Questions tagged [thunderbird]
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Bulk moving emails out of Gmail to increase space available using IMAP
I would like to move in bulk thousands of emails out of Gmail into an "archive" account hosted elsewhere so that there is more room for new email. With a "normal" IMAP account, ...
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Gmail - how do I get entire Inbox in Thunderbird?
My Gmail account is configured in Thunderbird, all works fine except - the oldest email I can access in Thunderbird from Apr 2021, while my account is almost 20 years old. Settings: imap.gmail.com on ...
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Is changing e-mail password standardized?
I need to use a certain email account managed by a server I don't have access to. I have the credentials, I can log in using a client such as Mozilla Thunderbird or Evolution. However, I was not able ...
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How can I reverse moving messages from archive to trash?
Concerned about space in my Gmail I just took a rash and stupid action, and "deleted" everything from the "archive." I did this on Mozilla Thunderbird on my mac. It's clear to me I haven't lost the ...
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Removed labels - where did my emails go?
I've been using Gmail for quite a while and I have about 15000 emails in total, only partially sorted using labels. Using Gmail itself to sort them is a nightmare for me, so I decided to use ...
user162832
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How do I reimport e-mails of the last few days only from Gmail into Thunderbird?
After a complete reinstall, I am glad to see that all my settings and e-mails archives are safe in my ~/.thunderbird backup. However, a few days passed between my last ~/.thunderbird backup and the ...
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Some Yahoo mails in Thunderbird (IMAP) will be marked "not junk" immediately after marking them as "junk"
I have a standard Yahoo mail account set up with IMAP in Thunderbird (currently using version 38.1.0). I've been having this problem with earlier versions of Thunderbird too. It just didn't bother me ...
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Import MBOX file to Gmail, but pass it through spam filter?
I have an MBOX file of an old email account that I wanted to merge into Gmail as an alias. However, this MBOX file has a bunch of spam emails in it that I want to basically verify and discard. If I ...
Ben Guild
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Archiving all in Gmail inbox--webmail vs IMAP
I have about 13,000 messages in a Gmail inbox, and would like to switch to a system of archiving messages once they're dealt with, rather than using read/unread status. I know how to do this via ...
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Filter for Labels duplicates messages when read in Thunderbird
I am using Thunderbird to read Gmail messages. I created a few filters on Gmail which put special labels on specific messages. This way the messages appear in their own folders when I read them in ...
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Can I set Gmail filters from Thunderbird?
I am in the process of moving all my email filters to Gmail, using their Filter features. Right now, all of my filters are inside Thunderbird and now I have to make each filter again from scratch. ...
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Mozilla Thunderbird "Get Mail" doesn't get all the mail from the beginning
I have installed Mozilla Thunderbird, now it updated to version 24.5.0 . I am trying to download all the emails from my Gmail account to Thunderbird. The problem is that only emails from 8 August ...
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Using [Imap], [Gmail], [Google Mail] folders in Thunderbird
I have a strange setup in my email client that I can't seem to fix. I've got two Gmail accounts setup but they're behaving differently. As you can see, the account at the top behaves as I would expect....
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Can I see my Gmail inbox tabs as IMAP labels?
I like the new inbox tabs (categories) feature on Gmail, but it's only useful on the web interface. If I use a mail client like Thunderbird I can't see the tabs. Is there any way to give all the ...
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Move sent emails from Outlook to Yahoo server
I have a Yahoo email account on Outlook Express which uses POP3. I want to know how to upload all the emails I have in my sent folder to Yahoo server since now I want to manage my emails with IMAP. I ...
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