automatic download of emails in queue
Thunderbird 68.12.0 automatically downloads all email waiting in queue (POP). All server setting check-boxes for downloading are "un-ticked". Lots of spam gets in, anyway, unexpectedly.
It seems to happen even with T-Bird has been running (not starting up).
The idea that automatically downloading waiting emails is "normal" or unexpected seems to be, to me, presumptuous -- particularly when a push of F5 is all it takes to initiate downloading. Reading/processing email has a lot to do with workload and workday timing. Cleaning up spam is time-consuming and I have FireTrust Mailwasher to facilitate that, but if T-Bird downloads automatically, I never get to "wash" that email.
A mess.
Kindly assist. Lawrence Gold hereness@somatics.com
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So, what you're saying is that you want Thunderbird to not download the emails till you don't clean them up on the server? Did I understood your request? If yes - then you should go to "server settings" for that email account (tools - account settings) and uncheck the check-box to "check new messages at startup". If not - would you reformulate what is the question/request?
Ændret af svlad2009 den
You wrote, "'till you don't clean them up in Mailwasher"? That is the opposite of what I am saying. The word, "don't" is the problem. What do you think I was thinking? I do want to "wash" the emails in-queue before downloading them in T-Bird.
I also said, "the server setting check-boxes for downloading are "un-ticked". " -- meaning, the check-boxes to "Check new messages at startup" and, "Automatically download new messages" are already unchecked and T-Bird is apparently downloading messages automatically, anyway, not just at startup, but when it has already been running.
Thank you for following up.
Ændret af hereness den
Yep, apologies for the confusion I think that if 1 account is set to download mails this somehow trigger also on other accounts same action. Can you check if all accounts are with those check-boxes empty (not checked)? Maybe there is 1 set to download automatically?
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Thank you for the suggestion.
No accounts are set for automatic downloading, so it must be something else.
Yesterday, I updated to version 78.2.2 32 bit (same settings). If the same behavior appears, I will update this conversation.
Thank you.
The same behavior -- automatic downloading when already running -- happened again, yesterday. I had, laboriously, to check and delete spam emails.
Kindly respond either with a solution or with an update to Thunderbird that handles the problem.
Thank you, Lawrence Gold