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Thunderbird keeps downloading old Gmails in IMAP

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I've got Thunderbird set up with two different email accounts, including my main Gmail.

When it checks the server, it re-downloads hundreds of emails that I already have stored locally. It does not appear to be duplicating them or anything, but it downloads them again every ten minutes. This looks like the problem a lot of people have had with that corrupted POP file, but I'm using IMAP.

I've got Thunderbird set up with two different email accounts, including my main Gmail. When it checks the server, it re-downloads hundreds of emails that I already have stored locally. It does not appear to be duplicating them or anything, but it downloads them again every ten minutes. This looks like the problem a lot of people have had with that corrupted POP file, but I'm using IMAP.

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Does it do it with the current beta version? https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/channel/

I think I recall a bug in gmail that was fixed in the beta version.

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Matt
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Does it do it with the current beta version? https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/channel/

I think I recall a bug in gmail that was fixed in the beta version.

Wayne Mery
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Risap ?

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Oh, man, I'm sorry I forgot to come back and confirm that the beta version seems to have fixed the problem.

I just wanted to wait while before I confirmed it because it had been happening almost randomly sometimes. Then, problem solved, I forgot all about it and left everyone swinging in the wind.

I haven't seen it happen again since I updated, though. Thanks!