dovecot - Sep 2005 - Dovecot imap with Postfix and using Thunderbird as client

Hi,
I just recently installed dovecot, and I am having the following problem:
If I send an email to my account on this new machine, I can log in via 
SSH and use the unix mail command, and instantly my email is visible.  
If I turn on Thunderbird, it will show my new message.  If Thunderbird 
was already on and had already checked the mailbox, even if I click on 
get new mail for that specific mailbox, the new mail does not show up 
until I restart thunderbird.  Is there something that I have set wrong 
in the config files that is preventing the IMAP part of dovecot from 
refreshing the messages quickly for me to see?  I dont see anything in 
the log files at all except for it showing me logging in.
Thanks,
Ben

Ben Ware wrote:
> Hi,
> I just recently installed dovecot, and I am having the following problem:
> If I send an email to my account on this new machine, I can log in via 
> SSH and use the unix mail command, and instantly my email is visible.  
> If I turn on Thunderbird, it will show my new message.  If Thunderbird 
> was already on and had already checked the mailbox, even if I click on 
> get new mail for that specific mailbox, the new mail does not show up 
> until I restart thunderbird.  Is there something that I have set wrong 
> in the config files that is preventing the IMAP part of dovecot from 
> refreshing the messages quickly for me to see?  I dont see anything in 
> the log files at all except for it showing me logging in.
> Thanks,
> Ben
I am using pretty much the same setup - Dovecot (0.99.14), Postfix and 
Thunderbird.  I vaguely remember something like this, but I don't recall the
fix.  What happens when you click on another folder, and back to the folder with
the new mail?  Does it show then?

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