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Hi -

I'm using Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 in Windows 2000. I have my mail controls set not
to retrieve messages automatically.

So I open TB and get messages and do a bunch of other things, and about 10
minutes afterward, regardless what I am doing, I will hear the "mail download"
sound and a small envelope shows up on the status bar. If I put the cursor over
it the message is "New mail in local folders". Now it has become routine to go
to Local Folders and click on the (empty) Inbox. That removes the little
envelope. I looked around and didn't see anything I could adjust to affect that
ritual.

Today, about 10 minutes after that, it happened again. It isn't awful, but now
I am curious about what is happening. So... what is happening?
Chuck

Gualtier Malde wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I'm using Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 in Windows 2000. I have my mail controls set not
> to retrieve messages automatically.
>
> So I open TB and get messages and do a bunch of other things, and about 10
> minutes afterward, regardless what I am doing, I will hear the "mail download"
> sound and a small envelope shows up on the status bar. If I put the cursor over
> it the message is "New mail in local folders". Now it has become routine to go
> to Local Folders and click on the (empty) Inbox. That removes the little
> envelope. I looked around and didn't see anything I could adjust to affect that
> ritual.
>
> Today, about 10 minutes after that, it happened again. It isn't awful, but now
> I am curious about what is happening. So... what is happening?
> Chuck

if you click on Get Messages [or get mail] does any mail
download? If so, then its doing exactly what its supposed
to do. Its telling you there are messages on the server.
The 10 minutes is what you have TB set to look at or
download new messages at interval

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Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
> Gualtier Malde wrote:
>> Hi -
>>
>> I'm using Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 in Windows 2000. I have my mail
>> controls set not to retrieve messages automatically.
>>
>> So I open TB and get messages and do a bunch of other things, and
>> about 10 minutes afterward, regardless what I am doing, I will hear
>> the "mail download" sound and a small envelope shows up on the status
>> bar. If I put the cursor over it the message is "New mail in local
>> folders". Now it has become routine to go to Local Folders and click
>> on the (empty) Inbox. That removes the little envelope. I looked
>> around and didn't see anything I could adjust to affect that ritual.
>>
>> Today, about 10 minutes after that, it happened again. It isn't
>> awful, but now I am curious about what is happening. So... what is
>> happening?
>> Chuck
>
> if you click on Get Messages [or get mail] does any mail download? If
> so, then its doing exactly what its supposed to do. Its telling you
> there are messages on the server. The 10 minutes is what you have TB set
> to look at or download new messages at interval
>
Thanks for replying, but Nope: My server settings for both POP accounts (mine
and my wife's) are unchecked for all the message retrieval boxes. I do have
mine checked not to delete messages from server for 2 days but that shouldn't
apply here.

When I click "Get Mail" in either account the new messages download into the
Inbox of the account. The only time I have had anything to do with "Local
Folders" is when dealing with newsgroups (Draft, Sent, Trash, Unsent...). And
there are no messages in the "Local Folders > Inbox" when the little icon shows
up and the little sun icon is on the "Local Folders" icon. It may be 10
minutes- I haven't timed it accurately - and certainly that is the default
message check schedule, but it should not be operating unless there is some
place besides "Account Settings" I haven't checked.

On 2007-09-07, Gualtier Malde <> wrote:

> I'm using Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 in Windows 2000. I have my mail controls set not
> to retrieve messages automatically.
>
> So I open TB and get messages and do a bunch of other things, and about 10
> minutes afterward, regardless what I am doing, I will hear the "mail download"
> sound and a small envelope shows up on the status bar. If I put the cursor over
> it the message is "New mail in local folders". Now it has become routine to go
> to Local Folders and click on the (empty) Inbox. That removes the little
> envelope. I looked around and didn't see anything I could adjust to affect that
> ritual.
>
> Today, about 10 minutes after that, it happened again. It isn't awful, but now
> I am curious about what is happening. So... what is happening?

Do you have your Junk Mail controls enabled? Perhaps the new message was
judged to be spam and sent to the Junk folder (or wherever you send your
spam).

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Gualtier Malde wrote:
> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>> Gualtier Malde wrote:
>>> Hi -
>>>
>>> I'm using Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 in Windows 2000. I have my mail
>>> controls set not to retrieve messages automatically.
>>>
>>> So I open TB and get messages and do a bunch of other things, and
>>> about 10 minutes afterward, regardless what I am doing, I will hear
>>> the "mail download" sound and a small envelope shows up on the status
>>> bar. If I put the cursor over it the message is "New mail in local
>>> folders". Now it has become routine to go to Local Folders and click
>>> on the (empty) Inbox. That removes the little envelope. I looked
>>> around and didn't see anything I could adjust to affect that ritual.
>>>
>>> Today, about 10 minutes after that, it happened again. It isn't
>>> awful, but now I am curious about what is happening. So... what is
>>> happening?
>>> Chuck
>> if you click on Get Messages [or get mail] does any mail download? If
>> so, then its doing exactly what its supposed to do. Its telling you
>> there are messages on the server. The 10 minutes is what you have TB set
>> to look at or download new messages at interval
>>
> Thanks for replying, but Nope: My server settings for both POP accounts (mine
> and my wife's) are unchecked for all the message retrieval boxes. I do have
> mine checked not to delete messages from server for 2 days but that shouldn't
> apply here.
>
> When I click "Get Mail" in either account the new messages download into the
> Inbox of the account. The only time I have had anything to do with "Local
> Folders" is when dealing with newsgroups (Draft, Sent, Trash, Unsent...). And
> there are no messages in the "Local Folders > Inbox" when the little icon shows
> up and the little sun icon is on the "Local Folders" icon. It may be 10
> minutes- I haven't timed it accurately - and certainly that is the default
> message check schedule, but it should not be operating unless there is some
> place besides "Account Settings" I haven't checked.

I'm referring to the "Check for new messages every xxx
minutes." Its checking and its notifying you of new
messages on the server. And its telling you which account
has the new messages.

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Gualtier Malde wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I'm using Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 in Windows 2000. I have my mail controls
> set not to retrieve messages automatically.
>
> So I open TB and get messages and do a bunch of other things, and about
> 10 minutes afterward, regardless what I am doing, I will hear the "mail
> download" sound and a small envelope shows up on the status bar. If I
> put the cursor over it the message is "New mail in local folders". Now
> it has become routine to go to Local Folders and click on the (empty)
> Inbox. That removes the little envelope. I looked around and didn't
> see anything I could adjust to affect that ritual.
>
> Today, about 10 minutes after that, it happened again. It isn't awful,
> but now I am curious about what is happening. So... what is happening?
> Chuck

Or, it might be Windows XP.

http://www.adelaider.com/?thread=7568

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Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
> Gualtier Malde wrote:
>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>> Gualtier Malde wrote:
>>>> Hi -
>>>>
>>>> I'm using Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 in Windows 2000. I have my mail
>>>> controls set not to retrieve messages automatically.
>>>>
>>>> So I open TB and get messages and do a bunch of other things, and
>>>> about 10 minutes afterward, regardless what I am doing, I will hear
>>>> the "mail download" sound and a small envelope shows up on the
>>>> status bar. If I put the cursor over it the message is "New mail in
>>>> local folders". Now it has become routine to go to Local Folders
>>>> and click on the (empty) Inbox. That removes the little envelope.
>>>> I looked around and didn't see anything I could adjust to affect
>>>> that ritual.
>>>>
>>>> Today, about 10 minutes after that, it happened again. It isn't
>>>> awful, but now I am curious about what is happening. So... what is
>>>> happening?
>>>> Chuck
>>> if you click on Get Messages [or get mail] does any mail download?
>>> If so, then its doing exactly what its supposed to do. Its telling
>>> you there are messages on the server. The 10 minutes is what you have
>>> TB set to look at or download new messages at interval
>>>
>> Thanks for replying, but Nope: My server settings for both POP
>> accounts (mine and my wife's) are unchecked for all the message
>> retrieval boxes. I do have mine checked not to delete messages from
>> server for 2 days but that shouldn't apply here.
>>
>> When I click "Get Mail" in either account the new messages download
>> into the Inbox of the account. The only time I have had anything to
>> do with "Local Folders" is when dealing with newsgroups (Draft, Sent,
>> Trash, Unsent...). And there are no messages in the "Local Folders >
>> Inbox" when the little icon shows up and the little sun icon is on the
>> "Local Folders" icon. It may be 10 minutes- I haven't timed it
>> accurately - and certainly that is the default message check schedule,
>> but it should not be operating unless there is some place besides
>> "Account Settings" I haven't checked.
>
> I'm referring to the "Check for new messages every xxx minutes." Its
> checking and its notifying you of new messages on the server. And its
> telling you which account has the new messages.
>
No - That's what I meant about "message retrieval boxes", the top 4 boxes are
all unchecked including the one for checking anything, much less downloading.
"Local Folders" has no Server Settings. So if "Check for messages..." is doing
that, it's without my permission.

Best wishes,

John Thompson wrote:
> On 2007-09-07, Gualtier Malde <> wrote:
>
>> I'm using Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 in Windows 2000. I have my mail controls set not
>> to retrieve messages automatically.
>>
>> So I open TB and get messages and do a bunch of other things, and about 10
>> minutes afterward, regardless what I am doing, I will hear the "mail download"
>> sound and a small envelope shows up on the status bar. If I put the cursor over
>> it the message is "New mail in local folders". Now it has become routine to go
>> to Local Folders and click on the (empty) Inbox. That removes the little
>> envelope. I looked around and didn't see anything I could adjust to affect that
>> ritual.
>>
>> Today, about 10 minutes after that, it happened again. It isn't awful, but now
>> I am curious about what is happening. So... what is happening?
>
> Do you have your Junk Mail controls enabled? Perhaps the new message was
> judged to be spam and sent to the Junk folder (or wherever you send your
> spam).
>
I do have Junk Mail controls enabled, but with my "Check for messages and
Download" boxes unchecked, there shouldn't be any messages coming in any time I
don't initiate a download. In addition, my email account is with a POP server
and before a week or so ago, as now, those messages go into Inbox (and
subfolders via filters) when I call a download. Since nothing is in any of the
local folders (except Sent) when I open them, I can't tell where a message might
be from.

It's still amusing, and not irritating. But it is still a puzzle.

Ed Mullen wrote:
> Gualtier Malde wrote:
>> Hi -
>>
>> I'm using Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 in Windows 2000. I have my mail
>> controls set not to retrieve messages automatically.
>>
>> So I open TB and get messages and do a bunch of other things, and
>> about 10 minutes afterward, regardless what I am doing, I will hear
>> the "mail download" sound and a small envelope shows up on the status
>> bar. If I put the cursor over it the message is "New mail in local
>> folders". Now it has become routine to go to Local Folders and click
>> on the (empty) Inbox. That removes the little envelope. I looked
>> around and didn't see anything I could adjust to affect that ritual.
>>
>> Today, about 10 minutes after that, it happened again. It isn't
>> awful, but now I am curious about what is happening. So... what is
>> happening?
>> Chuck
>
> Or, it might be Windows XP.
>
> http://www.adelaider.com/?thread=7568
>
Thanks. I have Windows 2000 but will keep the link