[GRLUG] gmailfs question

Bob Kline bob.kline at gmail.com
Sat Aug 22 09:09:46 EDT 2009


Thanks.  That should do it.
I'm already running Thunderbird.

    -- Bob

On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 8:52 AM, <peyeps at iserv.net> wrote:

> Here is a radical suggestion.  Install Thunderbird.
>
> In gmail, under settings, you will find a heading forwarding and POP.
>
> You can set either POP or IMAP as active.
>
> Thunderbird will handle either protocol.
>
> Thunderbird will work on Linux, Windows and Mac.  I have it installed on
> both by Windows and my Linux and both point to a local folder on a fat32
> file system that is accessible to both.
>
> If you want, can set it to leave files on the server, or delete them after
> downloading.   Also, using IMAP, you can simply use Thunderbird as an
> email reader, leaving files on the server, and not putting them in a local
> folder.
>
> Thunderbird will give you the ability to search for files based on size.
> This may be what you want.  For examples, if I search for mail with size >
> 10000, I get one hit, and the only thing in the email is an attachment.
>
>
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