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Thunderbird email

Aug 7, 2010 1:46PM PDT

Having a slight problem...i just switch to win7..and when I check email...it load on to tbird but not only does it not remove from the server..if I am on my old system it actually pulls the email off the new system..Any ideas folks?

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If I read your post correctly
Aug 7, 2010 9:01PM PDT

If I understand you correctly you want Thunderbird to download emails and immediately delete them from the server. Is that right?

if so, then open Thunderbird, goto Tools > Account settings, then under "Server Settings" for your account make changes to the section marked "Leave messages on server" as you require.

Does that help?

Mark

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Tbird
Aug 7, 2010 11:41PM PDT

Actually if I understand what I have found so far...the latestes version ofTbird has IMAP automatically install if thats what it detects...instead of pop server and thats where the problem arrises. I guess they are working on a fix

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Working on a fix?
Aug 8, 2010 4:42AM PDT

I'm not sure what the problem is that you have, so I can't say if they are working on a fix.

Mark