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Archive file "2014" created automatically

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max3
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Every time that I restart Thunderbird, a new folder is created in Archives for 2014. I have no messages at all anywhere in Thunderbird for this year and nothing is created for other years (2015 and 2016). In account settings, I have not checked the box in "Copies and Folders" for the option to keep message archives, but if I do, the archive option is to keep them in a single folder and not by year. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Every time that I restart Thunderbird, a new folder is created in Archives for 2014. I have no messages at all anywhere in Thunderbird for this year and nothing is created for other years (2015 and 2016). In account settings, I have not checked the box in "Copies and Folders" for the option to keep message archives, but if I do, the archive option is to keep them in a single folder and not by year. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Zenos
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Does this account use IMAP? If so, have you tried removing the offending folder via the email provider's website?

max3
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Zenos said

Does this account use IMAP? If so, have you tried removing the offending folder via the email provider's website?

Thanks for the answer, but I am not using IMAP and there is no archive on the email provider's website.