Thunderbird 3.0.5 in Ubuntu 10.04

[Basil Chupin]

On 27/07/10 02:32, Preston Hagar wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>  wrote:
>    
>> On 26/07/10 23:56, Sam Przyswa wrote:
>>      
>>> Yes I changed my setting after deleting the entire IMAP database, but
>>> why the Mozilla Fondation changed the default setting of Synchronisation
>>> &    Storage ?
>>>
>>>        
>> And why shouldn't they?
>>
>> Did you read the release notes?
>>
>> BC
>>
>>      
> > From the release notes:
>
> "Thunderbird will download IMAP messages by default in the background
> to allow for faster message loading and better offline operation. This
> feature can be enabled on an individual folder basis via Folder
> properties, or for all folders in an account via Account Settings /
> 'Synchronize&  Storage'.""
>
> I agree with Sam though, I didn't like the change.  I didn't notice
> any significant increase in message loading speed (except maybe emails
> with really large attachments, which I get rarely), and I had to give
> up several GB of disk space.  I am never offline, so that fix didn't
> really help me either.
>
> Overall, I have been pretty disappointed in Thunderbird 3, but
> hopefully with time it will improve.
>
> Preston
>    

TB was upgraded to 3.0.6 earlier today my time (together with Firefox 
which went to 3.6.8). How this will affect what is being talked about 
here I don't know.

BC


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