447940 - Local Folders disabling for mail accounts

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 297793

(Thunderbird :: General, enhancement)

Description

[rom]

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This bug report is the bug (1) is this «multi-bug-report» : https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447834

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> When creating an account, you can specify (it's the default) «Local Folders».
> Once the account is created, there is no place to change this option. Moreover,
> I have never understood the utility of «Local Folders», I think people just
> want one account by email.

Local Folders is how Outbox and global inbox work, as well as drafts/sent for
> immutable accounts (i.e., news accounts).
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Is it necessary to allow a «mail account» to be in «Local folders»? All the account are shuffled if you do that, and *there is no way to disable it after the account is created*.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

rom, this sounds to me like a dupe of bug 297793. do you agree?