My ISP uses Gmail for their email handling - but, sorry Gmail lovers, I don't like it. I much prefer a desktop mail client; Thunderbird specifically at present.
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However, I've had a computer failure and really need - if at all possible - to be able to download the entirety of my Gmail folder via POP from my ISP's mail servers. I know about IMAP, I know about the webmail interface, but they won't do what I need unfortunately - which I accept is an odd requirement!
The mail is, as far as I can tell, still on the server but Thunderbird won't download it because it's not marked as new. Is there any way around this?
eftpotrmeftpotrm
4 Answers
Prefix the username with
recent:
to activate the 'recent' mode, which will download all mail from the last 30 days.
grawitygrawity
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For POP accounts, check to see if you have Thunderbird set up to automatically download new messages. IMAP accounts support multiple email clients reading messages in the same mailbox. If you read the message using one email client that message will appear as read in the other email clients. Nov 26, 2007 Automatically download messages. From MozillaZine Knowledge Base. You can set up Thunderbird or Mozilla Suite to check for new messages when the application starts up, as well as at regular intervals (such as once every 10 minutes). Apr 01, 2007 Thunderbird won't download new emails. User Help for Mozilla Thunderbird. According to thunderbird on my desktop I have no new emails, however running it on my laptop reveals new emails. TB STILL won't download any new messages (I tested this by sending myself an email from my hotmail account) while my laptop DOES. I have no idea what's. The mail is, as far as I can tell, still on the server but Thunderbird won't download it because it's not marked as new. Is there any way around this? Email thunderbird gmail pop3.
To 'force' a re-download of all IMAP messages in Thunderbird; try renaming / deleting popstate.dat per this wiki I just used this method on TB v17 to download several years of emails. I first moved my current inbox for that account to a temp folder and then after the emails downloaded I copied them all back in and ran a duplicate check.
integrisintegris
Thanks to Grawity for pointing me in the right direction, but I've now found the even better option - 'Backing up your mail with POP'. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=34030&topic=1668962
(Which seems to keep locking on individual messages and so requires rather more hand-holding than is ideal, but never mind.. It's progress.)
eftpotrmeftpotrm
This is how I fixed it. Be careful: You'll need to reset your account parameters!
- Transfer your present inbox to a local folder
- Then delete the email account corresponding to this inbox (Tools » Account parameter)
- Then re-open this same account, brand new.
Wolf girl free download. Thunderbird will download all messages to the new setup account.
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I just created a new Thunderbird profile. Unfortunately Thunderbird only downloads recent messages. I need to get all my messages and subfolders. Any idea?
salman.mirghasemisalman.mirghasemi
4 Answers
Go to
Tools/Options/General/Config Editor
or in more recent versions Edit/Preferences/Advanced/General/Config Editor
. This may vary between operating systems.
If presented with a
This might void your warranty!
dialog, click on the button 'I'll be careful, I promise!'.
Why Won T Thunderbird Download New Messages
Type
folders_for_new
in the filter box.
Look for an option called
mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new
or on newer versions mail.server.default.check_all_folders_for_new
.
Change this setting to
true
. This has the effect of not treating inbox as special, but all folders are 'inbox', so all folders will be checked and downloaded.
If this key does not exist, then add it (right click / new) exactly as it is written above as a boolean preference. When you add the preference, you will be asked for the initial value. Choose
true
.
Next, in Account Settings/the account you are referring to/Synchronisation & Storage ensure that 'Synchronise all messages locally regardless of age' and 'Keep messages for this account on this computer' are selected.
Sathyajith Bhat♦
PaulPaul
There should be a menu or button to 'go offline'
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In my current Thunderbird 17.0.2 (on Ubuntu 12.04), the button is at the lower-left corner of the whole application.
Clicking the button will start the download and if everything is configured correctly (i.e. has
keep all messages regardless of age local
) then that is what it will download
TjunkieTjunkie
You have to check a box called 'Keep messages for this account on this computer'. Have a look at this tutorial for keeping IMAP messages in Thunderbird.
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Jens EratJens Erat
In the list of your accounts in the main window, and right click on the account name and click the 'Subscribe..' option. You will then see the list of (sub)folders on the server, check the ones you want. They will now be synced with everything else.
Junk0Junk0
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