Use Thunderbird only to download messages with No up -sync to the Server

Question

I am trying to have ThunderBird setup in such a way that it can be used in read only mode. I am planing to set it up in a shared server and share the Mail messages with multiple users...

I want to prevent shared users from accidentally archiving /delete folders or email.

Is there anyway I could restrict users from doing that in Thunderbird.

PS: I am using IMAP. But, whenever I delete an email or move folders, it is also replicating in the Server. I do not want that to happen/ prevent user from doing that even locally.

Answer 1

The authenticated user is able to do what is he allowed to do. So the solution can be to define multiple accounts for a mailbox (for different users) on you IMAP server and set ACLs on the folders and emails. Part of ACLs can be changed directly from Thunderbird using a plugin.