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BattenBell
BattenBell
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why does tBird create a redundant sub-folder called gmail? when I delete from inbox it stays in sub-folder (gmail). If I delete from sub-folder gmail will it delete my inbox? Image attached. thanks

why does tBird create a redundant sub-folder called gmail? when I delete from inbox it stays in sub-folder (gmail). If I delete from sub-folder gmail will it delete my inbox? Image attached. thanks
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Fabián Rodríguez
Fabián Rodríguez
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See :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-gmail#w_gmails-particularities

sfhowes
sfhowes
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See the last sentence in the IMAP section here.

"Set tools -> account settings -> server settings -> advanced -> IMAP server directory to [Gmail] to fix problems with how it lists folders in the folder pane."