Thunder(ing-tarnation)bird - second send

[Ignazio Palmisano]

Donn wrote:
> (Sorry - not sure if this got the the list. Don't have gmane up so can't 
> check right now. Resend)
> 
> Yo, still languishing in Windowsville while my Kubuntu PC is gradually
> building itself in slow-motion...
> 
> Anyone out there use Thunderbird? It's driving me mad. Besides it's
> really weird quirks when you try to reply-to an email, there is one
> thing that is gittin' me doown. To whit -- I have it checking mail every
>   few minutes on two accounts (one gmail). Windblows goes "bing!" and a
> little notice inches its way up to say "X mails have arrived". So, I
> dutifully open the thunderous bird and, every time a coconut, there is
> no indication of any new email. I *have* to hit Get Mail and watch it
> connect and THEN it shows the new emails.

Do you have "automatically download mails" checked in server settings
for the account(s)? It works flawlessly for me, both win & lin versions.
I.

> 
> This is totally weird. Is it some kind of Windblows thing? Perhaps the
> O/S is checking the mail on a lower level and signals Thunder[bt][iu]rd
> that there is mail, so it signal me, but it's too thick to actually
> fetch it from the O/S? I'm winging it here - just like the app...
> 
> 
> /d
> 
> 


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Ignazio Palmisano
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