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I installed Thunderbird in my new system and added an IMAP account, but most folders under inbox and sent items are not showing up. Please help.

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Hi, I need help. I was using thunderbird in my windows 7 computer. I had configured an IMAP account ( imap.googlemail.com ). The system crashed and I had to reconfigure the account, but when I added the account once again, most folders under the Inbox and Sentitems are not showing up.... Please help, they are very Imp mails.

Hi, I need help. I was using thunderbird in my windows 7 computer. I had configured an IMAP account ( imap.googlemail.com ). The system crashed and I had to reconfigure the account, but when I added the account once again, most folders under the Inbox and Sentitems are not showing up.... Please help, they are very Imp mails.

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Your messages shouldn't be lost, you can check via webmail if they do exist on the server.

Verify you do have the Google recommended settings. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78892?hl=en

Verify you subscribed to all the folders you want to see. File (Alt-F) - Subscribe