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I just installed a new Thunderbird 3 on a few computers and immediately saw that i could not find the "leave messages on server" option... can anyone point that out to me ? On my personal pc i upgraded Thunderbird 2 to 3 and there appears the option, but when i create a new account... i can not find the option, can anyone help me with this ...

Best regards, Mike.

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Which protocol are you using: IMAP or POP? – Samuel K Dec 12 '09 at 9:29
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Tools > Account Settings... > Server Settings

check the box Leave messages on server, now you can choose a number of days or until you delete them.

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This option is only available for POP accounts. – Samuel K Dec 13 '09 at 7:01
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This option is not available for IMAP, because the entire principle of IMAP is that your messages remain on the server. – Paul Lammertsma Jan 21 '10 at 10:53
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I had the same problem. I found that I created an IMAP-account by mistake when i first created the account in Thunderbird.

To create a new POP account: Click the "Stop" button when Thunderbird tries to "help" you by automatically set things up. Then change "IMAP" to "POP".

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Hey, was having same issue, found under gmail setttings, theres an option, "When messages are accessed with POP" the default is delete gmails copy, change this to keep gmails copy

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