Comments on: Turn Thunderbird into the Ultimate Gmail IMAP Client

By: Wang Chung

Wang Chung — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:22:51 +0000

Umm instead of using the configuration editor to use the trash folder. Just add "[Gmail]" to your "IMAP server directory" under the Advanced Account Settings for the Gmail account Server settings.

Instructions are as follows
1) Choose tools then Account Settings
2) Select the Gmail account and choose "Server Settings"
3) In the Server Settings section choose the "Advanced" button
4) Add "[Gmail]" in "IMAP server directory" (without the quotes of course)
5) Choose OK and OK again.
6) You then may need to delete the label create by thunderbird in gmail.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:28:07 +0000

One key feature that I and others have been looking for that IMAP doesn’t give you is access to your GMail contacts. Well it turns out that Lifehacker has already given us the answer! After a few minutes of searching around I found that it’s possible by using a combination of GCALDaemon and the Contacts Sidebar Add-On to use and see all of your GMail contacts in Thunderbird.

Install and set up GCALDaemon (just remember to ‘install’ and ’start’ the service – that had me stumped for a while!). This gives you the ability to search for contacts when creating new emails. Enter ‘*’ (without quotes) into the contacts search box and you’ll get a full list.

Add the Contacts Sidebar Add-On though and its default setup will automatically download your Gmail Contacts for you to view whenever you want (as long as you’re online).

GCALDaemon: http://tinyurl.com/336kln
Contacts Sidebar: http://tinyurl.com/2b9why

By: tim

tim — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:34:06 +0000

you say "If a message has more than one label, it will appear in multiple folders" adding "which is cool"

but for me, all mail is now in at least two of allmail, inbox, and a label.

As i was using google labels as tags, mails are often in several folder. this is really really slow, and painful also: as deleting an email just removes one label from it.

I have reverted to zero gmail labels, and just let spotlight and google search sort out the good from the bad on fly.

tim

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:52:42 +0000

Sorry but the way The Gmail Imap and Thunderbird trash deletes work is impossible.

see this completely unhelpful help

https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78892

which I came to from http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-POP-and-Forwarding/browse_thread/thread/9f0ed59ece19741a/c31df89344a5fdcd?lnk=gst&q=thunderbird+trash+imap#c31df89344a5fdcd

on which I have just posted My Method
A normal Thunderbird delete puts in the account Trash (not the Gmail/
Trash). the web item is labelled imap/trash
Empty the trash and disappears from TB but web still there now without
label.
try the Remove immediately or Mark as Delete and nothing gained.

Delete on web and it appears in TB Gmail/trash and then a web empty
trash will remove completely

So all I can see is Delete and Put into account/Trash in TB and the
web will have a Imap/Trash label.
Goto web on left menu select Label Imap/Trash and then Select All and
Delete and then go to web Trash and Select All and Delete Forever and
all disappears from Web and TB

I notice that Gmail setup for TB shows a blank on the TB box Delete on
exit – and that indicates they must mean this way of operating. And
also never click Empty Trash in TB on Imap accounts.

Perhaps to avoid that create a Trashfuture folder in TB and use that
Label on Gmail for the Delete routine – which may stop an Empty trash
Thanks for all the clues