwidth people to make them
*wait* to see the headers, vs downloading them in the background while they
interact with the application in the foreground. Gee, that makes sense.
Not.
Oh, and an extension? Wow, there's another one of those pesky add-on
programs. No doubt extensions don't count, or something.
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