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Why Thunderbird deleting my restore from backup archived emails

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For some reason all my archived folders are empty. I have a backup on my PC, so i restored it but each time Thunderbird synchronizes the account with Gmail or Hotmail all emails are removed. Folders are set for offline use.

For some reason all my archived folders are empty. I have a backup on my PC, so i restored it but each time Thunderbird synchronizes the account with Gmail or Hotmail all emails are removed. Folders are set for offline use.
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I managed to do it. I copped .msf and other files from backup imap folder to local folder, then in Thunderbird copy emails from local folders to archive.

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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

I managed to do it. I copped .msf and other files from backup imap folder to local folder, then in Thunderbird copy emails from local folders to archive.