Questions tagged [imap]
IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol and is the other e-mail protocol along with POP.
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Sudden slow IMAP connection to Gmail server
I use some Gmail accounts for a few different purposes. I've successfully connected to them with IMAP clients from both Windows-Outlook and Android/Samsung Email client, for the past years.
In the ...
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Can iOS mail faithfully represent an ISP-provided email account with identically-named folders at the Inbox and sub-Inbox levels? [migrated]
When helping someone to setup email, I discovered that he has subfolders both inside the Inbox and outside/next to Inbox. Most of these folders have the same name in both places (though not the same ...
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Understanding "When getting new messages ..." with Thunderbird
With Thunderbird online, I sent an email using the web browser with the mail provider's (provider is "GMX") web front end. This message automatically appeared almost instantly in the Sent ...
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Double and Triple IMAP messages in Thunderbird MBOX File
I want to use the data contained in the Thunderbird profile folder of an IMAP account for email backup. Therefor I seek predictability as a precondition for reliability in terms of email restoration. ...
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How should I download my IMAP online e-mail subfolders to local subfolders? Is there a trick to avoid moving the e-mails by hand?
I sort my e-mails online into folders with an IMAP server.
When the stack of e-mails grew too large, I tried to download them with POP3, but that did not keep the folder structure. I even had to click ...
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Thunderbird behaviour at not synchronizing all IMAP mails despite subscription and full sync set normal?
I start a sync run with Thunderbird on my IMAP account (at GMX) in order for all mails to be available on my local network share. To this end I
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office365.com messing up folders via IMAP, when they look ok with their web access
I'm trying to use an Office365 mail account via IMAP - as I don't have access to usable MS Exchange client (or do I?); my mail client is BetterBird (~= Thunderbird + fixes) on Linux.
I'm facing ...
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How to sync Thunderbird emails, over two computers?
There are several answers to this question but none seem to reflect my problem.
I have recently installed Thunderbird on a new Laptop, I have copied the profile and I can see everything on the new ...
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Outlook Deletes Old Emails and Resynchronizes Every 7–8 Days (IMAP with DreamHost)
I’m facing a recurring issue with my outlook. Every 7 to 10 days, Outlook suddenly deletes the previously synchronized emails from my inbox and starts syncing the entire mailbox again from scratch.
I'...
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How do I prevent Thunderbird from asking me to enter credentials for an inactive email account at startup?
I have 2 emails accounts in my Thunderbird application. One email account is my currently active email, and the second is an account from a previous employer. I no longer have access to the second ...
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Confusion over IMAP folder names across different devices
The webmail system provided by my ISP hides the folder structure from me.
I have three questions:
Is there a tool (web-based or downloadable) that lets me see the actual folder structure on the IMAP ...
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Email as data transport between server and client
I live in a country where the authorities regularly try to combat the use of VPNs, and so while thinking about possible backup methods for organizing the operation of applications in conditions of ...
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How can I fix the issue with mail availability using IMAP?
I need to transfer the mailboxes to another server.
Error when trying to copy using imapsync
Host1 failure: Can not go to tls encryption on host1: Unable to start TLS: SSL connect attempt failed error:...
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How to get an IMAP sent folder into a new POP3 sent folder?
I hate IMAP and always have, and a few months ago, created a POP3 account in Thunderbird for one of my existing IMAP email addresses.
Everything worked and the behaviour was as expected - new 'sent' ...
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Windows 11 outlook: login name is not e-mail address [duplicate]
I do no longer seem to be able to connect Outlook to the mailserver.
My mail server requires a login name, not an e-mail address. To login to the IMAP server, I need to use name and not name@...
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