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Error message: The mail server for account xyz responded: [NONEXISTENT] Unknown Mailbox: abc (Failure).

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Somehow my “Personal” folder in Firefox got renamed to “VRE Directory – NO”. When I try to access a subfolder within the renamed directory I get the following error message from Firefox: The current operation on ‘VRE Directory – No’ did not succeed. The mail server for account xxx responded: [NONEXISTENT] Unknown Mailbox: VRE Directory – NO (Failure). I tried renaming the “VRE Directory – No” back to “Personal”, but I get the same error message. How do I recover so that I can access all my messages in the subfolders?

Somehow my “Personal” folder in Firefox got renamed to “VRE Directory – NO”. When I try to access a subfolder within the renamed directory I get the following error message from Firefox: The current operation on ‘VRE Directory – No’ did not succeed. The mail server for account xxx responded: [NONEXISTENT] Unknown Mailbox: VRE Directory – NO (Failure). I tried renaming the “VRE Directory – No” back to “Personal”, but I get the same error message. How do I recover so that I can access all my messages in the subfolders?

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hello, you're posting in the firefox support forum - firefox is a browser and doesn't handle your emails. in case you're using thunderbird as a mail client and have a question about it please say so, then we will move your question into the thunderbird queue. if you're accessing your mails through webmail, contact your email-provider in order to help you further...

Problems with email and how to find help

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hello, you're posting in the firefox support forum - firefox is a browser and doesn't handle your emails. in case you're using thunderbird as a mail client and have a question about it please say so, then we will move your question into the thunderbird queue. if you're accessing your mails through webmail, contact your email-provider in order to help you further...

Problems with email and how to find help