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====== Manage IMAP Folders in Thunderbird ====== | ====== Manage IMAP Folders in Thunderbird ====== | ||
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===== Subscriptions ===== | ===== Subscriptions ===== | ||
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* You may need to coordinate (adjust) all of your IMAP clients to use the same Trash folder | * You may need to coordinate (adjust) all of your IMAP clients to use the same Trash folder | ||
* Different IMAP mail clients default to using different folder names | * Different IMAP mail clients default to using different folder names | ||
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===== Other Default Folders ===== | ===== Other Default Folders ===== | ||
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**Tools -> Account Settings -> Copies & Folders** | **Tools -> Account Settings -> Copies & Folders** | ||
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- | ===== Issues When Using Multiple Clients ===== | ||
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- | See also **[[internet: | ||
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- | Being able to have all your mail clients display and use the same server-side IMAP folders is a wonderful thing, but one of the downsides is that every device/ | ||
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- | Mobile devices can usually be configured as POP or IMAP clients. | ||
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- | :!: Webmail programs are virtually always IMAP clients and will see the same messages and folders as all other IMAP clients. | ||
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- | Mobile devices generally have fewer settings for Sent, Draft and Trash folder selections. | ||
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- | Android default folder names for sent, draft and deleted items match the Thunderbird defaults: | ||
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- | ^Sent Items |Sent | | ||
- | ^Drafts | ||
- | ^Deleted Items |Trash | ||
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- | Apple iOS devices like the iPad or iPhone appear to be more flexible, but their default settings may require tweaking for your needs: | ||
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- | ^Items | ||
- | ^Sent |Sent |Defaults to using the folders on the iPhone | | ||
- | ^Drafts | ||
- | ^Deleted Items |Trash | ||
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- | To see Sent/ | ||
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- | To modify the Sent/ | ||
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- | - Start at the home screen | ||
- | - Go to Settings | ||
- | - Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendar” | ||
- | - Select an IMAP account | ||
- | - Scroll to the very bottom of the list, choose " | ||
- | - Change each of the " | ||
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