Thunderbird filters -

[Paul Cartwright]

On 04/24/2015 10:10 AM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>
> I sortpop3mail into directories with Thunderbird which works well for
> me. However when I unsubscribe from a list I often want to remove the
> filter's directory is shown in the Inbox Menu at the top left. So I
> right click on the directory and choose delete from the menu, it asks
> for reassurance that I really mean delete it, I click on ok, the menu
> closes and the directory is still there, delete does not delete it.
> The list of directories grows longer with time and all I can do is
> rename the directories with xx's so it sorts them to the bottom of the
> list!
>
> This may be related to my saving the .thunderbird Mail file for years
> mainly to keep the filters I have ... This is Thunderbird 31.5.0 in up
> to date Fedora 21/22 and earlier.
>
> Am I the only one seeing this? My efforts with Google have not been
> much help.
>
> Bob
 I have Thunderbird 31.6 & Fedora 21 amd_x86
I just removed a filter & deleted the folder, and it went away. the
folder is in a sub-folder of my personal folders, NOT the inbox... if
that matters.. I currrently have 253 filters for my gmail account...

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Paul Cartwright
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