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Syncing local folders

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John
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I run Thunderbird on both my desktop and laptop computers and often move emails to local folders. How can I keep the two installations of my local folders in sync?

I run Thunderbird on both my desktop and laptop computers and often move emails to local folders. How can I keep the two installations of my local folders in sync?

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Graham
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The simplest approach to keeping multiple devices in sync is to use the IMAP protocol and avoid the use of local folders altogether. Keep everything on the server.

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