This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

activity manager deleting emails

jilloffthehill
jilloffthehill
more options

Activity manager seems to be deleting some of my emails :-( How can I stop this? I'm not terribly computer literate, so a step by step explanation would be most helpful!

Activity manager seems to be deleting some of my emails :-( How can I stop this? I'm not terribly computer literate, so a step by step explanation would be most helpful!

Chosen solution

if you account is IMAP, that is synchronized to the mail server. What is in Thunderbird will exactly mirror what is on the server. If your provider say empties you trash for you each week, then those mails will show as deleted in the activity manager. IF you provider deletes old spam, then Thunderbird will also. If you delete the mail from your phone and that is reflected on the sever, then your mail will be deleted in Thunderbird,

Read this answer in context 👍 0

All Replies (2)

Matt
Matt
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

Chosen Solution

if you account is IMAP, that is synchronized to the mail server. What is in Thunderbird will exactly mirror what is on the server. If your provider say empties you trash for you each week, then those mails will show as deleted in the activity manager. IF you provider deletes old spam, then Thunderbird will also. If you delete the mail from your phone and that is reflected on the sever, then your mail will be deleted in Thunderbird,

jilloffthehill
jilloffthehill Question owner
more options

Thank you Matt :-)