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All emails are sent to Archives. How do I delete them; prevent them?

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valeriejwade
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For 3 years all my incoming emails have been sent to the main Archives Folder. When I painstakingly deleted them, they reappeared the next day. I now have close to 5,000 emails in the main Archives folder. I want to empty folder/delete them; and only allow archiving of folders I choose to click and drag/archive. I connot figure it out; my 3 techie adult kids can't either. Val

For 3 years all my incoming emails have been sent to the main Archives Folder. When I painstakingly deleted them, they reappeared the next day. I now have close to 5,000 emails in the main Archives folder. I want to empty folder/delete them; and only allow archiving of folders I choose to click and drag/archive. I connot figure it out; my 3 techie adult kids can't either. Val

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Is this question about Thunderbird?

valeriejwade
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Yes, this is Thunderbird.

philipp
philipp
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changing the question's category to thunderbird