Thunderbird 1.x, 2.0.x and alsoģ.0.x will not by default look into your IMAP (sub-)folders for new email. Then you might experience the problem that all the new messages in sub-folders are not updatedĪutomatically upon refresh of the Inbox. If you're using multiple folders on the IMAP server to structure your email,

How to enable Thunderbird to check for new messages in all your folders Go to Synchronization and Storage in your account.Go to the Tools menu in the Thunderbird mail client.

Leave your mail on the mail server, do not synchronize it to your Nikhef computer, it will eat up all your disk quota in your home folder.

2 How to enable Thunderbird to check for new messages in all your foldersĭo not synchronize your mail to your computer!.

1 Do not synchronize your mail to your computer!.

Legal protection of your data (see above point about) is probably your best protection, plus use a service whose business model does not revolve around selling user data, rather that users pay for a confidential service (1 example above but others exist). You can export your data and close the service easily.Īn added bonus is you can access calendar, tasks, contacts via a web interface on any computer after logging in.Įdit2: Unless your client (Tbird, Android) encrypts the data on the device, it will not be encrypted on a third-party server.

You can set up multiple calendars (I have work, home, holiday). Then just configure Thunderbird and Android (via the app DavX5) to use the calendar url. Since you will not need a lot of file storage, you can use the free tier with 1 GB of storage. I used the Swiss* company Woelkli for a couple of years. I suggest using a hosted nextcloud from a privacy respecting company.

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