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==== Warning: This is Draft ==== | ==== Warning: This is Draft ==== | ||
*This is draft of Migration Guide for corporate users. | *This is draft of Migration Guide for corporate users. | ||
* | *Initial draft is a brief summary of knowledge about auto-sync/offline-use settings obtained in the {{Bug|562589}} (as of 2010/05/06). | ||
;Backgrounds: | ;Backgrounds: | ||
* | *Big changes in Thunderbird 3.0: | ||
**Gloda(Global Search and Indexer) | **Gloda (Global Search and Indexer). Enabled by default. | ||
**Auto-sync of IMAP folders | **Auto-sync of IMAP folders. Enabled by default. | ||
**Per folder "offline use" setting of all IMAP folders is set to "offline use=ON" by default upon migration(first use of Tb 3.0.x). | **Per-folder "offline use" setting of all IMAP folders is set to "offline use=ON" by default upon migration (on first use of Tb 3.0.x). | ||
** | **"Smart Folders" is default folder pane view, even if "All Folders" is user's choice in Tb 2. | ||
** | **Thunderbird 2's "Account Wizard", and Thunderbird 3.0 beta's "Account Wizard for Gmail IMAP" is no longer available in Thunderbird 3.0. | ||
*;: | *;:Note, not all settings for above big changes are well documented yet. | ||
* | *Typical corporate environment: | ||
**IMAP | **IMAP folders. | ||
**High mail data volume | **High mail data volume. | ||
**Use of Roaming Profile or something similar is | **Use of Roaming Profile or something similar is common, because flexibility of roaming and ease of backup/recovery are frequent requirements. | ||
*;: | *;:The above requirements may conflict with TB 3's "Gloda is enabled by default upon upgrade" and "auto-sync of all IMAP folders is enabled by default upon upgrade" in some places. | ||
*Main purpose of mass upgrade from Tb 2 to Tb 3 in corporate environment is never trial and testing of new features. Main | *Main purpose of mass upgrade from Tb 2 to Tb 3 in corporate environment is never trial and testing of new features. Main purpose of mass upgrade is; | ||
** Tb 2's bug fix | ** Tb 2's bug fix | ||
** Improvements in stability | ** Improvements in stability | ||
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** improvements in usability without breaking existent important features. | ** improvements in usability without breaking existent important features. | ||
This Migration Guide | This Migration Guide assumes the above conditions and lists options to avoid problems | ||
==== Disable Migration Assistance ==== | ==== Disable Migration Assistance ==== |