[geeks] New Mail Client

[Phil Brutsche]

Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> I don't use them.  What are they really for?

Hide folders you don't wanna see. Lack of subscriptions can cause big
problems for email programs that automatically check for messages in
mailboxes, ie older versions of Apple's Mail.app.

There's a lot of brain-dead stuff in IMAP and folder subscriptions is
one of them: no move, only copy; mark-as-deleted-then-expunge rather
than really just deleting the message.

> mutt reads the list of folders instantly and displays them.  I don't
> see why a GUI MUA could not do that.

Some use subscriptions by default (anything Mozilla-derived), some don't
(some webmail programs). Some don't give you a choice in the matter
(Outlook Express, older versions of Mail.app).

Turn it off in Thunderbird:

Tools -> Account Settings -> "Server Settings" for the account in
question  -> Click "Advanced" button -> Uncheck "Show only subscribed
folders"

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Phil Brutsche
phil at tux.obix.com