550908 - Will synchronize/download mail without my consent

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 542940

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[gabrielfair]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100202 Firefox/3.5.8 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3

When adding Thunderbird's first mail account. Will checks for mail and synchronize from account regardless of account settings. Downloads emails without authorization from user.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set up Thunderbird with heavily used gmail account that has never used IMAP
2. Work offline in Thunderbird
3. Configure using these server settings:
  i) False- Check for new messages at startup
  ii) False- Check for new messages every
4. Configure using these Synchronization & Storage settings
  i) False- Keep messages for this account on this computer
  ii) Synchronize the most recent 1 Days
  iii) True- Don't Download messages larger than "1" KB
5. Click ok
6. Work Online
7. Either wait or restart Thunderbird
Actual Results:  
Thunderbird will now download every message from my gmail inbox since account creation. Emails are moved and deleted on gmail account according to their management in the Client.

Expected Results:  
No download of any mail from the gmail account. No alteration of gmails.
Thunderbird with the selected settings should only allow the user to send mail from client. Not receive mail from gmail account.

I am very familiar with software using IMAP. However upon setting up an gmail account in Thunderbird with the above settings, Thunderbird will continue to download mail off of my gmail account.
My gmail account is 5 years old. I have tens of thousands of emails. I do not want any of those emails to be downloaded to my computer. I selected these settings so I could send out html rich emails form Thunderbird. I do not want Thunderbird to manage my inbox or any emails.

Comment 1

[gabrielfair]

No virus, no spyware, no hack. Just flaw or misunderstanding with software

Comment 2

[Nathan Tuggy (:tuggyne)]

If you could add more details to bug 542940 (probably by merging from this bug's info), it'd help track it down and confirm as a valid bug or otherwise resolve.

Comment 3

[[:Aureliano Buendía]]

Cleanup *dupeme* whiteboard flag from bugs that are marked as Resolved
Duplicate!