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recover mail

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ayse.turak
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Hello,

I changed my gmail account in Thunderbird from POP to IMAP, following the article "https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/sw". Old mail in Local Folders, disappeared. That is not what I had understood from the article.

Is there any way I recover them?

My "Local Folders" has turned into a archive folder. What does this mean? The subfolder structures are still there.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions Ayse

Hello, I changed my gmail account in Thunderbird from POP to IMAP, following the article "https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/sw". Old mail in Local Folders, disappeared. That is not what I had understood from the article. Is there any way I recover them? My "Local Folders" has turned into a archive folder. What does this mean? The subfolder structures are still there. Thanks in advance for any suggestions Ayse

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Thanks for the information and links.

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christ1
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The link you provided above is dead, so I have no idea what you did.

This would be the correct procedure to change from POP to IMAP. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Convert_a_POP_account_to_a_IMAP_account

ayse.turak
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Thanks. It appears I must have marked the option for deleting mails older than 2 months. I guess I thought my Local Folders were safe, and any change would be effective form than on. I wish Thunderbird had provided a warning message against retroactive change.

I had recently copied my C drive to an external, but for some reason, my profile was not copied (perhaps it was in use or maybe hidden files were not copied). A search for .sbd files, produced nothing.

Does Thunderbird make backups under another name, by any chance (hope against hope) ?

user1122573
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We need a tool to backup our mails. We need MozBackup to be a part of Thunderbird and Firefox. Not an external plugin but a great plugin integrated in our software.

Why the developer can't be happy about this? We're a team... when someone create something good... why don't give him a recongnition like a "meaningful" developer?

user1122573
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Thunderbird is GREAT... someone did money (postbox) with this core... Standing clapping at this?!?!!?

christ1
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Does Thunderbird make backups

No, Thunderbird doesn't create backups itself. It's the responsibility of the user to backup the profile. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Backing_Up_and_Restoring

ayse.turak
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Thanks for the information and links.