Sorry idk if this is the right place to ask.

Struggling with retrieving my offline emails!

Changed the server info and password but email is the same.

    • ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.comOPEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      So one of my computers still had the emails. I was able to move them into local folders, though moving more than 100 at a day would crash TB. Then I setup the new IMAP sync and everything works fine.

      It seems going forward I should send copies to those local folders? TB works rather unintuitively. Thank you for your help! You helped me understand and explore my options :)

  • flatbield@beehaw.orgEnglish
    4·
    1 month ago

    POP3 or IMAP? Desktop or Android?

    If IMAP, are you sure your local folders are actually local?

    Edit: By local I mean in the “Local Folders” tree not under your domain tree where the inbox is.

    • ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.comOPEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      It’s IMAP and I think I set to keep local but you’re making me doubt myself. Thunderbird settings are worded in a confusing manner

      • flatbield@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        Even if you say to keep a local copy, I do not think it is truely an independent local copy unless you actually move it to “Local Folders”. Otherwise it is probably just a local replica.

        No expert with IMAP, though I have used Thunderbird for decades, I have just switched to IMAP myself in the past year.