Odd problem with Gmail and Thunderbird

[Liam Proven]

2009/2/15 Pat <pat.mysterywriter at gmail.com>:
> I'd like to get my email downloaded since I have a number of folders set
> up and filters in place and the Gmail webmail program doesn't let you
> sort mail in any way.

You are mistaken. Gmail has excellent sorting - I am reading this
message right now in a Gmail filtered sorted folder.

[1] Create a label, e.g. Ubuntu-users.
[2] Create a filter. Match from the source address, e.g.
ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
[3] Tell it to assign the label
[4] Tick the box that says "archive this message (skip the inbox)"

Optionally,
[5] Click "apply to the messages below".

If you create labels in Gmail with a slash character in, Thunderbird
will see those as subfolders.

E.g. make a set of labels:
ubuntu
ubuntu/users
ubuntu/sounder
ubuntu/developer
ubuntu/server

And Gmail will see those as separate "folders" - labels - but
Thunderbird will create a hierarchy:
ubuntu
 |_users
 |_sounder
 |_developer
 |_server

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