Discussion:
Thunderbird bloat
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j***@nospam.com.au
2012-01-10 20:34:26 UTC
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I am using Thunderbird 20101204 occaisonally to open emails which
Postroad cannot handle.

I was surprised to find that \Mozhome\Thunderbird\Profiles\... files include
every email sent or received by Postroad.

I don't understand how this happens, and I would like to stop it because it
wastes hard drive space.

Any suggestions?
Dave Yeo
2012-01-11 03:33:24 UTC
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Post by j***@nospam.com.au
I am using Thunderbird 20101204 occaisonally to open emails which
Postroad cannot handle.
I was surprised to find that \Mozhome\Thunderbird\Profiles\... files include
every email sent or received by Postroad.
I don't understand how this happens, and I would like to stop it because it
wastes hard drive space.
Any suggestions?
Set Postroad mailer to not leave the messages on the server?
Dave
j***@nospam.com.au
2012-01-11 19:45:26 UTC
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Post by Dave Yeo
Post by j***@nospam.com.au
I am using Thunderbird 20101204 occaisonally to open emails which
Postroad cannot handle.
I was surprised to find that \Mozhome\Thunderbird\Profiles\... files include
every email sent or received by Postroad.
I don't understand how this happens, and I would like to stop it because it
wastes hard drive space.
Any suggestions?
Set Postroad mailer to not leave the messages on the server?
Dave
Postroad is set to download headers only, then I manually open the messages I
want and delete all from post office.
Dave Yeo
2012-01-13 00:50:49 UTC
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Post by j***@nospam.com.au
Post by Dave Yeo
Post by j***@nospam.com.au
I am using Thunderbird 20101204 occaisonally to open emails which
Postroad cannot handle.
I was surprised to find that \Mozhome\Thunderbird\Profiles\... files include
every email sent or received by Postroad.
I don't understand how this happens, and I would like to stop it because it
wastes hard drive space.
Any suggestions?
Set Postroad mailer to not leave the messages on the server?
Dave
Postroad is set to download headers only, then I manually open the messages I
want and delete all from post office.
As far as I know, Thunderbird does not have the capability to only
download the headers and let you remotely delete them when using pop and
smpt. You could switch over to using imap if your mail provider supports
it, then set it to only download the headers or you could search for an
extension that allows only downloading the headers. I don't know if such
an extension exists but it seems like a common need so good chance there
is one out there.
Dave

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