[Discuss] Temporarily disable check for messages in Thunderbird

[R. McFarlane]

On 11/1/06 4:47 PM, Adam Parkin wrote:

> R. McFarlane wrote:
>> Adam Parkin wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, I knew about this, but it's not really what I had in mind, as 
>>> if I do this then I have to check my non-secure accounts manually 
>>> (hey that's an extra keystroke/mouse click). =8-p
>>
>>     Not true. When you click the get mail button, it checks ALL 
>> accounts. Same for using the keyboard shortcut (CTRL+SHIFT+T).
> 
> That's the extra keystroke/mouse click I was talking about. =8-p

	Yeah so? ;)

>>     I think there is a command line switch for starting up in offline 
>> mode. Check the help/manuals and the online mozilla KB. I seem to 
>> recall doing something similar with NetScape 4 back in the day.
> 
> Will do, thanks.

	Of course my memory could be off, but I seem to recall switches for 
launching it from the CLI.

>>     Personally, I use Thunderbird on my computers and I run my own 
>> IMAP mail server with TLS/SSL support.
>>     I was being sincere, sorry to hear you thought I was being a smart 
>> ass.
> 
> LOL, sorry I guess I wasn't clear, I didn't think *you* were being a 
> smart ass, I thought there would be other anti-Telus people on here who 
> would be smart asses by telling me to just ditch the Telus accounts.  I 
> actually very much appreciated your reply.

	Well it is true. You should ditch the telus mail. :)

	If you want, you could have e-mail through my mail server. I've got 
some great "vanity" domain names. :D

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