Most efficient ways to run Thunderbird over multiple computers?

[cinohpa]

I'm currently running Thunderbird in three places. My home office, my laptop and on a flash drive.

The problem is that when one instance of Thunderbird recognizes that I have new mail, it stops the other instances of thunderbird from downloading that mail again when I look at it from the other machine. I'm currently using a POP connection and the primary email in question is a gmail account.

I disabled the POP connection from deleting mail off of the server so I know it's still there, it's just a matter of having the other Thunderbirds recognize it so all my machines can have the same catalogs of emails. Should I switch to IMAP?

Thanks.

 

[cinohpa]

Does anyone know what file the inbox messages are saved in so that way maybe I could just copy that file between computers?

Is there a way to import mail between thunderbirds?

Thanks.

 

[Whatsisname]

Use IMAP

edit: actually, use IMAPS

 

[RavenD]

You might also want to look at the address book synchronizer update. Lets you store you address book in the sent or drafts folders on your IMAP server, thus enabling you to keep it synchronized across multiple computers.