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Mine is Yahoo where POP is used .TB is IMAP . i can receive and send mails , but when making action on TB (Del or send) no reflection on main server

MohamadAlbakoush
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Hello there, My e-mail is Yahoo, and Yahoo by default is POP user . I understood from your help file that synchronization is compatible only with IMAP mail provider I can receive and send mails from TB , but when making action on TB (Del or send) no reflection on main server, same when make the action on the main server (Del or send), no change on TB

from yahoo help I managed to find configuration for IMAP , but could not apply them on TB , as TB have already Yahoo as POP in the configuration list please your help on this


best regards Mohamad

Hello there, My e-mail is Yahoo, and Yahoo by default is POP user . I understood from your help file that synchronization is compatible only with IMAP mail provider I can receive and send mails from TB , but when making action on TB (Del or send) no reflection on main server, same when make the action on the main server (Del or send), no change on TB from yahoo help I managed to find configuration for IMAP , but could not apply them on TB , as TB have already Yahoo as POP in the configuration list please your help on this best regards Mohamad

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You cannot convert an existing account, but you can set up your Yahoo account as IMAP in parallel to the existing POP account. See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Convert_a_POP_account_to_a_IMAP_account

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christ1
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You cannot convert an existing account, but you can set up your Yahoo account as IMAP in parallel to the existing POP account. See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Convert_a_POP_account_to_a_IMAP_account

MohamadAlbakoush
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Hi Chris, thanks you very much it is working good now

Best regards Mohamad