Re: icedove 2 uses a lot of bandwidth

[Lorenzo Bettini <bettini@dsi.unifi.it>]

Matthew K Poer wrote:
> On Saturday 07 July 2007 4:12 am, Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I like the new features of icedove 2 (thunderbird), but when I'm using a
> > 56k modem, I noticed that it uses a lot of bandwidth (especially upon
> > the first get messages of the day); I'm using only IMAP.
> >
> > I think this is due to the fact that it builds a summary (the one shown
> > in the right bottom corner of the screen) of the new arrived emails by
> > inspecting all the IMAP folders.
> >
> > Is there a way to disable this feature?  I couldn't find it in the
> > preferences...
> >
> > thanks in advance
> > 	Lorenzo

I found the solution to disable the popup summary (and thus save a lot 
of bandwidth)!

it's in Preferences -> General -> When new messages arrive

I documented it also here: 
http://tronprog.blogspot.com/2007/07/thunderbird-2-summary-popup.html

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