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To do a download/sync for all IMAP folder when startup:<br />
<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/tips#beh_downloadstartup" rel="ugc">http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/tips#beh_downloadstartup</a><br />
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Now sure if Thunderbird can be configured to disconnect dialup.. may be some other expert can help.
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To do a download/sync for all IMAP folder when startup:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/tips#beh_downloadstartup [http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/tips#beh_downloadstartup]

Now sure if Thunderbird can be configured to disconnect dialup.. may be some other expert can help.

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TB cannot do an auto disconnect. &nbsp;I would put Yet at the end of that sentence, but I don't believe anyone is working on that.<br />
From the past,<br />
<a href="http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=202675&highlight=" rel="ugc">http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=202675&highlight=</a><br />
<a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Suite_:_FAQs_:_Autoconnect" rel="ugc">http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Suite_:_FAQs_:_Autoconnect</a>
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TB cannot do an auto disconnect.  I would put Yet at the end of that sentence, but I don't believe anyone is working on that.
From the past,
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=202675&highlight= [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=202675&highlight=]
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Suite_:_FAQs_:_Autoconnect [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Suite_:_FAQs_:_Autoconnect]

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I want to convert a few end users to Thunderbird. &nbsp;They use Outlook Express now. &nbsp;What I need to happen is to have Thunderbird do a &quot;Download/Sync&quot; at startup, then disconnect PPP dialup connection. &nbsp;Is there a way to do this?
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I want to convert a few end users to Thunderbird.  They use Outlook Express now.  What I need to happen is to have Thunderbird do a "Download/Sync" at startup, then disconnect PPP dialup connection.  Is there a way to do this?

Thunderbird IMAP with dialup

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