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I want to download 'all messages' not just 'new messages'. I have the 'leave on server until I delete' set but it wont download or sync. I cant use IMAP.
I cant use IMAP on my account, so need to 'leave messages on server - until I delete'. But I cant download all messages only new ones.
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what mail provider?
AussieDenis said
I cant use IMAP on my account, so need to 'leave messages on server - until I delete'. But I cant download all messages only new ones.
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re :I cant use IMAP on my account
So you have a POP mail account ? Pop mail accounts can only access and download from the server Inbox to the mail account Inbox. This is not a TB quirk, it is how all POP mail accoutns work.
There is a workaround, which you would only need to do once.
In thunderbird: Prepare Inbox - this makes life easier. Move all emails out of Inbox into other suitable folders. Delete what you do not want. When Inbox is empty: right click on Inbox and select 'Compact'
Logon to webmail account. Select a folder with emails and move them into the Inbox.
In Thunderbird click on 'Get Messages' to download those emails to your Inbox. create a folder and move all of those emails into that folder, so Inbox is empty.
Repeat this action of moving emails from a server folder into the server Inbox and downloading to pop mail accoutn Inbox.