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Cannot delete emails in Thunderbird

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steve80289
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I cannot delete emails from thunderbird. The client gives me an error "The current operation on 'inbox' did not succeed. The mailserver for [MYACCOUNT] responded: [TRYCREATE] The requested item could not be found." What does this mean? This is using IMAP FYI.

Thanks in advance for any help,

-Steve

I cannot delete emails from thunderbird. The client gives me an error "The current operation on 'inbox' did not succeed. The mailserver for [MYACCOUNT] responded: [TRYCREATE] The requested item could not be found." What does this mean? This is using IMAP FYI. Thanks in advance for any help, -Steve

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Matt
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Steve, log in via web mail and check the trash folder name. Is it exactly the same for that account in Thunderbird?

steve80289
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The trash bin is called "Deleted Items" in the online outlook web mail client compared to the "Trash" folder in Thunderbird. How do I fix this?

steve80289
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I found how to fix it here:

http://wiki.sourcemage.org/HowTo%282f%29ChangeIMAPTrashFolderInThunderbird.html

Unfortunately, I cannot delete the other "Trash" folder now. How do I delete it?

steve80289
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Temporarily I have hidden the folder by unsubscribing to it.