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thunderbird won't download messages from gmail/imap

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crichmon
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I recently installed thunderbird, migrated all of my messages and message folders from outlook, re-created filters from my previous outlook rules, and setup my primary email account. I had some trouble forwarding my secondary gmail accounts to my primary gmail account, so I setup all of my (few) gmail accounts in thunderbird.

The issue is that now thunderbird doesn't download *any* messages from my imap/gmail accounts.

I've looked through a lot of support pages on the web, tried a lot of suggestions, but nothing seems to fix the situation.

Any help?

thanks, crichmon

I recently installed thunderbird, migrated all of my messages and message folders from outlook, re-created filters from my previous outlook rules, and setup my primary email account. I had some trouble forwarding my secondary gmail accounts to my primary gmail account, so I setup all of my (few) gmail accounts in thunderbird. The issue is that now thunderbird doesn't download *any* messages from my imap/gmail accounts. I've looked through a lot of support pages on the web, tried a lot of suggestions, but nothing seems to fix the situation. Any help? thanks, crichmon

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The solution is: create filters on individual email accounts, not just the local folders.

Thank you for all of the help.

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Gnospen
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This might be easier to answer under your second question at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1113626

crichmon
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Chosen Solution

The solution is: create filters on individual email accounts, not just the local folders.

Thank you for all of the help.