[Samba] Roaming Profiles - the next step (OT)

[Robert Schetterer]

Nicholas Brealey schrieb:

> Simon Faulkner wrote:
>
>> So,  if I switch to Thunderbird and use IMAP can I get a fully 
>> roaming profile?
>
>
> If only this was true!
>
> Sorry for this gripe, it has being annoying me for years!
>
> <GRIPE>
> Take a look at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74085
>
> This bug took 4 years from the report to claimed fix.
> I need to try Thunderbird 1.5 to see if it is really fixed.
> (So much for Mozilla being more responsive to users than Microsoft!)
>
> Thunderbird may still be storing IMAP cache data in CSIDL_APPDATA
> instead of CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA which means users roaming profiles become
> huge.
>
> Thunderbird also lacks an option to delete locally cached copies
> of messages.
>
> Outlook Express uses CSIDL_APPDATA and CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA properly 
> and has an option for deleting the locally cached copies of downloaded 
> e-mails.
>
> I like Thunderbird much better than Outlook Express but have had to 
> encourgae my users to use OE because of this problem.
> </GRIPE>
>
> Follow ups should probably not go to the Samba list!
>
> Nick
>
Hi,
Nick  is right ,big imap caching files reside in the profile too which 
can lead to problems, dont know if its fixed in Thunderbird 1.5
Regards