Hi
I had already posted here http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... 15&start=0 and they suggested me to post the message in this forum
I like the new features of Thunderbird 2, but when I'm using a 56k modem, I noticed that it uses a lot of bandwidth (especially upon the first get messages of the day); I'm using only IMAP.
I think this is due to the fact that it builds a summary (the one shown in the right bottom corner of the screen) of the new arrived emails by inspecting all the IMAP folders.
Is there a way to disable this feature? I couldn't find it in the preferences...
I think there should be a way to disable such feature
thanks in advance
Lorenzo
Thunderbird 2 summary popup uses a lot of bandwidth
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"I think this is due to the fact that it builds a summary (the one shown in the right bottom corner of the screen) of the new arrived emails by inspecting all the IMAP folders."
You could prevent that by configuring Thunderbird to only check the inbox for new messages. I assume you set mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new to true. Another possible workaround would be to disable the customized new mail alert and have it only display the number of new messages. You don't have to use the latest and greatest features.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Checking_for_ ... hunderbird
I think this feature would be a lot more useful if it ran the junk filter first!
If you're using IMAP see if your email provider supports server side filters, and runs something like SpamAssassin. Frequently you can filter the spam before its stored in your mailbox, so Thunderbird is never aware that it exists. If you're using POP, see if any of the ideas in http://kb.mozillazine.org/Download_only ... P_messages make sense for you.
You could prevent that by configuring Thunderbird to only check the inbox for new messages. I assume you set mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new to true. Another possible workaround would be to disable the customized new mail alert and have it only display the number of new messages. You don't have to use the latest and greatest features.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Checking_for_ ... hunderbird
I think this feature would be a lot more useful if it ran the junk filter first!
If you're using IMAP see if your email provider supports server side filters, and runs something like SpamAssassin. Frequently you can filter the spam before its stored in your mailbox, so Thunderbird is never aware that it exists. If you're using POP, see if any of the ideas in http://kb.mozillazine.org/Download_only ... P_messages make sense for you.
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tanstaafl wrote:"I think this is due to the fact that it builds a summary (the one shown in the right bottom corner of the screen) of the new arrived emails by inspecting all the IMAP folders."
You could prevent that by configuring Thunderbird to only check the inbox for new messages. I assume you set mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new to true. Another possible workaround would be to disable the customized new mail alert and have it only display the number of new messages. You don't have to use the latest and greatest features.
actually, that property, mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new is set to false.
The only workaround I found is to disable the mail.biff alert properties... actually you were talking about disabling the alerts, but not how to do that, so I guess you were referring to these properties weren't you?
Now, the summary popup doesn't show up and the bandwidth is not wasted
Thanks for your help!
I think that disabling the summary should be part of the configuration dialog, instead of being accessible only through the configuration editor...
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Ooopsss... I hadn't noticed that!
Thanks again!
i documented my experience on my blog: http://tronprog.blogspot.com/2007/07/th ... popup.html
Thanks again!
i documented my experience on my blog: http://tronprog.blogspot.com/2007/07/th ... popup.html