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can i mirror the folders on my email server, on my thunderbird install on my local computer

Milt
Milt
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my mail server is yahoo.com and I have many folders on the server. I installed Thunderbird and I want Thunderbird to copy and replicate all of these folders so that I can see the messages in them. Can this be done with with Thunderbird?

my mail server is yahoo.com and I have many folders on the server. I installed Thunderbird and I want Thunderbird to copy and replicate all of these folders so that I can see the messages in them. Can this be done with with Thunderbird?

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amanchesterman
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Yes of course. You just need to set up your account using the IMAP protocol: Thunderbird will then mirror the folder structure on the server. If you have already set up the account using POP, then don't try to change it: create a second account with IMAP and make sure it works before you remove the POP account. Yahoo instructions here: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN3769.html Thunderbird instructions here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/switch-pop-imap-account