E-mail clients using IMAP often leave messages on the server until the user deletes them. This allows multiple clients to manage the same mailbox - useful for support help desks for example. IMAP is just one communications protocol on the web. Others include: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) ...
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Getting local POP mailbox messages into Gmail
I currently bring my Gmail mail into Thunderbird via POP for backup purposes (POP is just the way I roll).
Should I ever need to push that mail back onto Gmail via IMAP using Thunderbird - is the ...
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Mutt will not let me save an SSL certificate
I have just set up Mutt to connect to my firm's IMAP and SMTP server. Everything works; but when I launch mutt, I get a warning about the certificate, and am given the option to:
(r)eject, accept ...
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Yahoo sub accounts with Thunderbird
I hava an account on Yahoo (eg. myname@yahoo.com) with several sub accounts (sub1@myname.com, sub2@myname.com)
I am trying to access these accounts using thunderbird with no success.
Have tried:
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Yahoo IMAP Spam folder not recognized by Outlook 2007
Yahoo uses the name Bulk Mail for it's spam folder, when connecting via IMAP.
However, Outlook 2007 by default uses the name Junk E-mail.
So whenever I connect to my Yahoo email account with ...
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Dovecot Migration and old mails
I'm migrating my mails from an old server to a new one, the configuration is good (mysql virtual accounts & imap only), with dovecot and postfix.
It's already running for other users, I just want ...
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IMAP client that can mute threads like gmail lets you?
Are there any IMAP clients that run on OSX that will let you hide replies to a thread unless I'm in the TO or CC headers?
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Does Outlook 2010 support IMAP push or not?
I've setup Gmail and Yahoo IMAP email accounts in Outlook 2010.
When I get a new email in one of these accounts, should it get pushed automatically to my Outlook client? It seems like I can only see ...
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Outlook and IMAP accounts
I am using Outlook 2010 and had a POP account which i am now re-creating as an IMAP account, the problem is that i cannot get rid of the .pst file associated with the pOP account.
Is there a way to do ...
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IMAP and server data loss: what happens?
I know that when using IMAP, changes made locally in your email client(s) are reflected onto the server, and vice versa. So if you delete an email in your email provider's webmail, it'll no longer ...
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How to change a POP account to IMAP in Outlook or Windows Live Mail?
I have some e-mails accounts sets to POP and now we have the IMAP service, so we would like to change to IMAP because of the benefits that it comes with it.
But I'm trying to do that in Outlook ...
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Feeding emails from imap folder into sieve script
I have IMAP folders on a dovecot server containing a high number of emails (>10.000). I want to apply an existing sieve script to the mails in these folders. I know I can feed the mails from the ...
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Can't see emails older than one year in Outlook 2010
I'm using Outlook 2010 on my office and home computer and have setup my email as IMAP on both.
I can't see emails older than one year.
I have tried to check the setting on both computers but can't ...
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Sync different instances of Thunderbird when using IMAP
I am using 2 computers: 1 personal laptop (Linux) and 1 work desktop (WinXP). I use Thunderbird on both computers to fetch email from my GMail account. I haven't been using this email client for very ...
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Thunderbird (or Icedove) and Gmail IMAP offline caching
I currently use Icedove (Thunderbird as it's known outside of the Debian world) for accessing my Google Apps mail via IMAP. I'm interested in having this cached locally on my machine. I have lots of ...
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Emails deleted from iPhone are still visible in Thunderbird
I have Thunderbird 9.0.1 and iOS MobileMail.app (iPhone 4S) connected to the same IMAP account on a Dovecot server.
When I delete emails from Thunderbird, they no longer show up on the iPhone. So ...
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Thunderbird doesn't receive IMAP-PUSH mails from googlemail
I noticed for a while now that my thunderbird client is not receiving the mails "immediately" anymore, but has to regularly synchronize my IMAP folders with googlemail.
I am also using Trillian ...
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Is there a standard format for imap filter rules?
Is there a standard format for imap filter rules?
I want to know if there is a set format that different imap filter system can convert to their own rules, or is a matter for adopting the format most ...
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Incredimail equivalents that support full IMAP (looking for web-based addons for gmail and desktop apps)
Are there alternatives/equivalents for Incredimail. I ask on behalf of a family friend who enjoys using the animated graphics in their emails.
I ask because it would appear that incredimail does not ...
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I cannot see the “sent”, “drafts”, “deleted”, or “junk” folders in the Live Mail client
I am using the Windows Live Mail client. My incoming mail server is an IMAP server.
I am receiving emails to my inbox. Apart from the inbox folder, I cannot see the SENT, or DRAFTS or DELETED or ...
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Thunderbird - Do not delete local copies of IMAP messages
Hypothetical scenario:
The IMAP inbox has two messages, A and B.
Thunderbird syncs, and downloads both A and B.
A new message C, is delivered to the IMAP server.
B is deleted from the server by a ...
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Can I configure Thunderbird to update “sent” in the background?
In my copy of Thunderbird (for Mac), the Sent folder for my IMAP account does not refresh its contents automatically. It only refreshes its contents when I actually go up and click into the Sent ...
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Encrypted email archive with encryption on client, not server
Even though most of my email is coming in un-encrypted, I want to store it on a server somewhere in encrypted form. Is there any solution available that encrypts on the client so that a compromised ...
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Access email via Outlook 2007 and iPhone
I have a mail account with a webhost that is accessible via POP3 and IMAP.
Outlook 2007 on the PC is set up via IMAP.
I also have an iPhone 3G on which I want to access the mail.
The iPhone was set ...
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Can offlineimap do a one-way sync?
I love the free webmail services out there but hate having years of mail tied up in one of these products.
I'm looking for a way to cache a mailbox locally but still be able to access it from a ...
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How to fix incorrect dates in Apple Mail after migrating from IMAP to Exchange?
My company has just transitioned from an IMAP provider to a Microsoft Exchange server. As part of the transition, I moved all of my old messages from the various IMAP folders into corresponding ...
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Imap server woes with Android Gingerbread email and Thunderbird
I run my own mail server and use UW's imapd/popd daemons to provide service.
This week I just upgraded my OG Droid to a new Droid 3, running Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). The email client is much ...
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Connect to Exchange server with IMAP from GMail
At the moment I have an exchange account. All mail then gets forwarded to a GMail account. I have set that account up so I can send email from the exchange account so it looks as if I sent it from ...
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Debian 6 home server
I need some help to get started. I've been trying and trying to get everything working for my home server.
What I want is a guide to install all this:
LAMP (and the additions to this like ...
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Can I backup my IMAP Gmail account locally using only Alpine?
I recently discovered cli email clients and have fallen in love with their speed and simplicity. After playing around with mutt and alpine I decided I favor alpine. I am a Gmail IMAP user and have ...
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Thunderbird IMAP - Read: receipts being moved
Thunderbird 3 insists on moving message receipts (with the subject "Read:") into the Sent folder. This never happened with any other client I've used with this IMAP server. I can't find anything about ...
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Thunderbird message sorting - wrong dates
Thunderbird 3 is having a problem with one of my IMAP accounts.
When sorted by date, it displays 10-15 messages at the top (newest) when in fact they are very old message. (pre-2010, over a year old, ...
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Is there a thunderbird plugin to modify IMAP emails?
Sometimes I receive emails with subjects like "As discussed" or "(empty)". At that point I know what it is about but for later reference I'd like to change the subject into something slightly more ...
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Thunderbird attachments missing
I'm running Thunderbird 8 on Windows XP with no add-ons. I'm using an IMAP server. On some of the emails I am getting, there aren't attachments even though I have confirmed that attachments exists on ...
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How can I move my mail from an offline folder to IMAP?
I have tried to setup an IMAP account in Outlook 2010. However, by mistake I made it POP and now the inbox folder is empty.
I now have the mails in an offline folder.
How can I move them back to my ...
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Download Gmail emails via HTTP
On my local university the public internet connection has POP and IMAP filtered; only HTTP and HTTPS are allowed. I'd like to use Thunderbird (or some other Email client) to download my Gmail emails ...
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How to IDLE on all folders in Thunderbird 7?
The title pretty much says everything: I'm using server-side filtering so I need Thunderbird to watch all folders for new messages using IDLE.
I've already tried enabling "When getting new messages ...
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Outlook 2010 won't allow IMAP folders to be searched
In Outlook 2010 on a computer running Windows 7 Professional, I can search for email messages in non-IMAP folders, but not those in my two IMAP folders (SENT and INBOX). However, this feature on ...
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Email doesn't get sent properly
I'm using outlook 2007 as my email client, configured using imap. Everything works well, usually. However, I have been having a periodic problem where my emails do not get sent and end up in the sent ...
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How to setup mail account on “Mail” application of Mac OS for following criteria [closed]
I am used to access my company's mail account via a web-browser as follows.
If I am on windows, I can easily configure my mail account with Microsoft Outlook.
say for example, my mail account is ...
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How do I get Thunderbird not to store emails on the remote server when using IMAP?
I'm using thunderbird with an IMAP account. What I want is for Thunderbird to connect, download and then delete the downloaded emails from the IMAP server. I'm not entirely sure how to do this.
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Can Thunderbird delete a large number ( 100k ) of emails from an IMAP folder?
I have a folder on an imap server which contains ~100k emails and trying to select them all and press delete seems to crash thunderbird (7.
Is there any way i can delete these messages from ...
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Get Thunderbird to refresh the contents of the Sent folder in the background. So no delay when I open it
Using Thunderbird, after I send an email, and then later click to view the Sent folder, it always has to re-sync to learn the new contents of that folder... So there is always a 2-10 second delay when ...
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Can IMAP mail be migrated locally without loss of information?
I need to save all of my IMAP mail in an account I have that will be expiring, to my local disk. The problem is that no matter which IMAP backup tool I can find, there is always some loss of ...
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How can I use Thunderbird to keep regular offline backups of my Gmail account?
I'd like to use Thunderbird to regularly download all the mail in my Gmail account via IMAP, so if something happened to Gmail or my internet connection is disrupted, I can still access all my mail.
...
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1answer
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Setting up a Google hosted account to Thunderbird
I've gotten a school mandated Gmail account running on Google hosted, which I'd like to set up with Thunderbird.
The instructions assume a gmail domain rather than the domain google apps is running ...
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Mac Outlook 2011 with GMail IMAP: Folders (Gmail Labels) not updating
So I've been following this guide to getting GMail IMAP to play nice with Microsoft Outlook 2011, and I've successfully got the GMail Labels to show up nicely as folders, and all existing messages ...
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Disable Calendar Entries in Exchange 2003 IMAP Folders
When logging in to Exchange 2003 with a standard IMAP Client (not outlook, but thunderbird or even telnet), i am seeing a bunch of folders that are not mail folders:
. list "" "*"
* LIST ...
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gmail notifier logs out gmail
I am using GmailAssistant, which checks my email every 30 seconds through IMAP. It's great, but I seem to have one problem - every time it checks, it logs out my gmail session in the browser. Any idea ...
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Outlook Advanced Find Exclude Folder Option
I am using the find all unread email search in outlook for my Google Apps email accounts.
I noticed that outlook will show messages in pairs of 2, one for the unread imap "inbox" and one for the imap ...
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Imap folder structure and config for Windows Mail
I want to build proper configuration for IMAP folder structure at my clients mailboxes so they can use Windows Mail or Live Mail without problems.
Can anyone tell me right config or folder structure ...
