[AccessD] Thunderbird and Gmail (Was 'test')

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Wed Apr 28 16:18:13 CDT 2010


IMAP - not MAPI :-)

On 28 Apr 2010 at 11:43, Heenan, Lambert wrote:

> So you told Thunderbird to use MAPI to hook up to Gmail? All those folders were created at Gmail's behest I think.
> 
> You'll get used to it eventually. :-)
> 
> Lambert 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:28 AM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] test
> 
> Holy cow batman!
> 
> My ColbyConsulting website and email is down.
> 
> I downloaded and installed the new thunderbird (to my server thank god!).  I told it to set up gmail as my email account.  It went off and started "organizing" me.  I now have 47 bajillion folders and accounts and subforlder and...
> 
> I have no clue at all what to use or why I have all this stuff, and furthermore I can't delete the folders I do not want.
> 
> I have an inbox with
>       "local folders"
>      jwcolby at gmail.com.
> I have a "drafts".  Not under the inbox mind you, just "out there".
> I have a "Sent", with subfolders for
>      local folders
>      sent - jwcolby at ...
>      sent mail - jwcolby at ...
> 
> AT THIS POINT ONE HAS TO ASK... what is the difference between sent and sent mail.  What else would be sent besides mail?
> 
> I have an "all mail".
> 
> I have a spam
> 
> I have a trash under which I have
>      local folders
>      trash (looks like a manilla folder)
>      trash (looks like a green alien
> 
> I have an Outbox
> 
> I have a Local Folders
>      outbox
> 
> I have a jwcolby at ...
>      gmail
>          starred
>      AccessD
>      Infoengine
> 
> In short I have TWENTY FOUR FOLDERS AND SUBFOLDERS AND THIS AND THAT all supposedly to deal with my email.  Mind you I have not even begun to create subfolders to sort my email, this is all just crap that Thunderbird decided it needed in order to organize my email.
> 
> I wonder if I can uninstall Thunderbird and move on to something more ... user friendly.
> 
> Not Happy In North Carolina.
> aka jwcolby
> 
> On 4/28/2010 11:11 AM, Shamil Salakhetdinov wrote:
> > Yes! :)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 7:08 PM
> > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> > Subject: [AccessD] test
> >
> > Is there anybody out there...
> >
> >
> >    
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