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Re: Off Topic - request!

From	Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject	Re: Off Topic - request!
Date	2026-02-19 20:43 +0100
Organization	Tschorkauer Zwetschgen-Pressen-Museum
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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. ;-)

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Off Topic - request! "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-02-16 08:28 +0000
  Re: Off Topic - request! Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-16 05:35 -0500
    Re: Off Topic - request! "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-02-16 22:47 +0000
      Re: Off Topic - request! Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-02-16 17:23 -0800
    Re: Off Topic - request! "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-17 20:08 +0800
      Re: Off Topic - request! "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-02-17 15:17 +0000
        Re: Off Topic - request! "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-19 20:28 +0800
          Re: Off Topic - request! Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-19 10:48 -0500
            Re: Off Topic - request! "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-02-19 16:02 +0000
              Re: Off Topic - request! Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-19 11:42 -0500
            Re: Off Topic - request! Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-02-19 17:23 +0000
              Re: Off Topic - request! Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-02-19 20:09 +0100
                Re: Off Topic - request! Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-02-19 19:15 +0000
                Re: Off Topic - request! Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-02-19 20:43 +0100
                Re: Off Topic - request! "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-19 21:27 +0100
                Re: Off Topic - request! Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-02-19 21:36 +0100
                Re: Off Topic - request! "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-20 12:54 +0100
              Re: Off Topic - request! "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-20 12:32 +0800
            Re: Off Topic - request! Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-02-19 17:20 +0000
  Re: Off Topic - request! Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-02-16 16:11 +0100
    Re: Off Topic - request! "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-02-16 23:19 +0000
      Re: Off Topic - request! Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-02-17 00:37 +0100

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