On 07/12/14 08:27, Rolf Turner wrote: > On 12/07/14 12:14, Ed Greshko wrote: >> >> Are you talking about imap folders? If so, the subscription information is >> kept on the server side. So, for example, when I use T-Bird on a Virtual >> Machine and define my existing email account all my subscribed folders are >> displayed. That is the way IMAP works. This way any IMAP client show show >> the same information making it easy to move from system to system and have >> access to the same information. >> >> Is your IMAP server under your control? > > I don't *think* it is under my control. The server is run by the University > of Auckland and is presumably under the control of the U. of A. IT > department. Who are, of course, a law unto themselves. :-)
OK. I could have assumed you were talking about the University's server.....but didn't want to do that. FWIW, it seems your IMAP server is.... [egreshko@meimei ~]$ telnet uxchange10-web-f5vip.auckland.ac.nz 143 Trying 130.216.158.31... Connected to uxchange10-web-f5vip.auckland.ac.nz. Escape character is '^]'. * OK The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service is ready. YUCK! And old complaint about this sort of thing..... http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2068757 > >> >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> Rolf Turner >>> >>> P. S. I am running Thunderbird 17.0.7, if that is of any relevance. >>> >> >> It should not matter....but that is a very old version. > > So how might I upgrade to the latest version? I must confess that I am > running a very elderly version of Fedora (17, to be explicit). I don't dare > try to upgrade my Fedora version, given what I have read on this list about > the problems that are involved with such upgrades. I cannot afford to be > stuck with a broken system. I am not sufficiently knowledgeable to be able > to fix a broken system and I have no local resources to give me assistance. > > Would I need a more recent version of Fedora in order to get a more recent > version of Thunderbird to run? Since F17 is EOL you can't update from the Fedora Repos. You'd have to install the latest version after downloading from Mozilla's website. > >> No matter what version I've used, I've not had any problems in that area. > > Hmm. As usual, the universe seems to be picking on *me*! :-) > You're never along on that count. > > -- If you can't laugh at yourself, others will gladly oblige. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
