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Beginning with version 1.5, Thunderbird can be set to download each e-mail message from a POP3 account to a separate, temporary file before appending the message to the Inbox file. There will one temporary file per message, and the temporary file will later be deleted. | Beginning with version 1.5, Thunderbird can be set to download each e-mail message from a POP3 account to a separate, temporary file before appending the message to the Inbox file. There will be one temporary file per message, and the temporary file will later be deleted. | ||
This option was added in response to user complaints about antivirus software deleting or quarantining the entire Thunderbird Inbox when scanning incoming mail instead of taking action on just a single infected message. Because your antivirus software should automatically scan incoming files as they are written to your computer, downloading each e-mail message as a separate file should make it easier for your antivirus software to quarantine an infected message before it reaches your Inbox. This is especially true for antivirus programs that have compatability issues with Thunderbird, or for | This option was added in response to user complaints about antivirus software deleting or quarantining the entire Thunderbird Inbox when scanning incoming mail instead of taking action on just a single infected message. Because your antivirus software should automatically scan incoming files as they are written to your computer, downloading each e-mail message as a separate file should make it easier for your antivirus software to quarantine an infected message before it reaches your Inbox. This is especially true for antivirus programs that have compatability issues with Thunderbird, or for messages downloaded via an SSL connection ([http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/pfdocs/2001091807593406]). | ||
To have Thunderbird download your POP3 e-mail in this way, go to "[[Menu differences in Windows, Linux, and Mac|Tools -> Options]] -> Privacy -> Antivirus" and check the box for "Allow anti-virus clients to quarantine individual incoming messages". | To have Thunderbird download your POP3 e-mail in this way, go to "[[Menu differences in Windows, Linux, and Mac|Tools -> Options]] -> Privacy -> Antivirus" and check the box for "Allow anti-virus clients to quarantine individual incoming messages". | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116443 Bugzilla bug 116443]: on the development of this feature. | * [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116443 Bugzilla bug 116443]: on the development and working of this feature (start with comment #147). | ||
[[Category:Privacy and security]] | [[Category:Privacy and security]] | ||
[[Category:Sending and receiving mail (Thunderbird)]] | [[Category:Sending and receiving mail (Thunderbird)]] | ||
Revision as of 09:53, 28 November 2005
Beginning with version 1.5, Thunderbird can be set to download each e-mail message from a POP3 account to a separate, temporary file before appending the message to the Inbox file. There will be one temporary file per message, and the temporary file will later be deleted.
This option was added in response to user complaints about antivirus software deleting or quarantining the entire Thunderbird Inbox when scanning incoming mail instead of taking action on just a single infected message. Because your antivirus software should automatically scan incoming files as they are written to your computer, downloading each e-mail message as a separate file should make it easier for your antivirus software to quarantine an infected message before it reaches your Inbox. This is especially true for antivirus programs that have compatability issues with Thunderbird, or for messages downloaded via an SSL connection ([1]).
To have Thunderbird download your POP3 e-mail in this way, go to "Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Antivirus" and check the box for "Allow anti-virus clients to quarantine individual incoming messages".
See also
External links
- Bugzilla bug 116443: on the development and working of this feature (start with comment #147).
