[ubuntu-za] Gmail and Thunderbird

[Quintin van Rooyen]

On 07 Feb 2014 2:55 PM, "Charl Wentzel" <charl.wentzel at vodamail.co.za>
wrote:
>
> Hi Quintin
>
> Agreed, but it all comes down to who you are dealing with.
> Unfortunately not everything works for everybody.

I suggested several options, your answer makes it seem I only suggested one.

>
> Charl
>
> On 07/02/2014 09:05, Quintin van Rooyen wrote:
> > Pop is designed to work like that, imap would solve the issue.
> Yes, but each email client operates individually, it keeps track of the
> email it download to ensure it doesn't get downloaded again.  An email
> downloaded by one client should should not be ignored by another client.
>
> > I am not certain about what you mean about the weird folder issue
> > though. Imap syncs both ways so if you make a folder in tbird the same
> > would appear as a label in google and vice versa.
> Gmail creates its own set of folders which appears in a separate folder
> called "GMail".  It contains a bunch of sub folders, e.g. Drafts, Sent
> Mail, etc.  Its effectively a duplicate of the existing email in the
> folders created by Thunderbird.  This operates very different from the
> POP3 setups in Thunderbird.  If you delete an IMAP email, it is tagged
> as "deleted" and then moved to the "Trash" folder under "Gmail", and not
> in the Trash folder created by Thunderbird.  Effectively the folders
> created by Thunderbird is ignored.  If you have a couple of POP3
> accounts and a Gmail account, this very quickly gets confusing because
> the operation is inconsistent.  I can handle this, but not everyone is
> so willing to accept the "weirdness"
>
> > Hows about letting her use the web interface? I know we are all anti
> > Google, but that is the best way of using gmail imo. In fact, I don't
> > even have a mail client installed atm.
> Yep, tried that, but the Gmail web interface isn't purely a mail client,
> it tries to do other things too, and the new tabbed inbox just adds
> complexity.  It's operation isn't entirely intuitive.  You know how it
> is when someone asks you an IT question and simply expect that you
> should immediately know the answer, but then you have to sit down and
> figure it out while the person glares at you because you can give them a
> straight answer.  Since the Gmail web interface put me in that spot, I'm
> pre-conditioned not to like it. ;-)
>
>
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