thunderbird

[Raymond House]

Thunderbird says all messages have been read but I am missing all since Sat
the 11th?

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> OK
>
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:51 PM, CrankyOldBugger <
> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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