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Deleting in Thunderbird won't delete on Server

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Marla13
Marla13
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I thought that if I delete emails from Thunderbird (specifically emails in my Trash folder)-they should also delete from my Trash folder on my Server, but they aren't.

Can anyone advise?

Thanks!

I thought that if I delete emails from Thunderbird (specifically emails in my Trash folder)-they should also delete from my Trash folder on my Server, but they aren't. Can anyone advise? Thanks!

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I want to know how to set it up so that it DOES delete emails both on server and tbird

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Marla13
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Ok, so another bizarre moment: yesterday Thunderbird was not mirroring my Server, but today it is and the emails that I delete in TBird *are* deleting from the Server...exactly how I want it to be.

I just don't understand why I was having trouble yesterday...

shadyz
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I want to know this as well

shadyz
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I want to know how to set it up so that it DOES delete emails both on server and tbird

christ1
christ1
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Have you checked with your email provider? They may have had a glitch.

shadyz
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It's probably just some kind of thunderbird configuration