thunderbird

CrankyOldBugger crankyoldbugger at gmail.com
Wed Mar 15 16:51:13 UTC 2017


Off the top of my head I would say to give t-bird a chance to get caught
up, if it's a new setup.  It takes a while for it to synchronize in the
beginning.



On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 at 12:48 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Right now I have some messages that have come in on gmail and I don't see
> them on thunderbird and I cant get them up
>
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Bob, thanks for the explanation, I have read this before and I like the
> idea but How do I go about setting this up? If I send an email using
> Thunderbird does it not go through gmail anyway?This is the part I don't
> understand.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
>
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> Hi Raymond: Not all e-mail accounts have a Web interface. The big
> companies like Google and Yahoo and Microsoft have Web interfaces, but
> there are many mail providers that don't have Web interfaces, and
> there are many of us who use those other mail providers (such as your
> own ISP, or your own self-hosted mail server) because we want to keep
> our e-mail off the big (advertising, surveillance) companies like
> Google and Yahoo and Microsoft.
>
> E-mail is a different service than the World Wide Web, and so uses
> mail client software that's dedicated to the task. Thunderbird is one
> example of a "Mail User Agent (MUA)" or mail client; Claws and
> Evolution are others.
>
> Using an MUA actually gives you far more control over your e-mail. You
> can choose to download it to your own computer (or keep it on the
> server); you can access many different mail accounts from different
> providers, all at the same time; you can easily add encryption plugins
> to secure your mail; and best of all, you can set up your mail client
> so it works as you want it to, not the way Google or Yahoo or
> Microsoft tells you.
>
> If you're using only one mail account from only one big provider you
> may not need the multiple accounts features, but you can still use an
> MUA to get the other benefits.
>
> Remember that when you use a "free" service like Google or Yahoo or
> Microsoft, those services are selling *you* to their advertisers. Your
> mail is read by their 'bots, the better to find your what you like,
> where you live, who you know, and even when you sleep and how long.
> But using a mail client to connect to a mail service you trust will
> put you in control over your own data.
>
> - --Bob.
>
>
> On 2017-03-15 11:36 AM, Raymond House wrote:
> > Hello all, I have been using ubuntu for many years now and I still
> > don't know what is the use of thunderbird.It duplicates my gmail
> > account,is slow,and seems complicated.I have been trying once more
> > to use it and it just seems to be a duplication of gmail (or any
> > other mail service).I'm probably missing something here but after
> > many bouts with it I still don't get it.I am wondering why it is
> > always on all the new distros? I suppose some people like it, I
> > don't.This is one of the rare things that bug me about ubuntu,
> > because I would never use any other OS.Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
>
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