My local folders appear above my accounts in LH pane; they used to be below the accounts?
When I first installed TB a few days ago, the LH was ordered top to bottom as Account 1, Account 2, Local Folders. Now it is Local Folders at the top. I have been using the 'Manual Sort Folders' add-on to sort WITHIN accounts and Local Folders, but as far as I can see, there is no way that the Local Folders should appear first? Any suggestions, as I do want my accounts at the top.
Allan
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Hello. I have two devices and two accounts, so what i want is this:
I only want to store mail from both accounts in a remote place and copy most important mails to local folders.
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* Can I have a copy of these local folders in both devices and the remote storage?
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* The remote storage place will have many other folders. When I open Thunderbird, I also want to see these and the mail
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* One of the accounts is gmail. In Account Setting tool, there is an option for synchronization. If there is no easier way, I can have mail for other account copied to gmail, and just syncronize gmail mail. For this, how will I copy my present folder structure to gmail. And how can I syncronize the local folders on the two devices?
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In the previous version I could choose for every account not to have separate folders, but Inbox could be the Local folders Inbox.
In new version I can choose to keep Sent, Drafts, Archives, Templates in Local Folders, but not the Inbox.OK found how to get a unified inbox view for multiple Imap email addresses.
View> Folders >Unified
Simple. why could anyone else say this? -
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New laptop has Thunderbird installed, local folders have been restored. The inbox contents are missing (I use the option "download from server", so the recent correspondence is there.
I have three POP3 accounts, so I am trying to identify the location of three separate "inbox" and "Sent" folders, and add them to the new installation.
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- Find the old Thunderbird profile location (.../AppData/Roaming ... THunderbird/Profiles/...default/Mail/first.account.domain/Inbox
- FInd the same location on the New laptop
Copy the first (old, backup) inbox to a new file in the New profile folder; I did Inbox.bak
Start TBird - and lo and behold, I have folders "Inbox" (recent mail since the old laptop crash) and "Inbox.bak" (the mail I thought was lost).
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This worked for me. Not very elegant, with several manual steps, but end result is what I needed.
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What is the purpose of the Local folders (Inbox, Trash, etc.) which are also in the default account?
What is the purpose of the duplicate Local folders (Inbox, Trash, etc.) which are also in the default account?
That was everything I needed to know, and more! Thanks
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Okay, I've been using PCs and MACs for years but I only recently bought my own, personal iMac G5. I know how to use OS X pretty efficiently.
Although, How do I get folders to appear above other files (ie. mp3, .doc, .psd). Meaning that folders have a higher authority then those 'lower' documents.
I'm basically saying I want to make it act like a Windows Explorer view, in a way.
It just makes sense to have folders at the top of the list.
In final, I want to be able to do this. Have everything in a Finder window alphabetical but with folders appearing at the top, in column view.
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