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Add an IMAP account with same email and same servers

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nimrodel
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Hello all,

We recently changed our email server but its URL remained the same.

Emails where not migrated to the new server so there is nothing on it.

I had my email account set up as IMAP in thunderbird and want to keep it as an archive of old emails.

So i don't synchronize it any more

I tried making a new account with the same email and same server URL so that I can download new emails and all hell broke loose.

Thunderbird deleted the old account and when I figured that out I deleted the new account and gradually the old email came back.

What would be the correct procedure to have both accounts?

If the new server had a different URL but the email username remained the same would there still be a problem?

Thanks in advance!

Hello all, We recently changed our email server but its URL remained the same. Emails where not migrated to the new server so there is nothing on it. I had my email account set up as IMAP in thunderbird and want to keep it as an archive of old emails. So i don't synchronize it any more I tried making a new account with the same email and same server URL so that I can download new emails and all hell broke loose. Thunderbird deleted the old account and when I figured that out I deleted the new account and gradually the old email came back. What would be the correct procedure to have both accounts? If the new server had a different URL but the email username remained the same would there still be a problem? Thanks in advance!

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We don't normally say "URL" in connection with email servers. So I guess you mean its human-readable address e.g. mail.example.com?

I would have saved all the old messages in Local Folders. then I would be free to remove and re-create the account as and when the old server was withdrawn and the new one became available.

Trying not to synchronize is a bit like riding a bike with no brakes and planning on not having to stop. You don't know what will happen.