271874 - Thunderbird defaults to remove mail from server when setting up account vs saving on server

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 231541

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Private Citizen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1

When adding new e-mail accounts to Thunderbird the default is to download from
server all mail and NOT to leave mail on serve. 
Need function to set and or change defaut setting to LEAVE MAIL ON SERVER ??

Great product thanks, 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install Thunderbird 
2.Add account 
3. Add e-mail address
4. Follow instruction
5. At prompt to download e-mail select no
6. Go to account settings and change to leave mail on server save and close
7. Reopen e-mail account and download mail while leaving copy on server

Actual Results:  
The above works as discussed


Expected Results:  
A function to select global setting to leave mail on server with option to edit
as needed.

Please advise best way to help support the project

Comment 1

[jwq]

I believe this is a duplicate of Bug 231541.

Reporter (Private Citizen): Please read Bug 231541 and mark this bug as a
duplicate of Bug 231541 if you agree that it is a duplicate.

Comment 2

[Private Citizen]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 231541 ***