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find tricks

Aug 152012

Listing empty folders

This will list all empty folders from the current working directory and down.

find . -type d -empty -exec echo {} \;

1	find . -type d -empty -exec echo {} \;

Deleting empty folders

This will delete all empty folders from the current working directory and down, no questions will be asked.

find . -type d -empty -exec rm -rf {} \;

1	find . -type d -empty -exec rm -rf {} \;

More tricks will be added as I have need for them, or if you post nice suggestions.

Thunderbird getting stuck when copying mails to Sent

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Aug 032012

Have you experienced the, quite common, problem that Thunderbird gets stuck when trying to copy a just sent mail to the Sent folder when on IMAP?

Here’s a solution for you.

1. Open Account Settings – Found in the Edit menu in some versions and in the Tools menu in other versions
2. Open the Server Settings for the account in question
3. Click the Advanced button
4. Change “Maximum number of server connections to cache” to 1
5. Restart Thunderbird

Thunderbird Account Settings