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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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