special_use folders still created

Alex JOST jost+lists at dimejo.at
Mon Jan 7 10:58:56 EET 2019


Am 07.01.2019 um 07:47 schrieb admin:
> Hi,
> 
> I also experienced that thunderbird behavior, I guess
> 
>> [...]
>>
>> When I move a message to Archive in Thunderbird. On the server the
>> files
> 
> What exactly means move? Like drag and drop or via context menu
> "archive/archivieren"?
> 
>> .Archives and .Archives.2018 are created (Thunderbird creates a
>> subfolder in Archives)
>>
>> How is this possible? On the server there is already an .Archive
>> folder
>> so it should create .Archive.2018 not?
> 
> I think this is intended. At least all my clients (thunderbird) do
> this. I think mozilla hoped to improve performance on big mailboxes by
> simply sorting archived mails by the mail's year.

Thunderbird uses yearly archived folders by default, but this behaviour 
can be changed.

   https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/archived-messages

-- 
Alex JOST


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