Bugzilla

(In reply to Thomas D. (:thomas8) from comment #12)
> This is obviously useful for many scenarios both enterprise and private. In fact, I think it's a basic requirement that users should be able to choose freely which folder they want to see when starting Thunderbird (or, if no startup folder chosen, show the last used folder as we do now).
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> I think just allowing the user to choose *any* folder as a startup folder will be the most simple, universal and sustainable solution covering this, requiring just a single pref. As a proof of concept, I have implemented this for the address book (a simple checkbox 'Default startup directory' in  folder context menu), and everyone is happy. If unchecked, it goes back to *remember last used*. If there's no last, choose a reasonable default like inbox of default account.

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