http://www.savagehost.com/thunderbird-how-to-change-account-from-imap-to-pop.html Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:13:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.savagehost.com/thunderbird-how-to-change-account-from-imap-to-pop.html/comment-page-1#comment-2329 Colinc Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:38:50 +0000 http://www.savagehost.com/thunderbird-how-to-change-account-from-imap-to-pop.html#comment-2329 You need to set up a new account with the same details but as pop3 accounts. You can disable the imap account first so it does not try to col;l;ect mail. Once you have the pop3 account running you can transfer the existing mails to the pop3 account folders and then rmove the imap accpount. Be aware as soon as you use pop3 collection, any mail read by your client (Thunderbird) will no longer be available from any other machine, or from the web mail. Pop3 deletes read messages from the server. You need to set up a new account with the same details but as pop3 accounts. You can disable the imap account first so it does not try to col;l;ect mail. Once you have the pop3 account running you can transfer the existing mails to the pop3 account folders and then rmove the imap accpount. Be aware as soon as you use pop3 collection, any mail read by your client (Thunderbird) will no longer be available from any other machine, or from the web mail. Pop3 deletes read messages from the server.

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