The first “setting” to disable is the option to sync the “All Mail” folder under “GMail”:Īnd the other is to disable saving a copy of sent mail to the Sent folder: They are both due to gMail’s conversation/relational e-mail nature operating at the server side. But afterwards, it seemed to run smoothly… Until I re-opened the program or tried to send an e-mail, where it literally freeze for up to 10 minutes!Īfter some troubleshooting, I narrowed it down to just a few settings. The initial sync took a while – be patient as TBird will seem like it is frozen.

The most complicated was setting up “Provider for Google Calendar” – follow each add-on’s instructions.Īfter setting this all up, I had 6 e-mail accounts set up (IMAP), about 4 of which were Google Mail (Apps). Provider for Google Calendar (Sync calendars with Google)Įach add-on requires some configuration tweaks for setup and optimal behavior.MinimizeToTray (Because I don’t use the Windows 7 combined taskbar labels).Master Password (Security Enhancements, password protected TBird Access).Google Contacts (Sync Contacts with Google).Display Quota (displays the gMail quota).Blinking Alert (enables Outlook-like “Desktop Alerts”.AlertSwitch (Enables & Disables new alert with one click).My Thunderbird installation required the following add-ons to run Thunderbird with some of Outlook’s best features: However, integration with Google Mail isn’t seamless or without quirks.

So in my quest for a more seamless & less troublesome e-mail client, the only VIABLE non-browser e-mail client turns out to be Mozilla’s Thunderbird.

(I fixed this shutting off Outlook & the sync program, exporting all my contacts to a Google CSV, and removing the duplicates offline.) On one occasion, the program got stuck with corrupted information and about half of the ~75 contacts in my list had about 25 copies each. Synchronizing Calendar and Contacts with my phone required a 3rd party program, which would be limited to just 1 calendar in Outlook and often create duplicate Contacts. It also doesn’t seem to alert you when you have new mail if you use IMAP. My former method was to use Microsoft Outlook, but that program is riddled with problems and cumbersome. and recently, synchronize all this with my Android phone.use of certificates to sign or encrypt e-mail.being able to access my most recent e-mail offline.Let’s admit it, gMail is awesome (some of you would beg to differ), especially when you use gApps like I do.

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