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How to have Thunderbird only delete inbox copy of email

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REH_ATX
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Thunderbird 38.1.0 running IMAP with gmail. It seems that, when I delete a message from my inbox, it is also permanently deleted from my sent mail (I sometimes copy myself on sent emails as a flag for follow up by seeing them in my inbox). All I want is to delete the inbox copy, not the sent mail copy (so I can find that later with search). Is this a Thunderbird setting issue? I've looked through help threads and don't see it, so appreciate any help on this.

Thunderbird 38.1.0 running IMAP with gmail. It seems that, when I delete a message from my inbox, it is also permanently deleted from my sent mail (I sometimes copy myself on sent emails as a flag for follow up by seeing them in my inbox). All I want is to delete the inbox copy, not the sent mail copy (so I can find that later with search). Is this a Thunderbird setting issue? I've looked through help threads and don't see it, so appreciate any help on this.

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Zenos
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Is it a Gmail account?

REH_ATX
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Yes. Thunderbird 38.1.0 running IMAP with gmail.

manh12a3
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Just need to delete Trash and Trash.msf You can fix follow this link: https://youtu.be/7vtlvDjF-LI

manh12a3
manh12a3
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Fix

REH_ATX
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That isn't my issue. TB does delete the inbox copy. The issue is that it also deletes other copies I want to keep, e.g., the copy in sent mail in my Gmail All Mail folder. As a workaround, I changed my TB account settings to also archive all sent mail in a local folder, and that doesn't seem to get wiped out, so I'm guessing this is some IMAP behavior.