393081 - No longer able to check mail for individual accounts by right click

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 369303

(Thunderbird :: Preferences, defect)

Description

[Mike Lynn]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.6 (20070728)

Prior to most recent update, I could check individual accounts by right-clicking on that account name in the left-hand window.  It was an option in the right-click window, but seems to have vanished.  

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use the older version of Thunderbird, select an account in the left-hand list of mail accounts, right click on it, click "check mail."
2. Use the new release version 2.0.0.6 (20070728), repeat, that option is gone.
3. Be unhappy.



I assume this was an oversight in the new build as opposed to a conscious decision, as it changes the way one works.

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

It's been put back for tb3.

Comment 2

[Annalea]

I'll be waiting eagerly for it to come back.  I never have used the "Get Mail" button at the top of TB much (just keyboard shortcuts, or this right-click menu option for checking for individual accounts). . . and having this go missing has been a major pain.

It's strange that this was already removed, already put back in, and now it's gone again.  Is this just a miscommunication among a huge throng of contributors, or is there a silent battle going on somewhere? ;o)

Comment 3

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

It's not gone again, it was put back after tb2 shipped, so you can see it if you use development builds for tb3. <http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/nightly/latest-trunk/>

Unfortunately it's not "possible" to put back for tb2 security updates since it touches localized code.