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Some settings in Thunderbird seem to be global and some local- any reference to which are which?

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I have three computers and I have been setting up Thunderbird on all of then, connecting to an Outlook account via IMAP.

I know that I have two tabs- Account Settings Options

On the first computer, when I set up IMAP to me@myself.mail, I had to subscribe to all my Outlook folders.

On the second computer, when I set up IMAP, all the folders just showed up at the start and Thunderbird started downloading.

I was a bit surprised by this. I thought a clean install on a computer would require I redo the entire setup.

I was planning to just read e-mail on two computers and save all the extra sync time and was surprised that the folders showed up and started downloading.

I don't think any other settings were remembered.

Is there somewhere to look that explains what will affect every Thunderbird install connecting to me@myself.mail and what is local to the particular computer?

I have three computers and I have been setting up Thunderbird on all of then, connecting to an Outlook account via IMAP. I know that I have two tabs- Account Settings Options On the first computer, when I set up IMAP to me@myself.mail, I had to subscribe to all my Outlook folders. On the second computer, when I set up IMAP, all the folders just showed up at the start and Thunderbird started downloading. I was a bit surprised by this. I thought a clean install on a computer would require I redo the entire setup. I was planning to just read e-mail on two computers and save all the extra sync time and was surprised that the folders showed up and started downloading. I don't think any other settings were remembered. Is there somewhere to look that explains what will affect every Thunderbird install connecting to me@myself.mail and what is local to the particular computer?

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IF you are asking about defaults, there are thousands of them and no, there is no documentation on them beyond the source code of the program.

A standard query of the server will discover the folders at connection. This however is affected by the setting in Server settings > advance to show only subscribes folder... the default is off as most folks expect to add an account and see all of their folders.

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Vahaolana Nofidina

IF you are asking about defaults, there are thousands of them and no, there is no documentation on them beyond the source code of the program.

A standard query of the server will discover the folders at connection. This however is affected by the setting in Server settings > advance to show only subscribes folder... the default is off as most folks expect to add an account and see all of their folders.

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I also found this link useful.

Advanced Panel

And this one.

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