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I want to download my email messages off my provider's server and onto my computer. I don't want the messages to remain on the providers server.

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How do I set up Thunderbird to download my email messages from my provider's server, and then delete them from that server? I want the email messages to only appear on my computer.

How do I set up Thunderbird to download my email messages from my provider's server, and then delete them from that server? I want the email messages to only appear on my computer.

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Use POP3 and not IMAP.