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I just created a new Thunderbird profile. Unfortunately Thunderbird only dowonloads recent messages. I need to get all my messages and subfolders. Any idea?

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Go to Tools/Options/General/Config Editor

Type imap in the filter box.

Look for an option called mail.check_all_imap_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.

Next, in Account Settings/the account you are referring to/Synchronisation & Storage ensure that "Synchronise all messages locally regardless of age" is selected.

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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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This option is already set. The main issue is that it doesn't get subfolders. – salman.mirghasemi Nov 5 '11 at 18:20
Have a look at the tutorial, they write about this, too. – Jens Erat Nov 5 '11 at 18:22
I read that part as well. It seems that Thunderbird is not able to see subfolders. I am going to try with another mail client. – salman.mirghasemi Nov 5 '11 at 19:34
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