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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 be 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 messages downloaded via an SSL connection ([http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/pfdocs/2001091807593406]).
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. Especially for antivirus programs that have compatability issues with Thunderbird, temporarily saving each e-mail message as a separate file should make it easier for infected messages to be quarantined, with less risk that the entire Inbox will get locked up.


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".

Revision as of 07:49, 5 December 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. Especially for antivirus programs that have compatability issues with Thunderbird, temporarily saving each e-mail message as a separate file should make it easier for infected messages to be quarantined, with less risk that the entire Inbox will get locked up.

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".

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