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#1 2015-01-15 03:49:49
- genghizkhan91
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[Solved] Thunderbird archiving problem
I have an account on fastmail.fm, and I would like to use Thunderbird to access it. I tried it, however, there seems to be a problem while archiving mail. Whenever I click the archive button, instead of transferring mail to the "Archive" folder of my account, it creates a folder named "Archives", creates a subfolder within of the year (2015 for this year, for example), and shoves the mail there. I changed this folder in the account settings page such that Thunderbird would (logically) archive to the existing "Archive" folder. However, Thunderbird does not seem to be respecting this. Does anyone know of a good reason for this and how I may fix it?
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#2 2015-01-15 04:33:22
- jasonwryan
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Re: [Solved] Thunderbird archiving problem
Are you using IMAP? Sounds like a nametrans issue...
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#3 2015-01-15 05:28:13
- genghizkhan91
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Re: [Solved] Thunderbird archiving problem
Yup, I am. As of now, I've changed some settings in the about:config dialog of Thunderbird, and it seems to be respecting the issue. I'm not marking it as solved yet, for I want to see if this persists. If it keeps working out as it seems to be right now, then I shall mark it fixed.
It seems to be an issue because I have multiple aliases attached to my fastmail account. It seems that setting the option in the accounts pane doesn't set it for all your aliases. You need to set them all manually using the config editor. Or at least, that's what I've concluded as of now.
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#4 2015-01-15 05:38:53
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Re: [Solved] Thunderbird archiving problem
I had a similar issue, but with offlineimap: took me a little while to work out but I have had no issues since.
Fastmail is a great service; I have one of the legacy accounts as I signed up the year they opened. Seriously considering upgrading to a paid account out of guilt. 
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#5 2015-01-15 06:01:48
- genghizkhan91
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Re: [Solved] Thunderbird archiving problem
Okay, just recieved a mail right now and it archived correctly. I'm going to mark this as solved.
@jasonwryan - I agree about fastmail. I switched from gmail last year, once I started making my own money. It's been consistently good, and they don't use a wonky IMAP format like gmail does, hence things like Thunderbird and Mail.app actually behave with it. I'd recommend you to upgrade to a paid account. Supporting the service is the least we can do. 
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