GMail being smart for Thunderbird

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stuck wrote:
16 Oct 2024, 15:41
RonH wrote:
16 Oct 2024, 14:47
...Keith indicates 12 Oct that his is solved...
Yes but his problem was with trying to get Mailstore to talk to the Gmail servers, Mailstore is now 'trusted' by Gmail. Mailstore have alos said they are working on ensuring it will be 'trusted' by the MS mail servers. What there doesn't seem to be any word on is when / if the Thunderbird mail servers will trust Mailstore.

Ken
My error Ken for not reviewing these threads. I guess that Mailstore being 'trusted' by Google Gmail must influence Thunderbird... or not :grin:
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Google / MS / Thunderbird are different organisations so each will have their own processes / procedures / protocols that Mailstore must complete before it becomes a trusted application at each organisation.

The question is, will Mailstore bother to seek trusted status of Thunderbird? I'd guess not a cheap process and Thunderbird is probably a minority email system compared to Gmail and the various MS mail offerings...

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Curiosity has me ghosting this thread, but I was motivated by Ken's statement about Thunderbird to look for the most used email client applications. I was shocked by the results; but, on reflection, should not have been. The web page says that this is September 2024 data.
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BobH wrote:
16 Oct 2024, 18:40
... the most used email client applications.
So, Bob, people like me who use only a Gmail address with the Google Mail application, and Thunderbird for my offline storage of emails (which as I have mentioned is tricky because TBird doesn't allow one to manipulate its Mail Folders), such people might as well drop TBird altogether and use MailStore as the client application.
Does that sound correct (anyone?)
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Had this answer from Mailstore:

prefs.js is a file created by Thunderbird and it should be in one of the “random-letters-and-numbers” directories.

The lack of this file will not prevent accessing MailStore, but it may prevent archiving of the Thunderbird profile.

Maybe you understand it Chris?
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RonH wrote:
17 Oct 2024, 16:42
"prefs.js is a file created by Thunderbird and it should be in one of the “random-letters-and-numbers” directories. The lack of this file will not prevent accessing MailStore, but it may prevent archiving of the Thunderbird profile."
Ron, I think that this reply (from Mailstore) refers to live, online harbours of eMail.
My concern (right now) is related to importing orphaned folders, from historic implementations of Thunderbird going back ten or more years.
If you have installed Everything.exe use

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Chris, thanks for info. My own situation is still unresolved regards linking my T'bird Local Folders to Mailstore. That's all I link because I do not keep mails online with Gmail or Outlook... they either are filed elsewhere on a PC folder, copied to T'bird LF or trashed.
Have you solved such linking?
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UPDATE Issue solved ... somehow during the transfer of Profiles to another pc, I misfiled.
RonH wrote:
19 Oct 2024, 16:30
Chris, thanks for info. My own situation is still unresolved regards linking my T'bird Local Folders to Mailstore. That's all I link because I do not keep mails online with Gmail or Outlook... they either are filed elsewhere on a PC folder, copied to T'bird LF or trashed.
Have you solved such linking?
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