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How to download to Thunderbird already viewed in gmail emails

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binks77
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The question I'm struggling with is how could I download to my local pc emails that has been already viewed online in gmail. I can only download emails that has not been opened. How to change that?

The question I'm struggling with is how could I download to my local pc emails that has been already viewed online in gmail. I can only download emails that has not been opened. How to change that?

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Zenos
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Switch to IMAP. Then you will see all of your messages on the server. If you want copies on your PC, copy to the Local Folders account in Thunderbird.

binks77
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Thanks for that but should I switch it in my Thunderbird or in settings of my gmail account?

binks77
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I'm asking as right now I'm doing fresh install of win7 and I'll have to install Thunderbird from the scratch so I can set it up from the start now.

Zenos
Zenos
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You can enable POP or IMAP (or indeed both!) on the Gmail website. Thunderbird should detect which is available, and ask which you want when setting up the account.