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hunderbird is expunging my emails

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Koala89
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hunderbird is expunging my emails. My Inbox is expunged when I close thunderbird even though I have not told it to do so. What can I do ??? I dont want thunderbird to expunge my emails on my IMAP server.

hunderbird is expunging my emails. My Inbox is expunged when I close thunderbird even though I have not told it to do so. What can I do ??? I dont want thunderbird to expunge my emails on my IMAP server.

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christ1
christ1
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http://kb.mozillazine.org/Disappearing_mail#It.27s_just_doing_what_you_told_it_to_do

Koala89
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didnt help sorry :( mail.imap.expunge_after_delete is set to false... so I dont know why it's still expunging...

christ1
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Can you explain in more detail what you mean with 'expunge', and what you're trying to achieve.