[Tools-discuss] Re: IMAP help

[Robert Sayre <[e-mail]>]

OK,

Well, this is from Thunderbird via the IMAP list. Let's see if it works. :)

thanks,

Rob

On 9/2/25 7:55 AM, Robert Sparks wrote:
>
> If you've managed to connect, you subscribe to lists using the 
> Subscribe context menu item here. (Right click the top level account 
> in the menu).
>
> That's thunderbird specific. Other mail apps expose this different 
> ways. It's on the todo list to build better general documentation for 
> this and make it easy to find.
>
> RjS
>
> On 9/1/25 5:45 PM, Rob Sayre wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I don't subscribe to most lists I participate in, and use the reply 
>> link in the web archive. But I gather this is kind of annoying for 
>> threading in some clients that other people use. I don't care 
>> while I read, as my email is just GMail slop with 
>> hundreds-of-thousands of unread messages.
>>
>> I filed this issue:
>> https://github.com/ietf-tools/mailarchive/issues/3631
>>
>> about the web mailto: threading.
>>
>> But I thought I would try to get Thunderbird IMAP working only for 
>> IETF lists, as a matter of courtesy, but have so far failed to do so.
>>
>> Step #1:
>>
>> My datatracker password was so old it no longer met complexity 
>> requirements. It was in a password manager at least, so I updated 
>> that. Successful.
>>
>> Step #2:
>>
>> Configure Thunderbird to check imap.ietf.org <http://imap.ietf.org>
>>
>> So, this does connect, but I don't get any folders representing 
>> mailing lists and such. Am I missing something? Or is there a 
>> setup/help page? I found RFC 7017 and the brief mention of IMAP on 
>> https://www.ietf.org/participate/lists/.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Rob