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Flonk
New member
Status: New idea

An option for applying  settings (like columns, sort by, etc.) of one folder to all other or specific folders and subfolders of an e-mail address.

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Jon
Community Manager
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TAGarrison
Making moves

From the "Inbox", in the list of "Select columns to display", the options at the bottom to select "a" folder is ok...if you only have 4 or 10 folders.
I've been using TBird since Eudora was put out to pasture. That means, my E-mail dates back to 1996. I "literally" have hundreds of folders and thousands of messages stored.

As an example of the amount of folders, it "always" takes TBird about a minute to load, although that depends on whether the computer had to reboot for updates or whatever. If it's after a reboot, it can take upwards of 5 minutes to finish loading. Version 102 took 30+ seconds, unless it was after a reboot. Supernova hasn't been able to complete loading in under 3 minutes - worse after a reboot.

I'm saying this only so you know, some of us use E-mail a "LOT". For me, I refuse to go one-by-one to select a folder and apply the same settings as I have in the Inbox. So I'll just wait until you've updated TBird to include that, as well as the capability to either use userChrome.css or something more simple in "Settings" to allow me to add a border at the bottom of each message in the message pane...or zebra effect.

So @Flonk is correct. TBird needs to have the settings "returned" that allows me to set the look of the message pane for "all" accounts and folders at the same time.
I'm only guessing, but it would seem management and the developers are not "heavy" E-mail users, and that's why the capability to set the look through all folders was removed. 102.x has it.

You all went through a lot of "backlash" when you distributed Supernova. I threw my 2-cents into the ring as well. But I want you to know that I respect and appreciate all of you at Mozilla. I just reserve the right to throw my hands up in the air and jump up and down when a completely "different" TBird is staring me in the face and can't provide the "look" that I've used for the last 25+ years. At least I've figured out how to get it down to just the message pane without lines / bottom border and set the folders from the Inbox for all folders, so that it otherwise looks like I've had.
I did have the folders turn "Red" when they got new messages. But since the userChrome.css is no longer working (although there are posts that swear it still works...not for me even if I disable @namespsace it doesn't work. Perhaps that would be the quickest method for each person to create a look they want, return the use of userChrome.css - or something similar.

Thank you for all you do.