Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Frank Miller Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.thunderbird Subject: Re: Off Topic - request! Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:36:48 +0100 Organization: Tschorkauer Zwetschgen-Pressen-Museum Message-ID: <69977460.9090705@backwurst.de> References: <10murth$plmk$1@dont-email.me> <10n1ln7$1nsqa$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> <10n6vlg$3gbli$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> <10n7bc9$3kjms$1@dont-email.me> <69975FE1.5060002@backwurst.de> <699767F4.9080701@backwurst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="501724"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: noyb Cancel-Lock: sha1:YMPhvGfefaGwxqARgNwCKS3XygQ= In-Reply-To: X-User-ID: eJwFwQkRwEAIBDBLx8AuRQ6vfwlNoBS2G0HD4XoqK3DJ3k9phyiHwGPjauvlq2k1qo6P7A86dRH6 Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.software.thunderbird:19751 Carlos E. R. wrote: > On 2026-02-19 20:43, Frank Miller wrote: >> Andy Burns wrote: >>> Frank Miller wrote: >>> >>>> Andy Burns wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thunderbird has a setting to make the mail storage directory "easier" >>>>> for A/V to scan, I've never needed to enable it. >>>> >>>> Do you mean the difference between mbox and maildir? It's not for >>>> "easier" access but more a security function regarding A/V scanners. >>> >>> No, not the maildir/mbox setting. If you search for "virus" within the >>> settings page you get >>> >>> Antivirus >>> >>> Thunderbird can make it easy for anti-virus software to analyse incoming >>> mail messages for viruses before they are stored locally. >>> >>> [ ] Allow anti-virus clients to quarantine individual incoming messages. >> >> Ah, i see. They extended the mbox storage model. >> Windows-users will like it. ;-) > > It has been there for years, even in Linux. But I don't know how to make > use of it. Yep, you're right. I briefly checked it in TB 115, my test-installation. On a daily basis i still use the ancient TB 38 under Linux. I have no need for A/V software at all since 20 years now.