[Dovecot] windows imap clients

[Charles Marcus]

On 9/21/2009, Nikolay Shopik (shopik at inblock.ru) wrote:
>> app and starting the whole process again. dovecot deals with this more
>> gracefully than the old server (Courier), but it's still an issue
>> -offline operation would be handy sometimes, but tbird has no "hybrid"
>> mode, and again, one must select every folder for offline access

> TB3 have offline mode enabled by default.

I hate this (because I have a LOT of mail and do NOT want to have to
wait for hours for it all to download the first time I set up my account
on a new PC), and have opened a Feature Request to NOT have this be the
new default when TB3 ships:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508276

Basically:

1. If an upgrade is performed, TB3 should honor the current offline
settings - ie, if certain Accounts are set to full offline mode, TB3
should also set that account to full offline mode - but should also
default to the new 'On Demand' mode, which may be the 'Hybrid' mode you
mentioned.

2. If it is a new/clean install, the default should be 'On Demand',
which means, messages are downloaded for offline use, but only when
clicked on/selected.

3. Any folder can be set to full offline mode, and all others are set to
'On-Demand' by default.

It appears the Devs have accepted this FR as 'will be done', but not
sure about #3 (if these settings can be set on a perf older basis)... I
sure hope they can, because I do have a few folders I really would like
full offline mode for, but most I do not...

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Best regards,

Charles