I've been using Thunderbird lately for my e-mail, but am starting to get really annoyed with something. I'm sure this is just a setting of some sort that I can't find, but if someone knows how to do it, that would be sweet.
I find that Thunderbird doesn't update the "unread messages" count on folders in the sidebar unless I actually open the folder. This doesn't help me too much as I often have mail server-side filtered into, say, a deep subfolder where a particular friend's e-mail address is "pre-sorted".
Ideally, I'd like it to boldface and put an unread count on any folder automatically (or at least, every so often double-check such things... right now if I wanted to see if any of my server-side filters worked, I have to individually open each folder and see "what's new" so it will reprocess that subfolder).
Any thoughts? What am I missing. I'm sure this is just "Derek being blind as a bat," but any help is appreciated.
You need to right click on the folder, select properties and there is a checkbox to include updating. I have not found an automated way of doing this :(
-ryan