Getting local emails in Thunderbird

[Rashkae]

Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> OS: Ubuntu 7.10 x86.
> 
> 
> Does anyone know how can I configure Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 to receive
> local emails from Ubuntu? Thunderbird 1.5.0.x had an option, but it
> seems it doesn't exist under Thunderbird 2.0.0.x (?).
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ioannis
> 

Oh, that's a sad exclusion

Assuming there isn't an extension you can download to do this, I would
suggest installing dovecot, then add an account that IMAP's to localhost
 No other configuration needed for that to work out of the box.