341260 - Need ability to use an IMAP account like a POP account

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Thunderbird :: Account Manager, enhancement)

Description

[Eyal Rozenberg]

I have an IMAP account, but I'm not interested in its folders, or the online storage capability, or anything of the sort. I just want to download messages from there using IMAP, just like I would from a POP3 server (and have them appear in the global inbox). I can sorta-kinda achieve this using a filter to move them, but I want this to be an option 'for real', with no tree node on the account/folder tree in the 3-pane window.

Comment 1

[Gary Kwong [:gkw] [:nth10sd] (NOT official MoCo now)]

I think IMAP and POP serve different purposes.

Emre, what do you think?

Comment 2

[Eyal Rozenberg]

(In reply to comment #1)
> I think IMAP and POP serve different purposes.

But some providers just don't offer both. 

Plus, it's up to users to determine the purpose of the services they use.

Comment 3

[Emre Birol]

Eyal: Have you tried to use imap folders in offline mode?  

Comment 4

[Eyal Rozenberg]

Emre: Yes, why?

Comment 5

[Emre Birol]

I thought that using imap in offline mode is very similar to pop3 experience. I guess not.. 

Comment 6

[Bryan Clark (DevTools PM) [:clarkbw]]

This is a good idea, but I don't think we're going to support this anytime soon so I have to mark this as wontfix.  It's possible to make a change like this happen if there were people willing to work on it.