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Migrating from another system. Thunderbird e-mail account does not work.

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elio.fabri
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Hi, I'm migrating to CentOS 8 from a Scientific Linux system. Here are some details:

Old system (still working): Scientific Linux 6.2, installed about 2013 Firefox 60.9.0esr Thunderbird 31.6.0

New system: CentOS 8.2, installed a few days ago Firefox 78.2.0esr Thunderbird 68.11.0

I tried creating a Thunderbird account, with same name and e-mail address as an old one. Only the Inbox folder appears in that account. If I try to send an e-mail to myself, I can see it in the old system, not in the new one.

Hi, I'm migrating to CentOS 8 from a Scientific Linux system. Here are some details: Old system (still working): Scientific Linux 6.2, installed about 2013 Firefox 60.9.0esr Thunderbird 31.6.0 New system: CentOS 8.2, installed a few days ago Firefox 78.2.0esr Thunderbird 68.11.0 I tried creating a Thunderbird account, with same name and e-mail address as an old one. Only the Inbox folder appears in that account. If I try to send an e-mail to myself, I can see it in the old system, not in the new one.

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Stans
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First things first, who is your email provider?

elio.fabri
elio.fabri Vraag-eienaar
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Provider is Fastweb

Stans
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Remove the account then set it up afresh to use IMAP instead of POP3. I believe the settings are given here https://www.fastweb.it/myfastweb/assistenza/guide/fastmail/ and they match the ones here https://getmailspring.com/setup/access-fastwebnet-it-via-imap-smtp

Also, see Switch from POP to IMAP account

elio.fabri
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I tried to follow your suggestion, but something went wrong and I'm totally lost. I deleted pop fastweb accounts, both in SL and in CentOS. Then recreated imap accounts. There they are, but only an empty Inbox folder is visible. I can't send mail, nor save a draft. Firefox hangs trying to copy my mail in Sent folder, which apparently does not exist. As far as I can see, news service is OK.