How to stop thunderbird from downloading every email that I have from my gmail account on the first setup?
So here are my system specifications -
- Hardware - Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3
- Firmware version - R23ET65W (1.35 )
- Memory (RAM) - 32.0 GiB (DDR5 6400Mhz)
- Processor - AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 6850U with Radeon™ Graphics × 16
- Disk capacity - 256.1 GB (I don't remember the I/O rate right now but as far as I remember it's sufficiently modern)
- OS - Fedora Linux 38.20230828.0 (Silverblue)
- GNOME version - Fedora Linux 38.20230828.0 (Silverblue)
- Window System - Wayland
- Kernel - Linux 6.4.12-200.fc38.x86_64
These are like the basic config of my laptop.
Question - How to stop Thunderbird from downloading every email that I have from my gmail account on the first setup?
Concern - Last time I synced, it might have messed up even my boot loader (which should not be possible. Not I am not blaming Thunderbird here, but the timing was uncanny.) and I had to completely wipe the drive and start from scratch. Back then I did not have any data on my drive so it wasn't a big deal. But I don't want to take any chances this time.
Since Thunderbird supernova has a completely different UI, I would like to know if there's any way to disable the downloading of the whole mail box locally. Or am I going to get a prompt asking me specifically for that after logging in into my Gmail account from Thunderbird?
Note - I do not want to mess with about:config at all. And I have looked for a solution but all the answers are at least 3 to 4 years old.
Isisombulu esikhethiweyo
highlight account on main pane, Rightclick and select 'settings'. From there, click 'server settings' in left sidebar and 'Server type' will show IMAP or POP.
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My perception is that you set the account up as POP, in which case Thunderbird sees all the messages as new, and proceeds to download them.
I can't find pop or imap in Thunderbird settings.
Ilungisiwe ngu Suraj Mishra
Isisombululo esiKhethiweyo
highlight account on main pane, Rightclick and select 'settings'. From there, click 'server settings' in left sidebar and 'Server type' will show IMAP or POP.
Yup. It was exactly what you pointed out. Thank you. Marking this question as solved.
How do I stop thunderbird from downloading gmail into all mail inbox?
We are bandwidth limited and every time I delete messages from all mail in Thunderbird within minutes Thunderbird starts retrieving the message headers for all the deleted messages. With multiple users and 10,000+ messages each, it's a problem.
The email server is configured for imap. Synchronization is configured for only the last 15 days and 1000 messages. "Keep message archives in:" is unchecked.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
I suggest you unsubscribe from allmail. that is a tool for Gmail and is an unneeded duplicate of every message in every folder, and it slows your PC down with this extra administration. This also applies to other Gmail-specific folders such as 'important.'