Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 21:01:29 +0200 From: Radek Kozlowski <radek@raadradd.com> To: Benjamin Walkenhorst <krylon@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thunderbird not displaying mails in IMAP-folder Message-ID: <20041003190129.GC77129@werd> In-Reply-To: <4160485D.9010604@gmx.net> References: <4160485D.9010604@gmx.net>
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On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 08:43:41PM +0200, Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I recently set up a Courier-IMAP server (version 3.0.5) in my local > network. I want to use Thunderbird 0.7.3 running on FreeBSD 5.2.1 to > connect to the server. > Basically, this works. But when new mails arrive in the mailbox, > Thunderbird only indicates them in the folder tree, when I click on the > folder, I sometimes see the new messages, sometimes they remain invisible. > Sometimes switching to another folder in my mailbox and then back will > help - sometimes not. Sometimes I can see the messages after some time, > sometimes I have to restart Thunderbird. > > Is this rather a Thunderbird-problem or an IMAP-problem? (Courier is > running on NetBSD 1.6.2, if that matters - Courier's log files did not > show any helpful messages) > Sylpheed 0.9.12 did not show this behaviour. However, I'd prefer > Thunderbird for its ability to read both email and news. You'll need to configure courier-imap with: --enable-workarounds-for-imap-client-bugs to make Mozilla/Thunderbird work. -Radek
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