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If I reinstall Thunderbird, will I loose my messages?

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Frontier is my provider. I could not get emails in Thunderbird when I clicked "get messages" and got a message saying a connection could not be made with the server. I gave Frontier access to my computer and they concluded the problem was with Thunderbird. I now have no Thunderbird Inbox (apparently remotely deleted by Frontier Technician). Is there anyone I can contact to help me fix my Thunderbird? If not, if I reinstall Thunderbird, will my Inbox and other folders come back with the messages I had in them?

Frontier is my provider. I could not get emails in Thunderbird when I clicked "get messages" and got a message saying a connection could not be made with the server. I gave Frontier access to my computer and they concluded the problem was with Thunderbird. I now have no Thunderbird Inbox (apparently remotely deleted by Frontier Technician). Is there anyone I can contact to help me fix my Thunderbird? If not, if I reinstall Thunderbird, will my Inbox and other folders come back with the messages I had in them?

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This makes me so angry. If they don't know what they are doing then they should say so and not attempt to fiddle with it. Or get competent staff to handle these situations properly.

Is hard to know exactly what they have done. There is a chance your messages are still stored somewhere and will reappear when the connection is restored.

Uninstalling and reinstalling Thunderbird is unlikely to help, since it is the settings that are amiss and these are not affected by the installation process.

It would be useful to know your settings. In order for us to better investigate this issue you need to add a little more non-personal information.

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